ford motor company of canada ltd. go further . type subsidiary industry automotive founded 1904 founder henry ford headquarters oakville ontario canada area served canada united states products mainstream performance vehicles automotive parts services automotive finance vehicle leasing vehicle service revenue see ford motor company for details parent ford motor company website ford canada ford motor company of canada ltd. french ford du canada limit e was founded on august 17 1904 for the purpose of manufacturing and selling ford automobiles in canada and the british empire . it was originally known as the walkerville wagon works 1 and was located in walkerville ontario now part of windsor ontario . the founder gordon mcgregor convinced a group of investors to invest in henry ford s new automobile which was being produced across the river in detroit . 2 the firm manufactures and sells automobiles in canada and also in the united states and other countries around the world . contents 1 history 2 key executives 3 facilities 3.1 current 3.2 former 4 vehicles produced 5 further reading 6 references 7 external links history edit the ford motor company of canada was not a subsidiary or a branch plant of ford motor company rather it was a separate organization and had its own distinct group of shareholders . 3 at its formation ford motor company was not a shareholder of ford canada but its twelve founding shareholders directly held 51 % of ford canada s shares and henry ford himself owned 13 % of the new company . 2 the company had gained all ford patent rights and selling privileges to all parts of the british empire except great britain and ireland . 4 it eventually established and managed the following subsidiaries 5 ford motor company of southern africa ford india private limited ford motor company of australia ford motor company of new zealand the model c the first car to be produced in canada rolled out of the factory in late september 1904 . the company could produce two cars at a time and in its first full year of production the company was able to produce 117 automobiles . the company s first export sales were to calcutta india . ford is still an important manufacturing enterprise in windsor . with the growth in car sales after world war ii together with the acquisition of majority control by ford motor company ford of canada decided to move its head office and build a new assembly plant in oakville ontario . the new oakville assembly plant was opened in 1953 . in order to meet ever increasing demand the company opened another assembly plant in talbotville ontario in 1967 . historically ford was one of the most powerful companies in canada and in the 1970s ford was the largest company in canada . 6 ford of canada celebrated its centennial in 2004 shortly after the parent company ford in the united states did in 2003 . that year also saw the compulsory acquisition by ford motor company of the last of the shares held by minority shareholders which had been originally proposed in 1995 . 7 however the last litigation in the matter dealing with an oppression remedy claim by the ontario municipal employees retirement system with respect to its shareholdings was only resolved by the ontario court of appeal in january 2006 . 8 in 2010 ford was embroiled in a controversy surrounding a plan to construct a massive gas fired power plant to be operated by transcanada on a disused 13.5 acre 55 000 m2 portion of its oakville assembly plant . local residents and politicians pleaded with ford not to continue with the plan as residents believed it would negatively impact their health and safety . the province cancelled the generating station in october 2010 and both ford and transcanada withdrew their planned appeals to the ontario municipal board the following january . 9 the plant was one of two involved in the ontario power plant scandal which contributed to the resignation of premier dalton mcguinty and energy minister chris bentley . key executives edit current ceo and president of ford motor company of canada is dianne craig who replaced david mondragon effective november 1 2011 . mondragon had served as president and ceo since september 1 2008 when he replaced barry engle 10 who resigned to join new holland america as its ceo . william h. osborne had held the position since 2005 and was replaced by engle in february 2008 . 11 facilities edit current edit ford oakville plant and ford canada head office plant location employees 12 year opened year closed notes oakville assembly complex oakville ontario 5000 1953 still active also canadian headquarters windsor engine plant windsor ontario 500 1978 will produce v8 5.8 l engines at least till 2019 produces triton engines for super duty econoline expedition and navigator essex engine plant windsor ontario 900 1981 ; re open late 2009 2007 flexible engine plant produced engine for mustang and f150 nemak windsor aluminum plant windsor ontario 210 1992 still active produces duratec block former edit plant location year opened year closed notes windsor casting plant windsor ontario 1934 may 30 2007 now demolished essex aluminum plant windsor ontario 1981 february 13 2009 built originally to make cylinder heads for essex engine plant later as joint venture with alfa sa of mexico subsidiary nemak ; once produced engines for mustangs e series vans and f series trucks ontario truck plant oakville ontario 1965 2004 re tooled and re opened as part of oakville car plant walkerville plant windsor ontario 1904 1953 near 3001 riverside drive east former canadian headquarters and main assembly operations also known as plant 1 ; demolished 1969 and now abandoned lands facing fleming channel st. thomas assembly plant talbotville ontario 1968 september 2011 only production facility for the crown victoria police interceptor for fleet orders grand marquis and lincoln town car for limo operators vehicles produced edit the ford edge ford flex lincoln mkx and lincoln mkt are currently manufactured in oakville . ford canada has also produced the following models over the years model oakville st. thomas walkerville canadian military pattern truck world war ii y ford crown victoria 13 y ford econoline y ford f 150 y ford fairmont y ford falcon y ford freestar y ford svt lightning 2nd generation y ford maverick y ford model a y ford model c y ford model k y ford model n y ford model t y ford pinto mercury bobcat y ford tempo mercury topaz y ford torino y ford windstar y lincoln town car 14 y mercury grand marquis y mercury marauder 15 y mercury meteor y y mercury monarch y mercury monterey minivan y further reading edit anastakis dimitry 2004 . from independence to integration the corporate evolution of the ford motor company of canada 1904 2004 . the business history review . 78 2 213 253 . jstor 25096866 . mays james c. 2003 . ford and canada 100 years together . montreal syam publishing . isbn 0 97338120 5 . references edit anastakis 2004 p. 218 . a b anastakis 2004 p. 219 . anastakis 2004 p. 213 . anastakis 2004 pp. 223 224 . anastakis 2004 p. 221 . the top 200 canada s largest companies c 1973 74 at the wayback machine archived february 23 2008 ford of canada board of directors unanimously approves buyout of shareholders at cdn 185 per share . thefreelibrary.com . 1995 07 05 . retrieved 2012 06 28 . ford motor company of canada ltd. v. ontario municipal employees retirement board 2006 canlii 15 79 or 3d 81 6 january 2006 court of appeal ontario canada ; leave to appeal dismissed with costs ontario municipal employees retirement board and the persons set out in schedule b v. ford motor company of canada limited ford motor company 2006 canlii 29064 24 august 2006 supreme court canada proposed transcanada power plant cancelled by the province . town of oakville . 2014 . retrieved 2015 06 05 . general news ford of canada names new president . canadiandriver . 2008 09 01 . retrieved 2009 09 23 . barry engle the new president of ford motor company of canada video car news page 1 . auto123 . retrieved 2009 09 23 . facilities ford motor company newsroom . media.ford.com . retrieved 2009 09 23 . includes livery and police interceptor models my2008 to my2011 my2003 to my2004 external links edit ford motor company of canada limited latest ford news announcements technical information software and pdf manuals from ford ford blog v t e ford motor company marques current ford lincoln troller discontinued continental edsel mercury merkur meteor monarch fpv former aston martin daimler jaguar lagonda land rover th nk volvo divisions and subsidiaries current automotive components holdings ford of argentina ford brasil troller ford of canada ford of europe ford of britain ford germany ford romania ford india ford motor company of new zealand ford motor company philippines ford motor credit company ford racing ford team rs motorcraft special vehicle team discontinued ford of australia fpv ford of russia ford saf lincoln mercury premier automotive group special vehicle operations former aston martin lagonda cosworth ford aerospace hertz corporation jaguar cars kwik fit land rover new holland agriculture visteon volvo car corporation joint ventures and shareholdings current aston martin lagonda 8 % autoalliance international 50 % autoalliance thailand changan ford mazda 35 % ford lio ho ford otosan 41 % ford sollers 50 % ford vietnam 60 % getrag ford transmissions 50 % jiangling motors 49 % mazda 2.1 % defunct autolatina ford union matford samcor facilities and products engines factories platforms proving grounds transmissions vehicles people designers ford family henry ford founder william clay ford jr. executive chairman mark fields president and ceo list of ceos other big three dodge v. ford motor co. grimshaw v. ford motor co. fordl ndia the ford show history kinetic design new edge pay on production united states council for automotive research founded june 16 1903 headquarters dearborn michigan commons v t e automotive industry in canada automotive industry economy of canada transport in canada active manufacturers cambli international cami canadian electric vehicles conquest vehicles inc. dupont dynesty electric vehicles girardin minibus htt automotive lion bus new flyer pr vost nova bus tav timmis t rex vehicles inc. defunct manufacturers acadian mclaughlin orion international russell components electrovaya fountain tire linamar magna international multimatic subsidiaries of foreign companies byd auto canada chrysler canada ford canada general motors canada honda canada toyota canada related topics canadian international autoshow montreal international auto show trans canada highway transport canada transportation safety board of canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ford motor company of canada & oldid 740458928 categories ford motor company of canadaford motor companymotor vehicle manufacturers of canadacanadian subsidiaries of foreign companiescompanies based in oakville ontario1904 establishments in canadavehicle manufacturing companies established in 1904hidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 deutsch fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 05 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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