Philco established a Canadian subsidiary, Philco Products, Ltd., in late 1930, building a factory in Toronto, Ontario to serve the Canadian market. For several years, most of Philco Products Ltd.’s radio were identical to their USA counterparts, carrying similar model numbers with a “3” prefix to denote Canadian manufacture.

By June 1938, the radios produced in Canada began to look very different from USA Philcos. The company also adopted its own model numbering scheme, which results in confusion today among radio collectors, since many later Canadian Philcos used the same model numbers as older USA Philco sets.

A Set Index for Canadian Philcos

I have prepared an index of all Philco models sold in Canada between 1928 and 1947. This index is similar to that found in the Philco book, but has been revised to include many more known equivalents to 1939, 1940, and 1941 USA models as well as including 1946 and 1947 Canadian models for the first time.

View the Philco Radio Set Index for Canadian models, 1928-1947.

Scenes from Philco Corporation of Canada, Limited, 1941

Gordon J. Irwin, Chief Engineer of Philco Corporation of Canada, Ltd.

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Gordon J. Irwin (seated), Chief Engineer of Philco Corporation of Canada, Ltd., and his staff at work designing the new 1942 line of radios, Toronto, Ontario, 1941. By 1941, many Canadian Philco models were different from USA Philco sets.

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New Philco radios being assembled at the Canadian Philco plant, Toronto, June 1941.

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Inspection and Testing of new 1942 Philco radios, Toronto, June 1941.

 

A Sampling of Philco Radios produced in Canada

Model 3118B, 1935

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Model 345AL, 1935 – Photo courtesy Daniel Comtois

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Model 3650AX, 1936 – Photo courtesy David Sharpe

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Model 37-361AB, 1937-Photo courtesy Beans Antiques

 

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Model 37-3610AT, 1937

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Model 39-3A1ACB, 1939

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Model 39-3B4CB, 1939

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Model 39-330AT, 1939

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Model 39-330XF, 1939

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Model 39-340XX, 1939

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Model 39-372T, 1939

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Model 39-3116ARX, 1939

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Model 10T, 1940

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Model 10TI, 1940

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Model 12T, 1940

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Model 14T, 1940

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Model 16T, 1940

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Model 17T, 1940

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Model 18F, 1940

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Model 19XF, 1940

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Model 21XX, 1940

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Model 401T, 1940

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Model 402T, 1940

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Model 701 Radio-Phonograph, 1940

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Model 32AT, 1941 – Photo courtesy Marvin Redler

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Model 34T, 1941

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Model 44X, 1941

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Model 45T, 1941

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Model 45TI, 1941

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Model 46T, 1941

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Model 46TI, 1941

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Model 47T, 1941

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Model 212F, 1941

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Model 213K, 1941

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Model 408T, 1941

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Model 715P Radio-Phonograph, 1941

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Model 48T, 1942

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Model 49T, 1942

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Model 50T, 1942

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Model 51T, 1942

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Model 52F, 1942 – Photo courtesy Rob Kirkness

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Model 53X, 1942

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Model 54X, 1942

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Model 55T, 1942