Canadian Aeroplanes
Formed on December 15, 1916, when the Imperial Munitions Board bought the Curtiss (Canada) aircraft operation in Toronto (opened in 1916 as Toronto Curtiss Aeroplanes) at a 6-acre facility at 1244 Dufferin Street south of Dupont Avenue in April 1917.[1] The public company was run by Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, an industrialist and financier.[2] Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. manufactured the JN-4(Can) Canuck (1200),[3] the Felixstowe F5L flying boat (30),[4] and the Avro 504.[5] The plant remained opened until after the Armistice and was sold to Columbia Graphophone Company Limited[2] in 1919.After 1924 it was sold to Dodge Brothers Canada Limited as a car assembly plant till 1928.