- The first new Ford Super Duty pickups built in Oakville, Ontario are now headed to dealers
- Remarks at a recent earnings call were bullish on the ramp-up of production
- The Blue Oval’s investment into retooling at Oakville sits around CDN$5 billion
After pausing production at Oakville Assembly, in Ontario, following a sunsetting of its Edge crossover and related rigs, Ford is aggressively ramping up production of the Super Duty pickup at the facility, and late October finally sent down the line the first examples of the truck destined for dealerships.
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The milestone follows an estimated CDN$5 billion worth of investment into the place in prep for cranking out copies of the Super Duty. As part of broader remarks during an earnings call for Q3 2026, Ford CEO Jim Farley is reported to have been bullish on the production ramp-up at Oakville. “Early indications at the Oakville Assembly Complex – where we now have new capacity to build Super Duty pickups – are that the plant is already performing at quality levels comparable to Kentucky Truck Plant,” the company said in a statement about the call.
Oakville Assembly has produced several popular models during its history, which dates all the way back to the 1950s. In just the past few decades, it churned out see-them-everywhere cars like the Escort, Tempo and Topaz, Windstar and Freestar, and many examples of the F-150. Recently, the facility cranked out the Ford Edge and its variants, until production of that model stopped in 2024. All of that is to say there’s a solid chance that nearly everyone reading this post has seen something on the street or in a parking lot that was built at Oakville.
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As for the trucks popping out of the place now, top brass seems to be impressed. “The production ramp is already exceeding planned daily volume and jobs per hour rates,” said spox on a recentearnings call. “We reached okay-to-buy last week and began shipping trucks to dealerships.” Be sure to check VINs if you’re shopping for a Super Duty in the near future; if the leading digit is a ‘2’, it should indicate the vehicle was built in Canada.
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This new production arrives despite continued chatter about tariffs and the like from Washington, though talks seem to be thawing, if recent remarks are to be believed. We shall see what the future brings on that front. For now, look towards Oakville to play an important part in Ford’s truck production, especially since it’ll be picking up some slack as other facilities get ready for the next-gen F-150 next year.
