NFI Group and its subsidiary New Flyer Industries have inaugurated a new Customer Acceptance and Delivery facility in Winnipeg, Canada, enabling complete start-to-finish production of heavy-duty transit buses in Canada for the first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n
The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on 3 March 2026 and involved representatives from federal, provincial and municipal institutions together with company leadership and union representatives.<\/p>\n
The new site forms part of a broader investment programme combining federal and provincial funding with internal capital from the manufacturer. According to the company, the facility allows heavy-duty transit buses \u2014 including zero-emission models \u2014 to be manufactured entirely in Winnipeg, restoring a complete domestic production chain that had not been present in Canada for fifteen years. The information was released in a press statement issued by NFI on 3 March 2026.<\/p>\n
New Flyer to produce further buses in Winnipeg, Canada<\/p>\n
Construction of the Customer Acceptance and Delivery facility began in late 2024. The first vehicles entered production in September 2025, while the first bus produced under the \u201cAll-Canadian build\u201d framework was delivered in December 2025 to Durham Region Transit.<\/p>\n
The CAD facility will serve as the final stage for vehicle inspection, acceptance procedures and delivery preparation for transit agencies. The new infrastructure is expected to expand New Flyer\u2019s production capacity by up to 240 equivalent units per year by 2027, with four production line entries planned weekly.<\/p>\n
According to the company, the Winnipeg expansion also enables its U.S. manufacturing plants to concentrate on vehicle production for American transit agencies, while Canadian facilities handle domestic orders. <\/p>\n
The inauguration ceremony brought together several government representatives including the Honourable M\u00e9lanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions; Ginette Lavack, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services and Member of Parliament for St. Boniface\u2013St. Vital; Ben Carr, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre; Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew; and Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham. Representatives from CUTRIC, the IAM union and Unifor also attended the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are extremely proud to officially open our new facility that achieves a strategic goal of enabling complete, start-to-finish Canadian bus manufacturing for Canadian customers,\u201d said John Sapp, President and Chief Executive Officer, NFI Group. \u201cThis is a major milestone for our company, the province and the country as it creates hundreds of highly skilled jobs and a stronger domestic supply chain, alongside enhanced zero-emission production capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada is world-renowned for its manufacturing strength and highly skilled workforce,\u201d said the Honourable M\u00e9lanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. \u201cNew Flyer\u2019s new facility will design, engineer, and build the transit buses that Canadians rely on \u2013 right here in Winnipeg. This investment will continue to create hundreds of well-paying jobs and strengthen our domestic supply chain through an all-Canadian manufacturing hub.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world has changed, and Canada must strengthen its domestic capacity in critical industries. Today\u2019s ribbon-cutting in Winnipeg marks a defining moment in Canadian manufacturing, and our government is pleased to have supported those efforts. For the first time in 15 years, buses built by Canadians, for Canadians, will be manufactured\u2014from start to finish\u2014on Canadian soil. On behalf of Canada\u2019s new government, congratulations to New Flyer and all involved in the All-Canadian Build initiative. This is building Canada strong in action,\u201d said The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project is about putting a \u2018Made in Canada\u2019 stamp on the low-carbon economy. Here in Manitoba, blue-collar workers are helping drive a safe and healthy future, and companies like NFI are leading the charge,\u201d said Premier Wab Kinew. \u201cBy bringing full bus manufacturing back to Winnipeg, this facility strengthens our domestic supply chain, creates good jobs, and reinforces Manitoba\u2019s position at the cutting edge of zero-emission transportation technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a world where supply chains and countries are looking inward, Manitoba is stepping up to the plate with homegrown solutions. Because we have what Canada needs \u2013 the workers, the innovation, and the determination. And today\u2019s ribbon cutting showcases this as New Flyer celebrates the All-Canadian Build where buses for Canadians are built by Canadians on Canadian soil, right here in Winnipeg. Congratulations to all who have worked to make this vision a reality,\u201d said Ginette Lavack, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services and Member of Parliament for St. Boniface \u2013 St. Vital, Manitoba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFI Group and its subsidiary New Flyer Industries have inaugurated a new Customer Acceptance and Delivery facility in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,204677,22073],"class_list":["post-517818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-flyer","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}