Here is the statement from Honda Canada below.
Honda Canada Statement for April 15, 2025 On Continued Production Status
April 15, 2025
This was not an announcement by Honda and we cannot comment on the specifics of this morning’s headlines.
However, we can confirm that our Canadian manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ontario, will operate at full capacity for the foreseeable future and no changes are being considered at this time.
We constantly study options for future contingency planning and utilize short-term production shift strategies when required, to mitigate negative impacts on our business.
As the second largest auto manufacturer in Canada by volume in 2024, approximately 69% of all Honda vehicles sold in Canada are built in Canada, and 99% of vehicles sold here are sourced from North American facilities.
This long-standing North American flexible and local manufacturing approach allows us to quickly adapt to various market conditions across the region, including making coordinated production shifts to specific models built at each facility, bound for various regions and potentially new markets, depending on customer demand.
Canadian production will remain at full capacity thanks to domestic sales, which are up 9% in the first quarter of this year, led by the Canadian-built Honda Civic, Canada’s top-selling passenger car in 2024, and the Honda CR-V, the best-selling hybrid in Canada in 2024.
Since 1986, we have consistently maintained manufacturing operations in Canada while safeguarding our skilled workforce through various industry challenges. We are confident in our ability to continue navigating current market conditions effectively.
Meanwhile, did you know that Honda operations in Canada is the second-largest domestic auto manufacturer by volume in 2024 and they operate a plant in Alliston, Ontario.
Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday in an ‘X’ post that Honda executives in the country have told the government they have no plans to modify their production there. Honda has plants in the states of Guanajuato and Jalisco.
In the weeks before the new U.S. levy went into effect, Reuters reported that Honda planned to make its next-generation Civic Hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs.
The U.S. was Honda’s biggest market last year, accounting for nearly 40% of global sales. The automaker sold 1.4 million vehicles, including Acura models, in the U.S. last year. It imported about 40% of those cars from Canada and Mexico.
Honda posted a 5% rise in U.S. sales to almost 352,000 vehicles in the first three months of this year.
