Private company

Canadian Vickers

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Aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada

Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada from 1911 until 1944. A subsidiary of Vickers Limited, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers aircraft operations in November 1944.2 It is headquartered in Montreal.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1911Founded1
  • Industryshipbuilding, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersMontreal1

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Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada from 1911 until 1944. A subsidiary of Vickers Limited, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers aircraft operations in November 1944.2

Corporate structure

Canadian Vickers is part of a group headed by Vickers Limited. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Canadian Vickers aircraft designs

Canadian Vickers Vancouver (six built)

Canadian Vickers Vanessa (one built)

Canadian Vickers Varuna (eight built)

Canadian Vickers Vedette (60 built)

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Canadian Vickers Velos (one built)

Canadian Vickers Vigil (one built)

Canadian Vickers Vista (one built)

License production

Vickers Viking IV (six built)

Avro 504N (13 built)

Avro 552 (14 built)

Curtiss HS-3L (three built)

Fairchild FC-2 (11 built)

Fokker Super Universal (15 built)

Bellanca Pacemaker (six built)

Northrop Delta (three Mk I and 17 Mk II built) (First all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada)

Supermarine Stranraer (40 built)

Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (30 built at Vickers, 282 at Cartierville/Canadair plant)

Other aircraft work

Fairey F-IIIC built for transatlantic attempt.

Felixstowe F-III built for transatlantic attempt.

Buhl Airsedan engineering work for Ontario Provincial Air Service.

Handley Page Hampden component manufacture.

R-100 airship repairs.

Unbuilt aircraft

Canadian Vickers FV Hellcat – cancelled before any were built.

For aircraft built after 1944, those aircraft were built under the Canadair name.

From Wikipedia’s article on Canadian Vickers, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1944Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1911Founded Founded1

Sources

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