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Carbon Steel Sheet Metal Fabrication in Canada

Carbon steel is the workhorse of fabricated structure, and Canada has rolled it in the same Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie mill towns for over a century, now shifting to lower-carbon electric-arc furnaces. Most products with a metal skin start as a flat sheet, and Canada's fabrication base of nearly eight thousand fabricated-metal manufacturers turns them into finished parts close to home.

The capability below reflects qualified Canadian shops that handle sheet metal fabrication in carbon steel.

CWBISO 9001AS9100
Coverage across CanadaQualified manufacturing capacity by Canadian province.Ontario: ~50k parts/moAlberta: ~14k parts/moQuebec: ~8k parts/moBritish Columbia: ~8k parts/moNova Scotia: ~4k parts/moManitoba: ~4k parts/moOnt.~50kAlta.~14kQue.~8kB.C.~8kN.S.~4kMan.~4k~90,000parts / month
About 90,000 carbon steel sheet metal fabrication parts per month of qualified manufacturing capacity across Canada.

What you can get made

Finishing
Powder Coating, Painting, Deburring, Polishing, Sand Blasting, Anodizing, Laser Marking, Plating
Advanced equipment
5-Axis Machining, Live Tooling, CMM, Mill-Turn, Swiss Turning
Industries served
Industrial, Aerospace, Construction, Automotive, Medical, Electronics, Oil & Gas, Energy

Good to know

  • 1018 is the general-purpose choice; 4140 and tool steels where strength or wear resistance matter.
  • Keep bend radii and hole-to-edge distances within standard guidelines to control cost.