Stats demonstrate economic importance of automotive industry in Canada
OTTAWA — The automobile and auto parts manufacturing industry remains a key driver of Canada’s economy. Here’s a look at the numbers, taken from a report published in April by McMaster University’s Automotive Policy Research Centre:
— An average of 2.4 million vehicles were built annually in Canada over the past five years.
— The automotive industry directly employed 140,404 Canadians in 2016, an increase of almost 15,000 since 2012.
— Three Ontario auto assembly plants — Ford in Oakville, Toyota in Cambridge and Fiat Chrysler in Windsor — are among the six biggest employers in manufacturing and resource extraction in Canada. Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor plant is the largest manufacturing workplace, with more than 6,000 employees.