The capital city of Canada and the nation’s fourth-largest urban region, Ottawa is a thriving global tech hub with over 1,800 tech companies. The city continues to see growth as tech talent comprises over 13 percent of Ottawa’s total employment, according to a recent study by CBRE. Below you’ll find a handful of IT companies contributing to Ottawa’s tech scene, with many actively recruiting.
Top IT Companies in Ottawa to Know
- Shopify
- OpenText
- Infosys
- IBM
- SAP
Top IT Companies in Ottawa
IBM is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain a competitive edge in their industries. In 2011, its question-answering computer system, Watson DeepQA, made history by defeating Jeopardy!’s two foremost all-time champions and has since had a far-reaching impact on society, from analyzing satellite imagery to empowering customer service centers to better address caller concerns.
SAP creates enterprise software for businesses, including programs for enterprise resource planning and customer relations. Selling database software and cloud-engineered systems suites, the world’s leading ERP vendor is headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with regional offices in 180 countries, including Downtown Ottawa.
Shopify is a global e-commerce platform that provides businesses with tools to start, grow, market and manage a retail store through one streamlined dashboard. Headquartered in Ottawa, the remote-first company is used by over 1.7 million businesses including Skims, Penguin Books and Whole Foods Market.
Amadeus offers travel solutions that connect travelers to hotels, railway, cars, airports and airlines by way of tour operators, search engines and travel agents. It has worked to power the tourism and travel agency for over 30 years. The company has an Ottawa office in Hampton Park.
Telus has its Ottawa office in the Byward Market area. The company offers tech solutions for businesses as well as personal use. For example, it supplies agricultural tech for the farm-to-fork food supply in order to improve the sustainability, quality and safety of food. It also offers services for internet, home phone, mobility, TV bundles, online security and smart home security for personal use.
Freelancer.com is a crowdsourcing and freelancing marketplace that serves around 250 territories, regions and countries. It has included projects and contests in more than 2,000 areas that include manufacturing, web development, aerospace engineering, logo design, astrophysics, copywriting and marketing. The company also owns Escrow.com, an online transaction and payment management platform.
With over 40 years of experience, Infosys is a leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Infosys has created over 5,500 jobs across Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Montreal with plans for further expansion across the country.
Blindside Networks offers commercial support and hosting for BigBlueButton, which assists commercial companies, colleges and universities with open-source virtual classrooms. It says it has updated a dozen times since its initial release. The company has its Ottawa office blocks from Confederation Park.
Genieall has an Ottawa location in the Carlington area. The company uses its outcome formula to fulfill its clients’ “wishes.” The company offers its customers solutions that enable them to work from anywhere, understand and make use of data, and improve the overall efficiency of business operations.
OpenText’s integration management platform helps companies of all sizes tackle complex digital transformation programs by empowering them to capture, govern and exchange information globally. Now one of the largest software companies in Canada, OpenText has regional offices in Waterloo, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Ottawa and Montreal.
