Canada

The automotive industry in Canada consists primarily of assembly plants of foreign automakers, most with headquarters in the United States or Japan, along with hundreds of manufacturers of automotive parts and systems.

Canada is currently the eleventh largest auto producer in the world, producing 2.1 million cars a year, down from seventh place with 3 million per year a few years ago. China, Spain, India, Brazil, Mexico recently surpassed Canadian production for the first time. Canada's highest rankings ever was second largest producer in the world between 1918 and 1923 and third after WWII.

The first large-scale production of automobiles in Canada took place in Walkerville, Ontario, near Windsor, in 1904. In the first year of operations, Gordon McGregor and Wallace Campbell, along with a handful of workmen produced 117 Ford Model Cs at the Walkerville Wagon Works factory.


General Motors Canada
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Chrysler Canada
Navistar
Toyota Canada-Hino Trucks
Honda Canada
Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc
Intermeccanica
Nova Bus
Orion International
Dupon Trolley
New Flyer Industries (transit bus manufacturer)
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The following automakers are no longer in business:
Meteor (Ford)
Acadian (these cars were sold under the Acadian name at Canadian Buick/Pontiac dealerships, but were built in the U.S. by General Motors)
Bricklin (SV-1)