About the Software Publishing in Ontario Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Software Publishing in Ontario Market Research Report
Definition of the Software Publishing in Ontario?
Software publishers disseminate licences to customers for the right to execute software on their own computers. Publishers market and distribute software products but may also design the software, produce support materials and provide support services.
What’s included in the Software Publishing in Ontario?
The Software Publishing in Ontario includes operating systems and productivity software, business analytics and enterprise software, database, storage and backup software, design, editing and rendering software, video game software and security software. Related terms covered in the Software Publishing in Ontario industry report includes a computing model in which storage and computing tasks are handled by networked machines rather than at the point of consumption, a type of software, also known as enterprise application software (eas), which is intended to solve an enterprise problem rather than a departmental problem, computer software that is distributed under a licensing arrangement and permits the computer code to be shared, viewed and modified by other users and organizations, a software package that controls the management of a computer's hardware and core system operations such as file management and a model of software deployment in which a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand.
Industry Performance of the Software Publishing industry in Ontario
Benchmark the Software Publishing in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Software Publishing in Ontario
#1 in Highest Revenue 53.3% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Software Publishing in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Software Publishing industry in Ontario
See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, private investment in non-residential construction, bachelorsed, private investment in computers and software, corporate profit and consumer spending are impacting Software Publishing in Ontario
Ontario Economic Indicators
Gross Domestic Product
Private Investment in Non-Residential Construction
BachelorsEd
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Canada Key External Drivers
Private investment in computers and software
Corporate profit
Consumer spending
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Software Publishing industry in Ontario
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Software Publishing in Ontario, such as Toronto, Ottawa - Gatineau and Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Software Publishing industry in Ontario
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.


