CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - In another sign that conditions in the Canadian auto industry are improving, Toyota Canada says it will hire 800 people at its Woodstock, Ont., plant.
Toyota says it will add a second shift to the plant to build more of the popular RAV4 sport utility vehicle beginning next March.
The new jobs will boost total employment at Toyota's Woodstock facility to 6,500 people.
Toyota says the new shift will increase RAV4 production at Woodstock to 150,000 vehicles, and the majority of RAV4s for the North American market will now be built in Ontario.
Toyota's Woodstock plant also builds the Corolla, Matrix and the Lexus RX350.
