Avro Canada

Avro Canada
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace
Founded1 September 1945 (1945-09-01)
Defunct1 May 1962 (1962-05-01)
FateAircraft divested, remainder restructured
Successor
Headquarters,
Key people
Crawford Gordon Jr.
James C. Floyd
Jack Frost
Janusz Żurakowski
ProductsAircraft, Turbojet engines
Number of employees
50,000 (1958)
ParentAvro
SubsidiariesOrenda Engines
Canadian Car and Foundry

Avro Canada, officially A. V. Roe Canada Limited, was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company that existed from 1945 to 1962. It was founded in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within 13 years became the third-largest company in Canada, and one of the 100 largest companies in the world, directly employing over 50,000 people. Avro Canada was best known for the CF-105 Arrow, but it was an integrated company with diverse holdings.

Following the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow, the company ceased operations in 1962.