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NFI Group Opens All-Canadian Bus Manufacturing Facility in Winnipeg

Production capacity increase

240 equivalent units per annum by 2027

Weekly production

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.

Key Milestones
  1. Late 2024

    Construction of the facility begins

  2. September 2025

    First buses enter production

  3. December 2025

    First All-Canadian build delivered to Durham Transit

  4. March 3, 2026

    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.
John Sapp, President and CEO, NFI Group

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.
Read Original: New Flyer