NFI Group Opens All-Canadian Bus Manufacturing Facility in Winnipeg
NFI Group celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its new Customer Acceptance and Delivery facility in Winnipeg, enabling full domestic production of transit buses for the first time in 15 years.
240 equivalent units per annum by 2027
4 line entries per week
What Happened
NFI Group officially opened its new Customer Acceptance and Delivery facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on March 3, 2026. The facility enables complete start-to-finish production of heavy-duty transit vehicles, including zero-emission buses, in Canada for the first time in 15 years. It expands New Flyer's production capacity by up to 240 equivalent units per annum by 2027, with four line entries per week.
Construction of the facility begins
First buses enter production
First All-Canadian build delivered to Durham Transit
Official ribbon-cutting ceremony
“We 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.”
Why this matters
The facility strengthens Canada's domestic supply chain, creates hundreds of skilled jobs, and supports the country's transition to zero-emission transportation.
Terms in This Story
- equivalent unit
- A measure of production capacity where one equivalent unit equals one standard 35- or 40-foot transit bus.
- zero-emission bus
- A bus that produces no tailpipe emissions, often powered by electricity or hydrogen fuel cells.
- all-Canadian build
- A bus manufactured entirely in Canada from start to finish.
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