Internet of Things (IoT) in Canadian Smart Cities: An Overview

The term “Internet of Things” (IoT) refers to the use of intelligently connected devices and systems to leverage measurement data gathered by embedded sensors and actuators in machines and other physical objects. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, IoT accounts for more than 8 billion connected devices today, and this number will continue to grow and reach 41 billion by 2027 with a projected market size of US $1 trillion [1], [2].