Philco in Canada

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 (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.	New Philco radios being assembled at the Canadian Philco plant, Toronto, June 1941.
Inspection and Testing of new 1942 Philco radios, Toronto, June 1941.

A Sampling of Philco Radios produced in Canada

Model 3118B, 1935	Model 345AL, 1935 Photo courtesy Daniel Comtois	Model 3650AX, 1936 Photo courtesy David Sharpe
Model 37-361AB, 1937 Photo courtesy Beans Antiques	Model 37-3610AT, 1937	Model 3A1ACB, 1939
Model 3B4CB, 1939	Model 330XF, 1939	Model 340XX, 1939
Model 372T, 1939	Model 3116ARX, 1939-40	Model 10T, 1940
Model 10TI, 1940	Model 12T, 1940	Model 14T, 1940
Model 16T, 1940	Model 17T, 1940	Model 18F, 1940
Model 19XF, 1940	Model 21XX, 1940	Model 401T, 1940
Model 402T, 1940	Model 701, 1940	Model 32AT, 1941 Photo courtesy Marvin Redler
Model 34T, 1941-42	Model 44X, 1941-42	Model 45T, 1941-42
Model 45TI, 1941-42	Model 46T, 1941	Model 46TI, 1941
Model 47T, 1941	Model 212F, 1941	Model 213K, 1941
Model 408T, 1941	Model 715P, 1941-42	Model 48T, 1942
Model 49T, 1942	Model 50T, 1942	Model 51T, 1942
Model 52F, 1942 Photo courtesy Rob Kirkness	Model 53X, 1942	Model 54X, 1942
	Model 55T, 1942