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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Defunct | 1962 |
| Fate | Aircraft divested, remainder restructured |
| Successor | |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Crawford Gordon Jr. James C. Floyd Jack Frost Janusz Żurakowski |
| Products | Aircraft, Turbojet engines |
Number of employees | 50,000 (1958)[1] |
| Parent | Avro |
| Subsidiaries | Orenda Engines Canadian Car and Foundry |
Avro Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within 13 years became the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000.[1] Avro Canada was best known for the CF-105 Arrow, but through growth and acquisition, it rapidly became a major, integrated company that had diverse holdings.
Following the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow the company ceased operations in 1962.