Many familiar vehicles on American roads are assembled in Ontario plants, from family crossovers to minivans and a high-output performance car. Toyota, Honda and Stellantis all run factories in the province, and one Ford nameplate recently left its Oakville line. Here are nine vehicles with Canadian assembly roots, each tied to a specific plant.
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1. Toyota RAV4: Woodstock’s New Generation
Toyota began Canadian production of the all-new sixth-generation RAV4 on January 23, 2026, in Woodstock, Ontario, as described in Toyota Canada’s announcement.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada has built over 4 million RAV4s since the first one in 2009. The company assembled more than 535,000 vehicles in 2025 and employs more than 8,500 team members across its Cambridge and Woodstock sites, which places the RAV4 at the center of a very large Ontario operation. Starting the new generation there keeps a long-running, high-volume model line active in Ontario rather than moving it elsewhere.
2. Lexus RX: Two Million and Counting
Toyota’s Cambridge, Ontario South Plant built its 2-millionth Lexus RX in December 2025, a milestone announced in a release dated December 9.
RX assembly at the plant began in 2003, so the milestone reflects more than two decades of continuous production in Ontario. For buyers of the luxury crossover, the badge on the hood is Japanese, yet the vehicle itself has come from a Canadian line for most of the model’s modern life. Toyota Canada’s media site published the announcement, which describes the vehicle as the two-millionth Lexus RX built in the South Plant.
3. Lexus NX: Cambridge Keeps the Work
The Cambridge North Plant makes the Lexus NX alongside the RAV4, and Toyota has kept the refreshed 2027 NX in Ontario, according to a report from Motor Illustrated.
Toyota assembled 537,518 vehicles in Canada in 2025. The decision to leave the updated compact luxury crossover where it is matters in a period of tariff and trade coverage, since it signals that this production line is not slated to move across the border. The report is dated October 16, 2026, which makes it among the most recent confirmations of where these models are assembled.
4. Honda Civic: Alliston’s Hybrid Milestone
Honda’s Alliston, Ontario plant built a 2026 Civic Hybrid as its 11 millionth Canadian-built vehicle, following the first Canadian Civic Hybrid in June 2024.
Honda says its two Canadian plants can build more than 400,000 vehicles a year combined, and Honda of Canada Manufacturing began production in November 1986. The milestone car was a Rallye Red hybrid sedan, a reminder that the Civic’s electrified version is part of the Ontario lineup. Before that June 2024 milestone, the Civic Hybrid had never been built in Canada, so the Ontario plant added a new variant rather than only repeating an existing one.
5. Honda CR-V: The Other Alliston Staple
Honda’s Alliston, Ontario facilities currently build the popular CR-V and Civic, and the company marked its 11 millionth Canadian-built vehicle in October 2025.
Production in the province began in 1986 with the Accord, and the plants can produce more than 400,000 vehicles per year. The CR-V is the least certain entry in this list, though, because reports in 2025 described Honda moving some U.S.-market output to American plants. Alliston is the same site that builds the Civic, so one Ontario location produces both the CR-V and the Civic for Honda.
6. Chrysler Pacifica: Windsor’s Plug-In Minivan
The plug-in hybrid Chrysler Pacifica is built at the Windsor Assembly facility in Ontario, and the minivan plant there has operated since 1983.
The Pacifica Hybrid has an all-electric range of 33 miles, or 53 kilometres, which covers many short daily trips without burning gasoline. Windsor has been the home of Chrysler minivans for four decades, making this one of the longest-running vehicle programs on the list. The Pacifica shares its Windsor home with the Voyager and the Charger, so a single Ontario factory turns out a minivan, a plug-in hybrid and a performance car.
7. Chrysler Voyager: The Repackaged Pacifica
Chrysler’s Voyager is a repackaged, lower-trim Pacifica, and Windsor builds minivans alongside the Pacifica and the Canada-only Grand Caravan, Auto123 reports.
The Voyager was restricted in the United States to fleet buyers for the 2022 model year and returned to retail sale for 2025. Windsor started a third shift on February 17, 2026, and the plant is expected to employ around 6,000 people. For shoppers, the practical effect is that a budget-oriented van and its pricier sibling roll off the same Ontario line, with different trim levels separating them.
8. Dodge Charger: Windsor’s Exclusive Muscle
Windsor, Ontario is the exclusive global production home of the 2026 Dodge Charger lineup, according to Auto123’s coverage of the plant’s third shift.
At the top of the range, the Charger Daytona Scat Pack makes 670 hp. Every Charger sold anywhere in the world therefore passes through a single Canadian factory, which makes the car unusually exposed to cross-border trade decisions. The exclusive status was reported on February 16, 2026, shortly before the Windsor plant added a third shift that started February 17 and is expected to employ around 6,000 workers.
9. Ford Edge (ending): The Edge Goes Quiet
Oakville, Ontario built the Ford Edge for two generations until production ended on April 26, 2024, based on Wikipedia’s account of the model.
U.S. sales of the crossover fell from 138,515 in 2019 to 3,040 in 2025. The Edge is the one item here no longer on a Canadian line, and its decline shows how quickly a nameplate can fade once its plant stops building it. Oakville assembled the first two generations of the Edge, and North American second-generation production ended with the April 2024 shutdown.
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