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This is a list of automobile assembly plants in Ontario, Canada. Ontario produces more vehicles than any other jurisdiction in North America, with six of the world's top manufacturers operating assembly plants in Windsor , Brampton , Oakville , Alliston , Woodstock , Cambridge , Ingersoll , and Oshawa .
In 1907, the "McLaughlin Motor Car Company" was founded in Ontario by Samuel McLaughlin. [5] The first year saw the sale of 154 McLaughlin cars. [6]McLaughlin and William C. Durant, respectively the biggest carriage builders in Canada and the United States, contracted for Durant's Buick to supply McLaughlin with power trains for 15 years.
In Ontario, motor vehicle dealers licensed under the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act use a single portable plate with the word "DEALER" on the left side and red alpha-numeric characters on a white background. It is for exclusive use by motor vehicle dealers only on motor vehicles owned as part of the dealer's inventory of vehicles for sale.
The Ford Motor Company of Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, [3] although it once had its own distinct group of shareholders. [4] At its formation, Ford Motor Company was not a shareholder of Ford Canada, but its twelve founding shareholders directly held 51% of Ford Canada's shares, and Henry Ford himself owned 13% of the new company. [2]
The first car plant on this site opened in 1953, and produced nearly all of the vehicles for Ford in Canada until 1966. [2] It was the site of production for the company's minivans but was renovated with a CA$ 1 billion investment to produce crossover CUVs by 2006.
Oshawa Assembly (also known simply as GM Oshawa) is an automobile assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, owned and operated by General Motors Canada.. Vehicles were primarily produced for the US, Canadian, and Mexican markets, as well as exports for various countries around the world, particularly South America and the Middle East.
In 1963, the company moved its entire car operations to Hamilton. The Canadian car side had always been a money-maker and Studebaker was looking to curtail disastrous losses. That took the plant from a single to double shift - 48 to 96 cars daily. The last car to roll off the line was a turquoise Lark Cruiser on March 17, 1966.
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