Boeing Canada

Boeing Canada
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	aircraft
Founded	1934
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Canada
Products	Body to Wing Fairings, Engine Strut Fairings, and Landing Gear Doors
Number of employees	1,600+
Parent	Boeing
Website	www.boeing.ca/Home.do

Boeing Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Boeing, with operations in Winnipeg, Richmond, British Columbia, Montreal and Ottawa. Boeing employs more than 1,600 people in Canada.^[1]

Boeing Aircraft of Canada Limited was formed in 1929 by the American Boeing Airplane Company.

In October 2008, Boeing Canada was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Later that month, Boeing Canada Technology in Winnipeg was also named one of Manitoba's Top Employers, which was announced by the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper.^[2]

Divisions

AeroInfo Systems Inc. – Richmond, British Columbia, makes maintenance-planning software applications for commercial and defence customers.
Boeing Canada Technology Ltd., Winnipeg Division – an aerospace composite manufacturer.

The Boeing Company has a long relationship with Canada going back to World War II:

de Havilland Canada, Downsview, Ontario, from 1985 to 1992. Sold to Bombardier.
Boeing Vertol Helicopters, Arnprior Division, from 1954 to 2005, (Repair and Overhaul facility for Boeing Helicopters used by the Canadian Forces and commercial operators, DND facility originally purchased by Vertol Helicopters prior to merging with Boeing)
Boeing Toronto Limited (1997–2005): manufacturer of Boeing 717 wings, parts for the Delta rocket, the Boeing C-17 transport and the Boeing 737 jetliner. This was the former McDonnell-Douglas Canada (1967–1997) which merged into Boeing in 1997: manufacturer of aircraft wings and related components for the KC-10 and MD-11, MD-80 wings, empennage and cabin floors, and McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and CF-18 side panels and pylons; all were made at the Malton facility adjacent to Toronto' Pearson International Airport (the former Avro Canada plant). The plant was shut in 2005 after Boeing decided to cease production of 717.
During World War II Boeing Aircraft of Canada in Vancouver built 240 PBY-5 Catalina flying boats for the RAF and the RCAF patrol bomber squadrons. In addition a further 67 PB2B-2 versions of the PBY-5 were also built and supplied to the RAF as the Catalina VI.

Boeing

Companies	Boeing Aircraft Holding Company Boeing Australia Boeing Canada Boeing Capital Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Phantom Works Boeing Rotorcraft Systems Boeing UK HRL Laboratories Jeppesen McDonnell Douglas Narus Spectrolab United Launch Alliance

People	William M. Allen James A. Bell John H. Biggs William Boeing John Bryson Arthur D. Collins Jr. Philip M. Condit William M. Daley Darleen Druyun Kenneth Duberstein Edgar Gott Philip G. Johnson John McDonnell James McNerney Susan Schwab Michael M. Sears Frank Shrontz Harry Stonecipher Malcolm T. Stamper Thornton Wilson Mike S. Zafirovski

Projects	BCT Modernization Boeing Black Boeing 7x7 series Boeing hydrofoils Boeing Jetfoils Connexion by Boeing Future Combat Systems

Facilities	Boeing Everett Factory Boeing Plant 1 Boeing Plant 2 Boeing Renton Factory Boeing South Carolina Boeing Store Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Michoud Assembly Facility Plant 42

Other	Boeing strike of 1948 Boeing Technical Fellowship Competition between Airbus and Boeing

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