Toyota’s cross-country 60th anniversary tour stops at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada to celebrate its 11-millionth vehicle

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario (August 20, 2024) – Toyota Canada’s cross-country 60^th anniversary tour made a stop at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) plant in Cambridge today. Toyota executives attending the visit recognized the important role TMMC has played in Toyota’s Canadian history, and celebrated the 11-millionth vehicle they’ve produced in Canada.

Toyota is celebrating its 60^th anniversary (“kanreki”) in Canada this year, and they’re kicking it off with a coast-to-coast road trip. The 9,000km drive is making stops in every province to highlight some of the key people, locations and stories from throughout the company’s six decades in Canada.

“In Japanese culture, a person’s 60^th birthday is known as ‘Kanreki’ and represents a ‘rebirth’ – an opportunity to reflect on one’s life, take stock of the present, and prepare for the future,” said Stephen Beatty, Corporate Secretary at Toyota Canada. “As Toyota marks its 60^th year in Canada, our cross-Canada road trip is doing just that, while also taking time to recognize the many Canadians who have contributed to the company’s success – including the thousands of Team Members who’ve contributed to TMMC’s success over more than three decades.”

Toyota Canada’s Kanreki Tour started at Canada’s Eastern “Mile 0” in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and will end on August 30 at Canada’s Western “Mile 0” in Victoria, British Columbia.

Throughout the journey, the participants have been driving vehicles from across the full line-up of products Toyota offers Canadian drivers. Today, the 11-millionth vehicle produced by TMMC joined the cross-Canada drive.

The vehicle – a white Woodland Edition Toyota RAV4 Hybrid – represents yet another significant milestone in Canada’s automotive industry.

“We’re proud that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada has played such an important role in the company’s success for almost 36 years,” said Frank Voss, President of TMMC. “In 1988, the year that we opened our first plant in Cambridge, our team members built just 153 Toyota Corollas. Today, we’re Canada’s largest automaker, building over a half million Toyota and Lexus vehicles every year for the North American market. We’re so proud to be celebrating this 11 millionth vehicle milestone.”

Since 1988, TMMC has also grown to become one of Southwestern Ontario’s most important employers, with two production lines in Cambridge and a third line in Woodstock that, together, employ more than 8,500 people.

For further information, please contact:

Lynn Hall
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
lynn.hall@toyota.com

About Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) manufactures the Toyota RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid, Lexus RX 350, RX 350h and RX 500h as well as the Lexus NX and NX Hybrid at three manufacturing facilities in Ontario. TMMC is the top award-winning plant globally – tied with Toyota Motor Kyushu, Japan. It employs over 8,500 Canadians, has the capacity to produce more than 500,000 vehicles annually and has been Canada’s highest volume automotive manufacturer over the past five years.

About Toyota Canada Inc.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota has sold over six million vehicles in Canada through a national network of 287 Toyota and Lexus dealerships. Toyota is dedicated to bringing safety, quality, dependability and reliability to the vehicles Canadians drive and the service they receive. TCI’s head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax, and parts distribution centres in Clarington and Vancouver. Toyota also operates two manufacturing facilities in Canada. Having produced more than 11 million vehicles, popular Canadian models built at these facilities include Toyota RAV4, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h hybrid, as well as Lexus NX 250, NX 350 and NX 350h hybrid. The company has sold more than 20 million electrified vehicles worldwide and is the number one seller of electrified vehicles in Canada.

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