From Google’s humble beginnings in Canada in 2001. Google and Canada’s digital economy, hand in hand, have advanced in leaps and bounds over the past quarter century. PF Global tracked Google’s contributions to Canada’s digital economy over the last 25 years.
Key Findings
- $550 billion (CAD) in economic activity. Over the past 25 years, Google’s products and services have helped provide over $550 billion of economic activity for Canadian businesses, nonprofits, publishers, creators and developers.
- $410 billion in productivity gains. Since Google began operating in Canada, services like Google Search and Workspace have unlocked an estimated $410 billion improvement in productivity for the Canadian economy.
- Long-term investment in communities. Since 2009, Google and Googlers have given more than $1.3 billion CAD in funding (cash grants, social impact funding, employee donations, and gift match) to organizations and nonprofits in Canada, and since 2017, Google has helped over 1M Canadians gain digital and AI skills to expand access to the opportunities created by technology.
Google Canada at 50: The AI opportunity
Importantly, our report analyses not just Canada’s contributions over the past 25 years, but also the major opportunities that AI provides Canada, looking ahead:
- $230B economic boost from Generative AI: In our research, we found that Generative AI has the potential to boost Canada’s economy by $230 billion and could save the average Canadian worker almost 22 working days a year (over 175 hours a year), freeing them up for more fulfilling parts of their jobs.
Read the full report here.
