The beautiful & vibrant province of Ontario is the economic & cultural hub of Canada. Government data says that Ontario generates 37% of the national GDP and is home to almost 50% of all employees in high tech, financial services and other knowledge-intensive industries. Ontario lies in the core of the North American Free Trade area, which includes more than 460 million people and generates a combined gross domestic product of more than $18 trillion! The Province is the largest sub-national automotive assembly jurisdiction in North America, has more than half of the highest quality ("Class 1") farm land in Canada with nearly 52,000 farms which make up almost one-quarter of all farm revenue in Canada! Along with being a manufacturing & agriculture powerhouse, the services sector is the largest part of Ontario's economy which employs about 79% of the province and makes up nearly 77% of the province's economy.

CBA recognises the province of Ontario as an economically independent powerhouse and thus has launched its istarthub acceleration program to support the most innovative Founders from the region. The program offers resources to such Founders to scale-up the business, create upward job mobility in the community and uplift the innovation landscape across industries. istarthub Ontario partners with stakeholders such as Cities, corporates, mentors & investment partners who may aspire to contribute towards building world class businesses based on Ontario.

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