Recent Release | 01 Mar 2023
SAP Canada: Economic Impacts
Economic Consulting Team
Oxford Economics
This report investigates the economic contribution of SAP Canada. SAP Canada’s direct contribution to the Canadian economy was estimated at nearly C$900 million in GDP terms in calendar 2021. After allowing for impacts down the supply chain and consumer spending, its total contribution to Canadian GDP was estimated at C$1.3b. SAP Canada directly employed 3,100 Canadian workers in 2021 while supporting 6,900 workers across the economy as a whole. SAP Canada is a highly productive firm, with worker productivity well over two times the Canadian average. This means that SAP is making an outsized contribution to growing Canadian living standards over time. 46% of SAP’s Canadian workforce is engaged in Development work and this shows through in its R&D effort. SAP Canada’s R&D spending of C$400m equated to 4.2% of Canada’s entire in-house R&D in calendar 2021.
About the team
Our Economic Consulting team are world leaders in quantitative economic analysis, working with clients around the globe and across sectors to build models, forecast markets and evaluate interventions using state-of-the art techniques. Lead consultants on this project included:

Andrew Tessler
Head of Economic Impact Consulting, Australasia, OE Australia
You might be interested in
The socioeconomic impacts of Urenco USA’s National Enrichment Facility, Eunice, New Mexico
The report focuses on the socioeconomic contribution of UUSA’s National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico in 2024. It provides an assessment of the economic contribution the facility makes to the U.S. economy, as well as to the regional economies of New Mexico and Texas.
Find Out More
Economic Impact of Heweliusz in Poland
This study, commissioned by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), examines the five-episode Polish Netflix original limited series "Heweliusz" and analyzes its total economic impact in Poland during the 2024–2025 production period. The study also considers the broader effects of the series on the Polish economy.
Find Out More
Inside the UK’s Data Centre Boom: Why London Still Dominates—and what comes next
As AI accelerates and global tech companies commit billions to new cloud and data-centre projects in the UK, the country is cementing its role as a leading AI hub.
Find Out More
Powering the UK Data Boom: The Nuclear Solution to the UK’s Data Centre Energy Crunch
The UK’s data centre sector is expanding rapidly as digitalisation, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) drive surging demand for high-performance computing infrastructure.
Find Out More