Honda Shuffling U.S.-Canada Production To Save Jobs

by Chris Teague

Published: May 15th, 2025

honda shuffling u s canada production to save jobs

Honda is moving some of its CR-V production out of the U.S., but the decision actually saves jobs. Instead of initiating layoffs, Honda will shift production of export-bound CR-Vs into Canada, but in return, the automaker’s U.S. factory will receive some of the volume produced north of the border.

A Honda statement said, “A portion of the CR-V production currently produced in Canada for the U.S. market will be transferred to the East Liberty Plant in the United States, which already produces the CR-V. At the same time, approximately the same volume of non-U.S. bound CR-V production will be shifted from ELP to the Canadian plant. From the perspective of production allocation by destination, there are some minor adjustments, but this does not mean that production is being shifted from Canada to the United States.”

We don’t know how many vehicles the change will impact, but Honda has announced a postponement of planned investments in Canada due to tariffs. The automaker had planned to build up to a quarter-million cars annually in Canada, which could have created 1,000 additional jobs in the country, but the project is on hold for at least the next two years.

Honda may move the production of other vehicles as time goes on. It built more than 200,000 Civics at its factory in Allston, Ontario, and it builds engines in another facility north of Toronto.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Mikey on May 16, 2025

Yes ...I mentioned " JPH " (jobs per hour) once ..Some folks here were confused ..

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Grandmaster T on May 19, 2025

Car and Driver says, "Honda also confirmed that it plans to stop building the five-door Civic at its factory in Yorii, Japan, and shift production to Indiana sometime this summer."
Well that's interesting. Months not years. 😏

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