# De Havilland Canada announces new aircraft manufacturing facility in Alberta

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada announced that its new aircraft manufacturing facility, De Havilland Field, will be located in Wheatland County, Alberta. The facility will assemble DHC-515 Firefighter, DHC-6 Twin Otter, and Dash 8-400 aircraft, and is expected to create up to 1,500 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-21
- Where: Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: announced
- Products: DHC-515 Firefighter aircraft, DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, Dash 8-400 aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [De Havilland Aircraft of Canada](https://endata.com/companies/40887.md)

## Sources

- [dehavillandfield.com](https://dehavillandfield.com/news/de-havilland-canada-announces-site-of-new-alberta-aircraft-manufacturing-facility/), 2022-09-21: "De Havilland Field will be the site of final assembly for the DHC-515 Firefighter aircraft, which was launched earlier this year, the DHC-6 Twin Otter as well as the Dash 8-400 aircraft."

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