Expanding business base. Motivated, highly educated workforce. Affluent, diverse population. By every measure, Canada's high-tech capital – and 16th largest municipality – is thriving.  The award-winning City of Markham is the largest of nine communities in York Region, with a population of over 355,000 and a land area of 212 square kilometres.  Of the 10,600 companies in Markham, there are more than 210 foreign companies located here, employing more than 28,000 people.  Leading innovators in Markham include: IBM, Aviva Insurance, AMD, GM Canada Technical Centre, Bank of China, GE Digital Energy, Honeywell, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo, Johnson & Johnson, Toshiba, Honda and Hyundai.  Over 1,000 technology and life sciences companies are based in Markham. These two sectors alone employ 38,000 people – over one-fifth of the total workforce of 172,400.

• Top 100 Employers in Markham (PDF)
  By Number of Employees. Updated: March 2018
• Economic/Demographic Profile (PDF)
  Updated: May 2018
• Markham Census Profile 2016
  2016 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham Census Profile 2011
  2011 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham National Household Survey Profile 2011
  2011 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Markham City-Wide Demographics Quick Facts 2016 (PDF)
  Updated: June 2018 -- 2016 Statistics from Statistics Canada Website
• Understanding the Quick Facts (PDF) 
  
• Added March 2014
  
  
• Ward Profiles for 2016
  Population, Education, Employment and Language Statistics by Ward compiled from the 2016 Census Data