Alliston Economy

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Economy

The town grew as a commercial centre for the area farmers and was best known as a potato-growing area. It is still a major industry in the town and is celebrated by the annual Alliston Potato Festival.

Honda of Canada Manufacturing operates an auto manufacturing facility, the biggest industry in Simcoe County, located to the southeast of Alliston, along Simcoe Road 10, about a km south of Highway 89. The facility had a minor fire in the late 1990s. There are now two plants and Honda employs approximately 4,500 people. Plant 1 currently manufactures the Civic (for Canada, U.S., Brazil, & Mexico) and Acura CSX (for Canadian market only), while Plant 2 also builds Civics (sedans for Canada & U.S. only) alongside the Ridgeline pickup truck (for Canada, U.S., & Mexico) and the Acura MDX (for Canada, U.S., Mexico, and China). A third Honda plant, for the manufacture of engines, is being built and is supposed to open in 2008