The innovation economy is unique to each city. For Vancouver, it includes local start-ups to large multinational satellite offices that work in:
- Specialized manufacturing and technology prototyping
- Creative production industries like industrial design and graphic arts
- Technology-driven industries like digital enterprise and media production
These firms form eight clusters within Vancouver's metro core.
- Broadway Corridor: medical and creative businesses
(VCH Research Institute, Center for Brain Health, Zymeworks, and VGH) - Burrard Slopes: medical, creative, and start-up businesses
(Analysis Works, Lululemon, and Allocadia) - Downtown: larger technology businesses
(Microsoft, Amazon, and Chimp) - False Creek Flats: green emerging and innovation businesses
(Centre for Digital Media, Discovery Parks, and MEC) - Gastown: social innovation, creative, and start-up businesses
(EnerNoc (Pulse Energy), Metafor Software, and Trulioo) - Mount Pleasant: digital and creative businesses
(Equicare Health, Kit and Ace, and Hootsuite) - Railtown: industrial, creative, and start-up businesses
(Bensen Manufacturing Inc, Herschel Supply Co, and Union Wood Co) - Yaletown: digital and creative businesses
(Commvault Vancouver, Idelix Software Inc, and SAP)