Manufacturing remains one of Ontario's key economic contributors through its share of the GDP and it is a significant sector in Caledon's economy.
Building upon the Town’s existing manufacturing clusters (e.g., food manufacturing; machinery, manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; and plastics and rubber products manufacturing), as well as other emerging advanced manufacturing sectors, the manufacturing sector is forecast to increase by 15,600 jobs (520 jobs annually).
Top subsectors:
- Fabricated metal manufacturing
- Machinery manufacturing
- Furniture and related product manufacturing
- Wood product manufacturing
- Transportation equipment manufacturing
- Food manufacturing
Top companies:
- Husky Injection Molding Systems
- Mars Canada Inc.
- Morgan Canada Corporation
- Sardo Foods
The Pearson Economic Zone (PEZ) covers more than 200 square kilometres of land, spanning parts of five municipalities – Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Vaughan. That’s the entire size of Kitchener and Waterloo, but with only industrial and commercial land uses.
The single largest industry in terms of employment is manufacturing with nearly 92,500 jobs. That represents nearly 13 per cent of all factory jobs in Ontario – and the largest concentration of manufacturing business in North America.