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Alphabet Inc. plans to expand its footprint in Canada, with the potential to more than triple its workforce in the coming years, the company’s chief financial officer announced in Toronto on Thursday.

Ruth Porat said the expansion would see new offices in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo; that would give the tech giant enough space for up to 5,000 employees by 2022, a company release noted.

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Currently, Alphabet has about 1,500 employees in Canada. It was not clear from Porat’s remarks how quickly Google actually plans to hire, or what factors will dictate whether they add jobs to fill those new offices.

Porat did not mention of the smart-city project which is being developed on Toronto’s waterfront by Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs. Google had previously floated the possibility of moving its Canadian headquarters to the development site as part of the deal, and it is unclear how the new office expansion fits into that plan.