Windsor saw Canada's biggest tech job growth in recent report, as country manages 'war on talent'
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While living in St. Louis, Vigneshwaran Ganesan and his family were looking for a place to live in Canada. Even though they were tempted to move to a larger city like Toronto or Vancouver, they took a different path and came to Windsor.
"I read a lot of articles of people living there and then they can work in Detroit," Ganesan said.
"So [we] took a chance and [decided to] try it for three months."
That was in December of 2020.
Ganesan got a job in the tech industry with Rocket Mortgage in Detroit and remains there.
"Everything panned out."
Ganesan is one of many tech workers who have moved to Windsor recently.
According to a report from Technology Councils of North America (TECNA), Windsor saw a 28 per cent increase in its tech workforce from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
That's the largest percentage growth in all of Canada for that time period.
The city saw a net gain of 391 employed tech workers.
A leader in Windsor's tech industry says another avenue for growth has come from within.
"The rise of international students and the increase of international students coming to Windsor-Essex has had a big impact and the college and university are graduating a ton of people with tech skills," said Doug Sartori, principal consultant at Parallel 42 Systems.
Sartori says some workers are also choosing to move to Windsor while finding or retaining jobs elsewhere.
And he knows this firsthand, with one of his nine employees living in London, Ont., and another in the Toronto area.
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