Model T Ford

• The Canadian Ford Motor Company was founded in 1904 to manufacture Ford vehicles for Canada and the British Empire (but not Great Britain). www.modelt.ca/background-fs.html (select “Specifications”)
  
  
• Production of the Model T started in Walkerville, Ontario in 1909, with 1,280 produced in the first year.
  
  
• By the end of July 1913 a total of 22,057 Model Ts had been built.
  
  
• Up to late 1913 Canadian built Model Ts used engines produced in the USA. After that date engines were built in Canada.
  
  
• See Section 9.3.23 Engine Production for further information.
  
  
• Left hand and right hand drive Model T vehicles were produced in Canada.
  
  
• By 1927 Ford of Canada had sales branches in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver.
  
  
• Note: Existing Canadian production records for the Model T are not as accurate as those in the US and the figures that follow should be treated with some caution.
  
  
• About 757,430 Model Ts are thought to have been built in Canada between 1909 and 1927. How many were cars and how were trucks, ambulances, etc?
  
  
• A total of 747,259 have also been reported. When did car production and when did truck production cease?
  
  
• About 225,000 Canadian built Model Ts were exported (see 9.3.25).