Several furnace brands are made in Canada, although the number of Canadian factories has decreased as manufacturing consolidated to the US and Mexico. The most prominent truly Canadian-made furnace brands are Napolean, which is headquartered and manufactures high-efficiency gas furnaces in Barrie, Ontario, and is one of the few remaining 100 percent Canadian-owned HVAC manufacturers, and Keeprite, which historically had Canadian manufacturing and still has Canadian distribution though much production moved to the US under Carrier ownership. Continental, which is made by Napoleon in Barrie, is also Canadian-made. Dettson, headquartered in Sherbrooke, Quebec, manufactures oil and electric furnaces and hydronic air handlers in Quebec and is Canadian-owned. Historically, Carrier had a plant in Collingwood, Ontario, Lennox had operations, and other brands had Canadian plants, but most now import. Many furnaces sold in Canada are made in the USA by Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Goodman, Daikin, and Tempstar in factories in Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and Indiana, then imported with CSA certification. If you want to buy Canadian-made today, Napoleon and its Continental brand and Dettson are the clearest examples of furnaces actually manufactured in Canada, supporting Canadian jobs and built for cold Canadian winters with stainless steel heat exchangers and high BTU outputs suitable for northern climates.
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