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University of Waterloo produces nearly twice as many tech founders as any other Canadian school

The school turned out 18.6 per cent of all tech founders in Canada, according to a new report from the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto. U of T grads are the second biggest group of founders at 10.6 per cent. The report also found that 95 per cent of tech founders in Canada have at least an undergraduate degree, and nearly 75 per cent of them were educated here. Just 5.8 per cent are women. (Impact Centre)

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