Ontario
Communities
Canada's Technology Triangle
City of London
Chatham-Kent Economic Development Services
Southwestern Ontario Marketing Alliance
Windsor-Essex County Development Commission
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The Province of Ontario
Ontario’s automotive industry is comprised of eleven assembly plants, five engine plants, a stamping plant, a transmission plant, and roughly 350 automotive suppliers.
These facilities directly employ roughly 90,000 workers in Ontario, representing 90% of Canada's automotive employment. Thousands more are employed indirectly both in Ontario and beyond. Canada's automotive research and development spending in 2007 topped $480 million, and due to the prevalence of automotive activities in Ontario, much of that investment occured in Ontario.
Ontario is a major vehicle manufacturing province, producing over 2,062,000 cars and light trucks in 2010. Vehicle manufacturers include both domestic and international automakers, with facilities relying heavily on the automotive supply base—both within and outside of Ontario. Many of these suppliers do significant business with the Detroit Three companies.
Updated September 2011
