GE Canada (or General Electric Canada) is the wholly-owned Canadian unit of General Electric, manufacturing various consumer and industrial electrical products all over Canada. GE Canada was preceded by the company Canadian General Electric (CGE), a Canadian manufacturer of various electrical products which acted as the Canadian counterpart of the American company General Electric. CGE became General Electric Canada in 1989, and is now known as GE Canada. History Canadian General Electric Co. Limited (CGE) was incorporated in Canada in 1892 as a merger of Edison Electric Light Company of Canada (of Hamilton, Ontario) and Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company of Canada (of Montreal, Quebec), both incorporated in Canada in 1882. The Canadian merger occurred in the same year as the merger of parent companies Edison General Electric (of Schenectady, New York) and Thomson-Houston Company (of Lynn, Massachusetts) into General Electric, which continues to the present day as a major international conglomerate. CGE had about 500 employees at inception and was already producing generators, transformers, motors, wire and cable, and lighting products for consumer and industrial products. CGE existed as the Canadian counterpart of the American-based General Electric. In 1989, CGE became General Electric Canada, and is now known as GE Canada. Milestones General Electric has had a long manufacturing history in Canada, beginning as CGE and existing today as GE Canada: 1892 — CGE is founded and opens engine/motor plant in Peterborough, Ontario 1899 — The Canadian General Electric electric car is produced, for model year 1899 only, in Peterborough. The car is essentially a Woods Electric. 1911 — CGE acquires Sunbeam Lamp Company of Toronto, Ontario. 1912 — lamp plant is established in Montreal, Quebec. 1921 — Vacuum tube operations begin in Toronto. 1922 — Canadian Edison Appliance Company is established. 1945 — small appliances plant opens in Barrie, Ontario. 1946 — plastics plant opens in Cobourg, Ontario. 1946 — lighting plant opens in Oakville, Ontario. 1947 — electric meter plant opens in Quebec City. 1971 — The Karachi Nuclear Power Complex, built by CGE, opens. 1975 — CGE's household appliance division spins off and merges with GSW Inc. (a Canadian manufacturer of household appliances with brands such as McClary, Easy, and Moffat) into a new company named Camco (later known as Mabe Canada). 1989 — CGE becomes a wholly-owned unit of General Electric, and is renamed General Electric Canada. 1990s — Electric lamp operations in the Oakville factory