# Sanofi opens $500M vaccine facility in North York, Ontario

Sanofi Pasteur opened a $500 million vaccine manufacturing facility on its North York, Ontario campus, aiming to double vaccine production. The facility is expected to open within four years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-04-01
- Where: North York, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 1,250
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Products: vaccines
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Sanofi](https://endata.com/companies/10465.md)

## Sources

- [financialpost.com](https://financialpost.com/economy/sanofi-opens-500m-vaccine-facility-in-ontario-but-says-government-must-listen-on-competitiveness/), 2018-04-12: "Each country is competing with every other country around the world."
- [pharmaceutical-technology.com](https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/projects/sanofi-toronto-vaccine-facility/), 2018-09-02: "Sanofi will invest more than €350m ($432m) in the state-of-the-art vaccine plant, the company’s largest facility-based investment to date."

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