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ONTARIO AEROSPACE QUICK FACTS
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- Annual sales of over $6 billion
- Annual GDP impact of $4.4 billion (direct) and $6.4 billion (direct and indirect) in 2018
- Over 200 companies Employing over 25,200 direct jobs and 19,400 indirect jobs in 2018
- Annual R&D spending of $500 million
- Exports over 80% of its finished product
- Approximately 30% of all Canadian aerospace activity is done in Ontario:
- Ontario’s space sector is the leader in Canada with nearly 52% of Canada’s space revenues and 46% of employment
- Ontario accounts for approximately 25% of MRO activity in Canada
- Ontario provides landing gear for 75% of Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft programs
- Canada’s aerospace manufacturing sector outpaces the total manufacturing sector in terms of research and development intensity, and 25% of this aerospace manufacturing R&D is done in Ontario
- Ontario’s aerospace industry is a world leader in several areas including; turboprop aircraft, business jets, turbine engines, landing gear systems, avionics, environmental systems and space robotics
- Ontario-made aerospace parts are used on virtually every passenger aircraft in the world
- 16 universities offer engineering programs (disciplines range from aerospace, physics, nuclear, mechanical, industrial, software, computer systems, etc.)
- Aerospace engineering PhD and Masters programs offered at the University of Toronto, Ryerson University (Toronto) and Carleton University (Ottawa)
- Over 40 degree and diploma programs in applied aerospace, aviation and space disciplines at colleges and universities across Ontario
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