RG System, the French IT management firm, had initially set stakes in the Sunshine State three years ago, but found that business demand was drawing them north as the Canadian market for their SaaS and cloud solutions began to take off.

The Automotive Centre of Excellence at Oshawa, Ontario's University of Ontario Institute of Technology is the world's leading aero and thermal test facility – which is why automakers are beating a path to the door.

SideFX's Houdini program has made movie magic in blockbusters ranging from Moana to The Shape of Water, earning them two Oscars.

The platform, developed and sold by Acerta Analytics Solutions Inc., in Kitchener, Ontario, gathers huge volumes of sensor data from vehicles as they go through quality inspections on the factory floor.

Toronto's Elucid Labs Inc., is bringing a new, artificial intelligence-driven perspective to the diagnosis of melanoma and other skin conditions.

Clear Blue Technologies has a vision to deliver clean, managed, off-grid power that is both reliable and low cost to markets across the globe.

Ontario has, for many years now, been a formidable contender in quantum science and artificial intelligence. Today, thanks to Toronto, Ontario-based Creative Destruction Lab's ground-breaking programs for quantum machine learning and artificial intelligence start-ups, the province – and indeed, the rest of the country – is poised to lead the global race in both fields.

In 2017, Uber decided that if it was going to come out on top in the crowded autonomous vehicle field, it needed help making its self-driving cars smarter and less expensive. The California-based global transportation company headed straight to Toronto, Ontario.

Waterloo, Ontario-based OpenText has grown from a start-up serving niche markets to a global provider of enterprise information management technology to more than 100,000 customers in 170 countries. Its location in Ontario's Toronto-Waterloo technology corridor provides a unique competitive edge.

Toronto, Ontario's Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. has always been known for industry “firsts.” The company has done it again with Canada's first A.I.-driven ETF.

Toronto's WinterLight Labs is working on novel AI technology that can diagnose and monitor cognitive diseases like dementia.

Biolab Farmacêutica, one of Brazil's largest pharmaceutical firms, opens its first international research and development centre in Ontario.

Behind the systems on Air Canada's in-flight entertainment, the Canadian Army's command-and-control, and the Canadian Coast Guard's on-board electronics, is Thales Canada.

With its unique approach to detecting and responding to data threats, Ontario's eSentire Inc. has emerged as a leader in the $100-billion global cybersecurity market.

Airbus Helicopters Canada is part of the world's largest helicopter manufacturer and Airbus' only subsidiary to produce composites.