Canadian auto industry
Automotive Industry Overview
Industry Canada's web site is a good starting point for learning more about this industry
Canadian Automotive Industry
- (Source: Industry Canada)
The Canadian automotive industry produces light duty vehicles - cars, vans, pickup trucks; heavy duty vehicles - trucks, transit buses, school buses, military vehicles; and a wide range of parts, components, and systems used in vehicles of this nature. To complement its manufacturing activities, the industry boasts a well-developed vehicle dealer network, plus an aftermarket organization which has grown into a world-class distribution system and service provider.
The Canadian automotive industry is:
- Integrated into NAFTA (i.e. Canada, U.S., Mexico)
- Globally competitive
- A major contributor to the Canadian economy, employing over half a million people
Also available from Industry Canada:
- Statistics, Analysis and Industry Profiles
- Automotive Trade
- Canada's Automotive Industry
- Industry Profiles
- North America Production Quarterly
- North America Sales Quarterly
- Semi-Annual Automotive Circular
- Statistical References
- Statistical Review of the Canadian Automotive Industry captures the following data:
- Sales & production in depth
- Investment / research and development / exchange rates / prices / gross domestic product,
- Trade data,
- Employment , and
- Automotive Plants in Canada
- Also includes a glossary of automotive terms and other automotive statistics
Hard copy reference sources held in BIC:
- Automotive news Global market data book R HD 9710 .A2 A87
- Automotive News Market Data Book R HD 9710 .A2 A867
- Desrosiers Automotive Yearbook R HD 9710 D37
- JAMA Canada Annual Review R HD 9710 .C2 S85322
Trade journals available in BIC
(some free content available online)
Electronic resources::
- Business Source Premier. Search by subject term: Automobile industry & trade
for Automobile parts industry Use Automobile supplies industry
- Factiva
- ProQuest Search by subject term: Automobile industry
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