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The automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of General Motors, has always been Oshawa's lifeblood. Founded in 1876 as the MacLaughlin Carriage Company, General Motors of Canada's headquarters and major assembly plants are located in the city. It is also home to Windfields Farm, a thoroughbred horse breeding operation and birthplace of Canada's most famous racehorse, Northern Dancer.
Oshawa is headquarters to General Motors Canada as well as:
Oshawa is a major urban center, containing several suburbs in its Census Metropolitan Area. However, it is still considered part of the Greater Toronto AreaThe Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada and tenth largest in North America, after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore-Washington, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston,.
| North: ScugogScugog township in south-central Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Durham in the Greater Toronto Area. The main centres in Scugog are: Port Perry, Blackstock, and Caesarea. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census: Population: 20,173 % Change | ||
| West: WhitbyWhitby ( 2004 population 100,000) is a town located on Lake Ontario, east of Toronto, in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The Town of Whitby was incorporated in 1855, three years after it was chosen as the seat of government for the new County of Ontario. | Oshawa | East: ClaringtonClarington ( 2001 population 69,834) is a town on Lake Ontario east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the Durham Region. Gaining its present name in 1993 (it had been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93), the town consists of several local communitie |
| South: Lake Ontario |