{"id":336,"date":"2018-07-03T19:10:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T02:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcoradio.com\/library\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2019-04-22T21:23:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T04:23:49","slug":"philco-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philcoradio.com\/library\/index.php\/philco-history\/philco-around-the-world\/philco-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Philco in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A Set Index for Canadian Philcos<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

View the Philco Radio Set Index for Canadian models, 1928-1947<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scenes from Philco Corporation of Canada, Limited, 1941<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"[Image:
\nGordon J. Irwin, Chief Engineer of Philco Corporation of Canada, Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nGordon 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nNew Philco radios being assembled at the Canadian Philco plant, Toronto, June 1941.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nInspection and Testing of new 1942 Philco radios, Toronto, June 1941.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Sampling of Philco Radios produced in Canada<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"[Image:
\nModel 3118B, 1935<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 345AL, 1935 – Photo courtesy Daniel Comtois<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 3650AX, 1936 – Photo courtesy David Sharpe<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 37-361AB, 1937-Photo courtesy Beans Antiques<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 37-3610AT, 1937<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-3A1ACB, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-3B4CB, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-330AT, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-330XF, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-340XX, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-372T, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 39-3116ARX, 1939<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 10T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 10TI, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 12T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 14T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 16T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 17T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 18F, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 19XF, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 21XX, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 401T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 402T, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 701 Radio-Phonograph, 1940<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 32AT, 1941 – Photo courtesy Marvin Redler<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 34T, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 44X, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 45T, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 45TI, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 46T, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 46TI, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 47T, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 212F, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 213K, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 408T, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 715P Radio-Phonograph, 1941<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 48T, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 49T, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 50T, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 51T, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 52F, 1942 – Photo courtesy Rob Kirkness<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 53X, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 54X, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"[Image:
\nModel 55T, 1942<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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