subsidiary industry automotive auto dealerships vehicle parts founder r.m. chipman headquarters winnipeg canada key people stephen chipman president 1 products automobiles services financial services automotive repair number of employees 1000 parent megill stephenson company website www.birchwood.ca the birchwood automotive group headquartered in the pointe west autopark 2 in winnipeg manitoba canada is manitoba s largest automotive dealership group . founded in 1963 by robert m. chipman birchwood now operates 12 retail automotive franchises representing 14 different brands and 2 collision repair centers . the company employs approximately 1 000 employees 3 4 and specializes in selling new and previously owned vehicles financing replacement oem parts and offers maintenance and repair services on all brands it represents . its parent company is megill stephenson company which is also the principal shareholder in true north sports and entertainment and the winnipeg jets of the national hockey league . in april 2009 and february 2010 based on an employee satisfaction survey the globe and mail and queen s centre for business venturing named the birchwood automotive group as one of the best small to medium employers in canada . 5 6 in 2015 birchwood automotive group was included in the 2015 list of the 50 best employers in canada employers in canada 7 by aon hewitt list of dealerships edit birchwood chevrolet buick gmc birchwood lexus toyota birchwood honda west birchwood honda on regent jaguar winnipeg land rover winnipeg volvo winnipeg birchwood bmw mini winnipeg birchwood kia on regent birchwood kia west birchwood nissan infiniti birchwood hyundai birchwood ford birchwood nissan brandon external links edit birchwood automotive group birchwood chevrolet buick gmc birchwood lexus birchwood toyota birchwood honda west birchwood honda on regent jaguar winnipeg land rover winnipeg volvo winnipeg birchwood bmw mini winnipeg birchwood kia on regent birchwood kia west birchwood nissan birchwood infiniti birchwood hyundai birchwood ford birchwood nissan brandon references edit http www.winnipegfreepress.com business black wednesday for seven 45835877.html http www.birchwood.ca about.php http www.winnipegfreepress.com business people driven solutions birchwood automotive group empowered its people to help weather the economic storm 91179629.html http www.stpauls.mb.ca alumni tribute dinner honourees r chipman http www.theglobeandmail.com report on business article965108.ece http www.winnipegfreepress.com business breakingnews three city firms among top 50 employers 84022637.html http www.aon.com canada products services human capital consulting consulting best employers bes the winners.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title birchwood automotive group & oldid 734289370 categories companies based in winnipegtrue north sports & entertainment navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view