Toyota Canada celebrates 11M vehicles manufactured

Toyota Canada made a stop at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) plant in Cambridge, Ont. this week as part of its 60th anniversary tour. Toyota executives attending the visit recognized the role TMMC has played in Toyota’s Canadian history, and marked the 11-millionth vehicle produced in Canada.

Toyota Canada says the 9,000km cross-country tour is making stops in every province to highlight some of the key people, locations and stories from throughout the company’s six decades in Canada.

“In Japanese culture, a person’s 60th birthday is known as ‘Kanreki’ and represents a ‘rebirth’ – an opportunity to reflect on one’s life, take stock of the present, and prepare for the future,” said Stephen Beatty, Corporate Secretary at Toyota Canada. “As Toyota marks its 60th year in Canada, our cross-Canada road trip is doing just that, while also taking time to recognize the many Canadians who have contributed to the company’s success – including the thousands of Team Members who’ve contributed to TMMC’s success over more than three decades.”

Toyota Canada’s Kanreki Tour started at Canada’s Eastern “Mile 0” in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and will end on August 30 at Canada’s Western “Mile 0” in Victoria, British Columbia.

Throughout the journey, Toyota Canada says participants have been driving vehicles from across the full line-up of products Toyota offers Canadian drivers. Now, the 11-millionth vehicle produced by TMMC (a white Woodland Edition Toyota RAV4 Hybrid) joined the cross-Canada drive.

“We’re proud that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada has played such an important role in the company’s success for almost 36 years,” said Frank Voss, President of TMMC. “In 1988, the year that we opened our first plant in Cambridge, our team members built just 153 Toyota Corollas. Today, we’re Canada’s largest automaker, building over a half million Toyota and Lexus vehicles every year for the North American market. We’re so proud to be celebrating this 11 millionth vehicle milestone.”

TMMC has has two production lines in Cambridge and a third line in Woodstock that, together, employ more than 8,500 people.