The dynamics of our extraordinary environment, business community and exceptional talent has spurred growth and innovation in Mississauga’s automotive sector. This strong and expanding sector allows for sharing of resources and ongoing opportunities for convergence and synergies for further innovation. Mississauga’s automotive sector is comprised of distributors, manufacturers, parts distributors/wholesalers, dealer head offices and related businesses. Together they create Canada’s largest automotive manufacturing sector.

ACCELERATING INNOVATION

INNOVATION • GROWTH • LEADERSHIP

AUTOMOTIVE IS A HUMAN RACE

550+automotive companies

20,000+employees

1 Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Patterns Data, June 20162Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Sectoral Profile: Motor Vehicle, Body, Trailer and Parts Manufacturing Ontario Region 2015-2017 3 Source: KPMG Competitive Alternatives 2016

• Mississauga is Canada’s largest automotive sector by employment, 2nd largest by number of businesses1

• As part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Mississauga is part of the 2nd largest automotive cluster in North America

• Nearly half of Ontario’s total vehicle production is based in the GTA

• In 2014, close to 30.0% of all vehicle production in Ontario took place in the GTA2

• The automotive sector contributed over $16 billion to Ontario’s GDP (2014)

• Mississauga’s business costs ranks among the lowest of the major cities in Canada

• 8.2% overall cost advantage over the US and 4.5% over Japan in the auto parts sub-sector3

• Over 70 Fortune 500 companies with a head office or major divisional head office in Mississauga

Honda CanadaManufacturing

(Alliston)

LakeHuron

Lake ErieLakeSt. Clair

LakeOntario

General Motorsof Canada Ltd.

(Oshawa)

Ford of Canada Ltd.

(Oakville)

Fiat ChryslerCanada Inc.

(Brampton)

ToyotaCanada

(Cambridge)

ToyotaCanada

(Woodstock)

Fiat ChryslerCanada Inc.

(Windsor)

London

Hamilton

Niagara Falls

U.S.A

U.S.A

General Motorsof Canada Limited

(Ingersoll)

Mississauga

Toronto

Sarnia

Making the next breakthrough isn’t about luck. It’s about talent, pure and simple. The brightest minds, specialized education, the insatiably curious – all blended in this unique sector of the knowledge economy. The race is always on in Automotive, and Mississauga, Ontario – Canada, is where great companies build winning teams. What else do you need to know?

Visit winthehumanrace.cato start now.

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CANADA’S MAJOR MOTOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANTS ARE LOCATED IN SOUTH ONTARIO, A NETWORK IN WHICH MISSISSAUGA IS CENTRALLY LOCATED.

1/3 of all J.D. Power plant quality awards in North America have been won by Canadian assembly plants, representing two times Canada’s share of regional production

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Home to Canada’s Largest Airport

• Home to Pearson International Airport, Canada’s largest airport and North America’s 2nd busiest airport, serving over 44 million passengers annually

• Pivotal location for distribution of products and logistical and transportation requirements. Less than a 90-minute drive to the US border

• Direct access to the $19 trillion NAFTA market

• Within a day’s drive of North America’s richest markets with access to 141 million consumers

• Extensive network of 7 major highways and 3 principle railways

• Direct access to all lake ports and the Atlantic Ocean via St. Lawrence Seaway

• As a part of the GTA we are one of North America’s largest business centres with a population of 6 million – the largest urban agglomeration in Canada

TRAVEL • ACCESS • PROXIMITY

1,400multinational firms

call Mississauga home.

TRAINED • TRIED • TALENTED

• Access to a labour pool of over 4.3 million people within the GTA, representing nearly half of Ontario’s labour force

• 5 colleges and 8 universities within commuting distance offer automotive-related programs, with additional institutions providing related courses

• 43% of Ontario’s automotive sector workforce has a post-secondary education

• A leader in recruitment and retention of a highly skilled workforce with equal opportunity laws, government-mandated health and retirement benefits, and high quality training facilities

• Canadian workers in the auto industry are recognized for lower turnover and the ability to problem solve on the job

• Access to the University of Waterloo, the second largest electrical and computer engineering hub in North America after Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

66%of workforce

population with post-secondary

education

OUR AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNITY

• A D I Applied Dynamics International Inc.

• Automobile Solutions Americas Inc.• Atlantic Tube & Steel Inc.• Bohler Uddeholm Ltd.• Boost Theory Automotive

& Performance Inc.• Canadian Kenworth Company• Cobra Trailer Manufacturing Inc.• Commercial Spring & Tool Co. Ltd.• Daimler Trucks Canada Ltd.• Denso Sales Canada Inc.• Farmbro Inc.• Jaguar Land Rover Canada ULC• Jancox Metal Products Inc.• Jitsu Automotive MFG• Hercules Manufacturing Ltd.• Hino Motor Canada Ltd.• Kia Canada Inc.• Magna Precision Technologies

• Martinrea Rollstar Metal Forming• Mascot Truck Parts Canada Inc.• Matsu Manufacturing Inc.• Mitsubishi Motor Parts

and Distribution Centre• N K C of Canada Inc.• N T N Bearing Corporation of Canada• NYX Corporation• Nissan Canada• P P G Canada Inc., Refinishers• Paccar of Canada Ltd.• Phillips Industries• Somfy Canada • Stackpole Powertrain International ULC• Stelfast Inc.• Subaru Canada Inc.• Volvo Group Canada, Inc.

Logistic Services• Vulcan Automotive Equipment Ltd.• Xemodex Inc.

AUTOMOTIVE SUB-SECTORS,# OF BUSINESSES, 2015

Figures may not add up as some companies are included in more than one sub-sector.Source: City of Mississauga, 2015 Employment Database

Distributors

Manufacturers

Related Other

Parts Distributors/Wholesalers

Dealer Head Offices

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73

307

173

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POST-SECONDARY PROVIDERS OF AUTOMOTIVE RELATED PROGRAMS

UNIVERSITIES• McMaster University• Ryerson University• University of Guelph• University of Ontario Institute of Technology• University of Toronto• University of Western• University of Waterloo• York University

COLLEGES• Centennial College• Conestoga College• Durham College• Mohawk College• Niagara College

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