Advanced Manufacturing
Made in Canada innovation
A global manufacturing industry leader, Canada is leveraging its homegrown ingenuity, strong commitment to research and development, and a highly educated and skilled workforce to drive the advanced manufacturing sector beyond the modern age and into the future.
Canada’s Industry 4.0 technologies and next-generation manufacturing capabilities are revolutionizing how finished products and components are designed, manufactured, distributed and repaired across a spectrum of industries and climate conditions. Developments in robotics, automation and technologies such as additive manufacturing (3D printing), have far-reaching application in Canadian industry sectors—including aerospace and defence, automotive, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Canadian innovators are producing a diverse range of technologically complex, high-value products for domestic and competitive global markets, which is why influential thought leaders regularly meet in Canada to debut trailblazing developments, share best practices and lay the groundwork for partnerships that shape the future of advanced manufacturing technologies.
Made in Canada innovation
A global manufacturing industry leader, Canada is leveraging its homegrown ingenuity, strong commitment to research and development, and a highly educated and skilled workforce to drive the advanced manufacturing sector beyond the modern age and into the future.
Canada’s Industry 4.0 technologies and next-generation manufacturing capabilities are revolutionizing how finished products and components are designed, manufactured, distributed and repaired across a spectrum of industries and climate conditions. Developments in robotics, automation and technologies such as additive manufacturing (3D printing), have far-reaching application in Canadian industry sectors—including aerospace and defence, automotive, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Canadian innovators are producing a diverse range of technologically complex, high-value products for domestic and competitive global markets, which is why influential thought leaders regularly meet in Canada to debut trailblazing developments, share best practices and lay the groundwork for partnerships that shape the future of advanced manufacturing technologies.
Advanced Manufacturing in Canada
$201B
Manufacturing sector contribution to GDP
Source: Statistics Canada, 2019
$378B
Annual exports in the manufacturing sector
Source: Government of Canada, Trade Data Online, 2019
1.7M
Jobs in advanced manufacturing
Source: Statistics Canada, 2019
172
Robots per 10,000 employees in Canada—74% greater than the world average
Source: IFR International Federation of Robotics 2019
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"As technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things, robotics and 3D printing become ubiquitous in manufacturing processes, our pool of talent, coupled with our dynamic education institutions and expanding startup ecosystem, will make Montréal a centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing."
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