Oshawa

Quick Facts
Province: Ontario
Population: 141,590

Oshawa has remained a safe, friendly and green community despite the rapid business growth and urban residential development that guarantee its continued high standard of living. Oshawa is the first and largest automotive manufacturing centre in Canada and is home to the Canadian Headquarters of General Motors of Canada Limited, the Regional Engineering Centre and Autoplex. The city’s diversified economic base includes energy, information technology, advanced manufacturing, health services and research.

Key Advantages

• Most affordable business location within the largest Canadian consumer market along with a well skilled labour labour force
• Quality educational institutions provide first class training and research designed to meet the needs of the business community
• Located on the north shore of Lake Ontario and the gateway to the Greater Toronto Area, Oshawa is served by multi-lane expressways, a full-service municipal airport, a deep-water port, commuter trains and buses and two national freight railways
• Market of more than 120 million people is within a day's drive
• International Headquarters of Cleeve Technologies, a world leader in electrical interconnect components
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) —one of Canada's newest universities and the only university in Canada to offer degree programs in automotive engineering and nuclear engineering —also offers courses in sciences, technology, manufacturing and engineering
• Automotive Centre of Excellence – located at UOIT will be one of the world’s largest wind tunnels capable of testing extreme hot and cold temperatures and high wind speeds applicable in the automotive and aerospace sectors

Sector Strengths

For More Information

• City of Oshawa