THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN CANADA

  • 1085 industrial companies

  • 505,000 employees

  • 2.37 million vehicles produced

  • 10% of Canada's GDP

  • 85% of the production is exported

  • 4 major provinces: Ontario (1) - Quebec (2) Manitoba (3) - British Columbia (4)

The automotive industry is one of Canada's largest industrial sectors, accounting for 10% of GDP in manufacturing and 23% of the of the manufacturing sector.

Passenger cars, trucks and buses, automotive parts and systems, truck bodies and trailers, tires and machine tools and molds (MOMM) are all part of Canada’s diverse manufacturing industry.

The automotive industry directly employs more than 125,000 people in vehicle and auto parts assembly, and another 380,000 in distribution and service.

In 2016, Canada’s automotive manufacturing industry…

  • Comprised of 1,085 companies
  • Responsible for the operations of 1,275 facilities.
  • In addition, it included 20 commercial and utility vehicle assembly plants
  • With 2.4 million units of installed capacity
  • With more than 800 manufacturing plants
  • And an Annual production of 2.37 million vehicles.
  • 85% of which are exported $107.3 billion in factory revenue.