The 12 days of stats
As we wrap up our 2017 year and reflect on reaching our 15th anniversary, we are proud of the many milestones we have achieved in our work of empowering Ontario’s innovation economy.
Inspired by the celebratory spirit of the holiday season, we’re borrowing from the tradition of the 12 Days of Christmas carol to share our top 12 statistics of 2017. These stats reflect our key activities and our impact in providing seamless digital infrastructure that is critical to supporting research, education and innovation activity in Ontario.
ORION is the one and only high-speed fibre optic network dedicated to supporting innovation in Ontario
2 million, 110
Number of Ontario researchers, educators & innovators we support, and number of ORION-connected institutions in education, health care, culture, research & computing
6,000 km
Geographical range of our community network
$1.1 million
Value of investments we’ve made in our network infrastructure since 2016
221%
Increase in total bandwidth use since 2012
67%
Growth in the number of our connected institutions since 2006
50,000
Virtual classrooms we can operate on our network at one time
237
Participants at our 2017 THINK conference on using digital infrastructure to drive our innovation economy
8
Ontario universities & colleges supported by our chief information security officer
$4.4 billion
Impact of ORION community members’ research on Ontario’s GDP
142,000
Research-related jobs that depend on ORION
7
Ontario ministries whose mandates we support:
- Advanced Education and Skills Development
- Health and Long-Term Care
- Economic Development and Growth
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Research, Innovation and Science
- Northern Development and Mines