History of  GM Regina Plant

General Motors Ltd. Regina Plant (corner of 8th Ave. and Winnipeg St.)

To meet the heavy demand for new cars in Saskatchewan General Motors built this plant in 1928.

It was 370,000 square feet in area and the site was 38 acres. The plant was completed in six months and the first new all Canadian made Chevrolet

boasting a six cylinder engine rolled off the assembly line in December 1928. The plant produced a new car every four minutes, a 150 cars per day.

The plant closed in 1930 following the stock market crash and the start of the great depression.

It was reopened in 1931 adding Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Maple Leaf trucks to the line.

In 1941 the government took over the plant and renamed it Regina Industries Ltd. where it produced war materials and employed 1000 people.

After the war automobile production was not resumed but national defence used part of the property to the mid-1960s.

The province took over the property in 1967. It is presently used by several tenants and some parts have been sold.

Pontiacanada wrote:

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There is a member on here that has a picture of his car in front of the beautiful main entrance. I forget who it is.

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 http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t63065154/january-2017-feature-car/

Looks like it was a pretty massive fire, though:

http://cjme.com/article/1237948/fire-engulfs-old-gm-plant-regina

Great reporting guys!