About Minto
Sitting in the midwestern region of Ontario, Minto is on the Maitland River in Wellington County that was formed in 1999 when the town was created by the amalgamation of the municipalities of Palmerston and Harriston plus the village of Clifford. Perched on the western terminus of Highway 9, the city was named after the 4th Earl of Minto that was the 8th Governor General of Canada, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound. Within close proximity to the holidaying hub along the eastern shore of Lake Huron and the southern Georgian Bay, it has a historic downtown area, great galleries to meander around, a railway museum to poke your nose into and plenty of restaurants to keep its 8,334 locals smiling. A family urban sprawl amidst a rural setting, you can now get busy in a coworking venue instead of going to a big city to work.
Canada is being touted as the business world's best-kept secret especially in the fields of artificial intelligence, clean technology and health care. Today it's competing on a global stage and is a significant destination for commercial investment. The government is empowering new companies by hosting technology industry events featuring some of the world's best innovators and attracting international talent to work on world-changing innovations. The number of skilled foreign workers is skyrocketing, and many scaling firms are actively hiring from overseas.
Minto may not be a tech hub per se, but coworking venues have become the place to hang out in collaborative mode without having to travel each day to a smog filled city.