Members

Industry Overview

Defence Ontario supports new firms entering the sector and the growth of existing members already supplying the industry. Ontario’s defence sector represents over $5.3 Billion per year in sales, and over half of Canada’s defence industry.

With manufacturing and service sector clusters supporting the Ontario defence supply chain throughout the province, the sector has over 300 direct, and over 500 tier-2, suppliers – and it is expanding.

 

 

Benefits of Membership

Defence Ontario brings value to our members by serving them as a knowledge-leader, a knowledge resource, and an awareness builder within the broader defence community by fostering deep connections to industry decision makers and influencers so they are aware of the capabilities of our members – positioning Defence Ontario as the “go-to” association for defence procurement in Ontario.

 

Education

• Information sessions on Selling to Primes, Export Controls, Navigating Challenging Trade Markets

• Topics/Modules for sessions on ITBs, Procurement Opportunities, Exporting

• Educational and informative events

 

Networking and Awareness

• Member to Prime networking events

• Member to Government networking events

• Member profile on the Defence Ontario website directory

• Member Dashboard with access to unlimited news articles, exclusive events, business opportunities, and members-only resources

 

Outreach Opportunities

• Engaging directly with Primes and their internal decision makers to promote Defence Ontario member capabilities

• Engaging directly with government (Trade commissions, ISED, GAC, MEDG) and their internal decision makers to promote Defence Ontario member capabilities

• Receive access to the Defence Ontario newsletter