Burlington, Oakville, Milton, and Kitchener/Waterloo
Halton has been ranked by Maclean's national crime ranking report as being the "safest place to live" in the GTA and one of the top five in Canada. Urban areas of Burlington, Oakville and Milton are experiencing rapid growth. There is still a significant proportion of the Halton Region that is still rural. Waterloo has been the hub for large corporate enterprises, Shopify, SAP, Google, Oracle, Intel, McAfee, NCR Corporation, Electronic Arts and Agfa are among the large, international technology companies with development offices in Waterloo.