Oshawa’s Automotive Community
Colour image of three men using heavy machine tools to assemble a partially-completed car on an assembly line.

Oshawa’s Automotive Community

The Canadian Automotive Museum 2020
Topics
History, Industry

For more than a century, Oshawa has been the largest builder of motor vehicles in Canada. Explore the eventful history of this automotive city, as experienced by generations of auto workers and their families.

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