The City of Nanaimo is most interested in growing the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) component of this sector, which consisted of 111 businesses in the ICT sector 2023.

The ICT sector contains businesses related to infrastructure, components, and services to enable modern computing. This includes development, manufacturing, distribution, service, and sale of applications, components, devices, and systems that allow people and organizations to interact in the digital world. Some ICT businesses in Nanaimo are active in robotics, cloud computing, software development, financial transactions, network technologies, data processing, and more.”