A Historic Achievement for Indigenous Representation in Canada’s Tech Sector
This year, IT Partners proudly ranked No. 281 on The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list, an accomplishment fueled by 106% revenue growth over the past three years.
For any business, this is an incredible milestone. But for an Indigenous-owned business in Canada, particularly one operating in the technology sector? It’s especially meaningful.
The technology industry has historically lacked Indigenous representation, both in leadership and ownership. When Indigenous-owned businesses achieve national recognition like this, it creates visibility that matters. It demonstrates what’s possible. It opens doors for others. And it reinforces that Indigenous entrepreneurs belong at every table where innovation and business success are being discussed.
Why This Recognition Matters
Indigenous-owned businesses remain significantly underrepresented in Canada’s technology and cybersecurity landscape. Yet their contributions, innovative, resilient, and often rooted in community-centered values, are vital to the country’s economic growth and the strength of Indigenous communities across Canada.
As a proud Métis-owned IT company, IT Partners sees this recognition as more than a ranking on a prestigious list. It represents something deeper and more significant:
A symbol of Indigenous excellence in a sector where Indigenous voices and leadership have been historically underrepresented. Our presence among Canada’s fastest-growing companies challenges outdated assumptions about where Indigenous businesses can succeed and thrive.
A demonstration of what’s possible for Indigenous entrepreneurs, students, and professionals who are considering careers in technology. Representation creates pathways. When people see themselves reflected in business success stories, it expands their sense of what they can achieve.
A reminder that representation matters at every level of the Canadian economy. Indigenous leadership in tech brings unique perspectives, community-centered values, and approaches to business that strengthen the entire sector.
A call to accelerate Indigenous participation in technology and innovation. This recognition isn’t just about celebrating past success. It’s about using this platform to advocate for more Indigenous entrepreneurs, more support for Indigenous-owned businesses, and more intentional inclusion in Canada’s digital economy.
We are honored to stand among Canada’s fastest-growing companies and to represent Indigenous entrepreneurship on a national stage. This achievement belongs not just to IT Partners, but to every Indigenous business owner, innovator, and community leader who is building something meaningful.
Our Commitment to Indigenous Communities
Our growth over the past three years has created opportunities. But growth without purpose is just expansion. At IT Partners, we’ve been intentional about using our success to deepen our commitment to Indigenous economic development and create pathways for the next generation.
We are actively building opportunities for Indigenous youth and professionals through several concrete initiatives:
Long-term community partnerships that go beyond one-time donations or symbolic gestures. We’re invested in sustained relationships that create meaningful impact over time.
Membership in the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB), connecting us with a network of Indigenous businesses and allies committed to economic reconciliation.
Active involvement in PAIR, TIB, and Supply Change Procurement Programs with CCIB, working to increase Indigenous participation in procurement and create more opportunities for Indigenous-owned businesses to compete and succeed.
Recognition as a Métis Nation of Alberta – Alberta Metisworks company, formally acknowledged for our Métis ownership and our contribution to Métis economic development.
Membership in AKSIS YEG, Edmonton’s Indigenous business association, staying connected to the local Indigenous business community and supporting fellow Indigenous entrepreneurs in our region.
These commitments aren’t symbolic. They’re woven into how we operate, how we hire, and how we give back to the communities that have supported us. Indigenous business success stories should create ripples that benefit others, opening doors and creating opportunities for those coming behind us.
A Recognition Built on Community, Culture, and Care
Our ranking on The Globe and Mail’s Top Growing Companies list isn’t just an achievement for IT Partners as an organization. It’s a milestone for Indigenous entrepreneurship more broadly, demonstrating several important realities:
The strength and resilience of Indigenous-owned businesses. Despite facing additional barriers to capital, networks, and opportunities, Indigenous entrepreneurs are building successful, growing businesses that compete nationally and internationally.
The growing influence of Indigenous leaders in tech. The technology sector has enormous economic importance in Canada’s future. Indigenous participation and leadership in this sector isn’t just beneficial, it’s essential for truly inclusive economic prosperity.
The power of community-driven values in business. The values that guide many Indigenous businesses, relationship-building, long-term thinking, community benefit, reciprocity, aren’t weaknesses in the business world. They’re strengths that create sustainable success and loyal partnerships.
The importance of representation in the digital economy. As more of Canadian business and society moves online and becomes dependent on technology, Indigenous participation in shaping that digital future becomes increasingly critical.
This recognition reinforces something we’ve believed since day one: when Indigenous businesses thrive, communities thrive. Economic success creates employment opportunities, generates resources that can be invested back into communities, provides mentorship for emerging entrepreneurs, and demonstrates to young people that business ownership and technology careers are paths open to them.
A Message to Indigenous Entrepreneurs Across Canada
To every Indigenous innovator, creator, student, and leader reading this, this recognition is for you too.
If you’re a student considering a career in technology, wondering if there’s a place for you in this industry, there absolutely is. Your perspective, your experiences, and your cultural background aren’t obstacles to overcome. They’re assets that make you uniquely valuable.
If you’re an entrepreneur building something in your community, facing challenges accessing capital or networks or simply being taken seriously, keep going. Your work matters. The barriers you’re facing are real, but they’re not insurmountable. And every Indigenous business that succeeds makes the path a little clearer for those who follow.
If you’re a professional working in technology, perhaps feeling isolated or questioning whether you belong, you do belong. The industry needs your voice, your leadership, and your contributions. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.
We hope this recognition serves as a reminder that:
Your voice is needed in every conversation about technology, innovation, and Canada’s economic future.
Your ideas matter and deserve the same access to resources, mentorship, and opportunities as anyone else’s.
Your culture is a strength in the business world, bringing perspectives and values that create more sustainable, community-centered approaches to success.
Your success contributes to a stronger future for all Indigenous Peoples, creating visibility, opening doors, and demonstrating what’s possible.
Looking Forward: Leading the Way in Technology
IT Partners’ place on the 2025 Globe and Mail Top Growing Companies list is a celebration of growth, certainly. But it’s also a celebration of identity, representation, and meaningful impact.
As a Métis-owned organization, we are proud to honor our culture while pushing the boundaries of what Indigenous businesses can achieve in Canada’s tech sector. This ranking doesn’t mark the end of a journey. It marks a point along a continuing path toward greater Indigenous participation and leadership in technology.
The technology sector will shape Canada’s economic future in profound ways. Indigenous peoples must be active participants in that future, not just as users or workers, but as owners, leaders, and innovators who help determine the direction of technological development.
Every Indigenous business that succeeds, every Indigenous entrepreneur who builds something meaningful, every Indigenous professional who rises to leadership, contributes to changing the narrative about what Indigenous economic participation looks like in Canada.
We’re honored to be part of that story. We’re grateful for the recognition. And we’re committed to using this platform to advocate for more Indigenous participation in technology, more support for Indigenous entrepreneurs, and more intentional inclusion in conversations about Canada’s digital future.
Here’s to continued growth, community prosperity, and a future where Indigenous excellence leads the way in technology. Here’s to the entrepreneurs and innovators who are building that future right now, in communities across Canada. And here’s to the young people who will take what we’ve started and build something even more impactful.
The path forward is clear: more representation, more opportunity, more Indigenous leadership in shaping the technology that will define the next generation.
We’re just getting started.
Interested in partnering with an Indigenous-owned technology company committed to excellence and community impact? Contact IT Partners to learn more about our services and our commitment to Indigenous economic development.
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