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In June 2022, after a celebration with 10 DHC types present, from a 1942 Tiger Moth to a 2019 DHC-8-400, the last DHC aircraft left the Downsview site<ref>{{cite news |title=De Havilland Canada says goodbye to Downsview |url=https://skiesmag.com/news/de-havilland-canada-says-goodbye-downsview/ |work=Skies Mag}}</ref> and the offices were relocated to nearby [[Mississauga]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Clint |title=What Happened To De Havilland Canada? |url=https://ontario-bakery.com/canada/what-happened-to-de-havilland-canada/ |website=Ontario Bakery |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=3 February 2023 }}</ref> |
In June 2022, after a celebration with 10 DHC types present, from a 1942 Tiger Moth to a 2019 DHC-8-400, the last DHC aircraft left the Downsview site<ref>{{cite news |title=De Havilland Canada says goodbye to Downsview |url=https://skiesmag.com/news/de-havilland-canada-says-goodbye-downsview/ |work=Skies Mag}}</ref> and the offices were relocated to nearby [[Mississauga]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Clint |title=What Happened To De Havilland Canada? |url=https://ontario-bakery.com/canada/what-happened-to-de-havilland-canada/ |website=Ontario Bakery |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=3 February 2023 }}</ref> |
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In September 2022, De Havilland Canada announced that [[Wheatland County, Alberta]], was to be the location of its new production site, to be known as De Havilland Field. The new facility is to be built just East of [[Cheadle, Alberta|Cheadle]]. The facility will initially manufacture the DHC-515 fire-fighting aircraft; the DHC-6 Twin Otter and the Dash 8-400 will also be assembled at De Havilland Field once production resumes.<ref>{{cite press release|title=De Havilland Canada Announces Site of New Alberta Aircraft Manufacturing Facility |url=https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-announces-site-of-new-alberta-aircraft-manufacturing-facility |access-date=23 September 2022 |publisher=De Havilland Canada |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> |
In September 2022, De Havilland Canada announced that [[Wheatland County, Alberta]], was to be the location of its new production site, to be known as De Havilland Field. The new facility is to be built just east of [[Cheadle, Alberta|Cheadle]]. The facility will initially manufacture the DHC-515 fire-fighting aircraft; the DHC-6 Twin Otter and the Dash 8-400 will also be assembled at De Havilland Field once production resumes.<ref>{{cite press release|title=De Havilland Canada Announces Site of New Alberta Aircraft Manufacturing Facility |url=https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-announces-site-of-new-alberta-aircraft-manufacturing-facility |access-date=23 September 2022 |publisher=De Havilland Canada |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> |
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== Aircraft == |
== Aircraft == |