Honda of Canada Manufacturing (french: Honda Canada Inc.) is located in

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and is the

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manufacturing division of

Honda Canada Inc. Honda Canada Inc. is the Canadian division of the Honda Motor Company. Founded in 1969, Honda has been building cars in Canada since 1986 in Alliston, Ontario and head office in Markham, Ontario. Sales Motorcycles were the first Honda product ...

Manufacturing

The Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM) plants in Alliston have a land area of and have their own recreation centre with a full NHL-sized hockey arena, physical fitness areas, a baseball diamond, and volleyball and tennis courts. The large cavernous plants require radios between members for communication and cold water chillers for HVAC systems. Currently, the two main plants have approximately 4,600 employees and have an annual capacity of 390,580 cars per year. Plant 1 was built in 1986. It is the first Canadian manufacturing facility by a Japanese automaker. A stamping and bumper painting line was added in 1989. Production of the Civic coupe commenced in 1993. Honda's second plant in Alliston began production in 1998, originally building Honda Odyssey vans for the 1999 model year. Production of the Odyssey in Canada stopped in 2004 to make room for the Ridgeline.Honda to build Ridgeline in Alabama
Automotive News, dated 11 March 2008, last accessed 20 October 2016 Production of the

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in Canada stopped in 2007 to allow Civic sedans to be built in Plant 2. In May 2006, Honda announced it would build a 154 million engine plant in Alliston to supply about 200,000 engines a year for the Civic model. The plant opened in 2008. The plant has capacity of 260,000 four-cylinder engines. Early 2009 saw the end of

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production at the Alliston Assembly facility.Honda 2017 Digital FactBook
Honda News & Views, dated 22 May 2017, last accessed 17 January 2018 Ridgeline production has been moved to Honda's Alabama assembly line. The discontinuance of Ridgeline production would make room for more Civic production at Plant 2. January 29, 2009 Honda announced further reductions in production at the Alliston plant. "One assembly line at the facility will go from two daily work shifts to one. Output of Civic and Acura MDX models made on the line will be halved from 800 units a day to 400 units."

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Honda to cut global production further; To lower output at Alliston, Ont. by 9,000 vehicles. Van Praet, Nicolas. Jan 28, 2009. pg. FP.4 In early 2012, Honda of Canada Manufacturing became Honda's first plant in North America to produce four distinct models: Civic, CR-V, MDX and ZDX from the same production line, demonstrating its flexibility and capability. On March 28, 2013, the last Acura MDX was assembled in Alliston. Production was moved to Honda's Alabama plant. Since 2000 (2001 model year), a total of 713,158 MDXs were manufactured at HCM. Honda of Canada Manufacturing now builds Civics and CR-Vs only. In February 2020, Honda built its nine-millionth vehicle in Ontario. On Wednesday March 16, 2022

Premier,

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announced funding millions of dollars into the expansion of the plant for domestic hybrid and EV production. The project is estimated to take 6 six years and cost around 1.4 billion dollars.

Vehicles Produced

Discontinued Models:

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(1986–88), Honda Civic coupe (1993-2020), Honda Odyssey,

Honda Ridgeline The Honda Ridgeline is a midsize pickup truck manufactured by Honda. The Ridgeline is the only pickup truck currently produced by Honda. The Ridgeline is built using a unibody frame, a transverse-mounted engine, and is only offered in a crew–cab ...

(2004-2009),

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(2005–11),

Acura EL The Acura EL is a subcompact executive car that was built at Honda's Alliston, Ontario, plant, and also the first Acura built in Canada. It was also exclusively sold in Canada. The EL is a badge-engineered Honda Civic with a higher level of feat ...

(1996-2005),

Acura MDX The Acura MDX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by the Japanese automaker Honda under its luxury Acura division since 2000. The alphanumeric moniker stands for "Multi-Dimensional" luxury. It has ranked as the seco ...

, and

Acura ZDX The Acura ZDX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with a sloping rear roofline developed by Honda for its upmarket brand Acura. The car was originally planned to be called the "MSX". The ZDX debuted at the 2009 New York International Auto Show o ...

References

External links

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