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The City of Waterloo is a community with business opportunities in technology, manufacturing, insurance/finance and many others...
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The Region of Waterloo is the tech capital of Canada – there are now over 900 tech companies with over 30,000 employees. A few of these great companies that are proud to call Waterloo Region home are: OpenText (Canada's largest software company), Blackberry, Sybase, Rebellion Media and more...
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The City of Waterloo has a unique and diverse economy, including think tanks, leading finance companies, technology giants and quality post-secondary schools.
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As one of the World’s Top Intelligent Communities, Waterloo boasts a knowledge economy that is globally recognized and acclaimed.
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