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Get to Know Markham

Markham is a lovely city in the Greater Toronto Area, well known as an economic powerhouse. It’s home to the Canadian headquarters of IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Honda Canada, and numerous start-ups, making Markham a key part of Ontario’s Innovation Corridor. But Markham’s greatest secret weapon as Toronto’s favorite suburb is its superlative food scene: In fact, restaurateur David Chang singled out Markham as having the best restaurants in the entire GTA. Here, even the food courts are home to destination dining with hand-pulled noodle shops, amazing bakeries, and a high-end sushi restaurant serving a 17-course omakase meal, located in — where else? — a strip mall. Fusion cuisine is anything but standard here, with a Noma-trained chef serving up savory Oreos made with quinoa and star anise at the Michelin-starred Frilu; plus, every imaginable take on poutine possible, including a surprisingly popular version at Costco.

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Living in Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario’s Toronto-Waterloo Corridor, which stretches from the Greater Toronto Area to the Tri-Cities in Waterloo, is a formidable tech hub. In fact, it’s North America’s biggest tech cluster outside of Silicon Valley and home to more than 15,000 tech companies, which employ more than 300,000 people. Thanks to this concentration of innovative entrepreneurship and economic development, the cities along the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor have grown into significant metropolises and dense suburbs, each with its own distinct personality. Though every town is different, they all share a commitment to the great outdoors, with beautiful hiking and biking trails crisscrossing the region and plenty of opportunities to sail, kayak, or canoe on Lake Ontario and its nearby tributaries. This region is incredibly diverse, with residents choosing to move to Southern Ontario from around the world, leading to a food scene that can only be described as epic and delicious. This region is incredibly diverse, with residents choosing to move to Southern Ontario from around the world, leading to a food scene that can only be described as epic and delicious.