PESTLE ANALYSIS OF IT INDUSTRY IN CANADA

Presented ByPrithviraj Chavan

Ashish Deo

Anurag Deopujari

Omkar Despande

Poonam Dhingane

IT in Canada

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OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY

In 1867, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova

Scotia formed the confederation. On July 1, 1867, the

British North America Act declared.

In 1965, they adopted red and white flag with the

maple leaf as there official flag.

English and French are two official languages in

Canada.

Canada is 2nd largest country in the World with 10

millions square kms of land mass.

The capital of Canada is Ottawa.

PRIORITIES OF IT SECTOR IN CANADA

Improving productivity through the adoption

of technology.

Driving innovation and competitiveness in

the technology sector.

Improving the talent pool, skill and diversity

of technology sector.

Modernizing public sector in its use of

information technology.

POLITICAL ANLYSIS

Canada is democracy with a parliamentary

government.

There government consists of three parts :

Federal, Provincial and Municipal.

Leading political parties : Liberal party,

Conservative party and others.

Canada is great Historic and Vibrant democracy.

Thus political support and stability has helped

thrive IT industry in Canada.

ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS

Canada is tenth largest economy in the world.

Rank : 10th (Nominal)/ 14th (PPP)

Currency : Canadian Dollar

Trade Organization : NAFTA, OECD, WTO & others

Statistics

GDP - $1.839 trillion (2013 est.)

GDP growth - 1.9% (2012 est.)

GDP by sector - agriculture: 1.9%, industry: 27.1%,

services: 71% (2011 est.)

Information technology industry forms 5.1 % of Canada's GDP.

SOCIO – CULTURE ANALYSIS

Canadian culture is a term that embodies artistic,

musical, literally, political and social elements

that are representative of Canada not only to its

own population but also people around the world.

In general Canadian are highly concerned about

the protection of Canadian sovereignty and

loyalty to the Canadian state.

Canadian humor is integral part of Canadian

identity

Because of IT industry the inflow of migrants

has increased rapidly. This has lead to

insecurity among locals.

Outsourcing has also increased the

unemployment rate among Canadian youth.

TECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

The technological and industrial history of

Canada encompasses the country's development

in the area of Information Technology.

The city of Toronto is one of the biggest software

industry hub in the world.

Modern technology has helped to increase

agriculture productivity in Canada.

Blackberry, the pioneer of Smartphone

technology is based in Canada.

LEGAL ANALYSIS

Canada is federal state with parliamentary system.

Supreme political authority rests with Canada’s

bicameral parliament, which consists of senate and

house of common.

Canada’s constitutions is its supreme law and any law

passed by any federal, provincial or territorial

government that is inconsistent with the constitution

is invalid.

Strong judicial system has helped IT companies

acquired IPR of modern technology.

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Canada’s climate dominated by extreme long

and cold winter. With the exception of pacific

coast.

Just 8 % of Canada's land area is farmed

land, more than 30 % of Canada is forest.

The forest between Newfoundland and the

Yukon is one of the biggest.

More northern areas are occupied by tundra

and arctic islands are covered by permanent

icecaps.

MAJOR IT COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS IN CANADA

Apple.inc

Microsoft

Google

Oracle…etc..

MAJOR INDIAN IT COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS IN CANADA

Infosys

TCS

Wipro

L & T InfoTech

Persistent.