In the book the first ten years.There is a picture of Mr.Werner Jansen standing beside the FIRST 3 Vw's(Barn door deluxe,single cab,split bug)in Vancouver!!!It's says he was waiting for a shipment of 50 cars.No date on picture.
Here's something from Wiki:
Volkswagens in Canada - VW Canada ordered their first cars on July 10, 1952. (shipping order 143075) The order consisted of 12 vehicles, (3) model 11C, a black, green and sandcolour (3) 11GS, a chestnut brown and two azure blue, (2) 24A-M51 in red, (1)21A in blue, (1) 23A in blue, (1) 22A beige colour, and one Ambulance. Volkswagen Products were seen in Canada for the first time at the Canadian National Exhibition in August 1952 and were accepted enthusiastically. The first shipment of cars reached Toronto in December of 1952. By 1955 sales were on a basis that warranted the building of the fine Volkswagen plant on a 32-acre site on Scarboro's Golden Mile. To this, a 60,000 square foot building with administration, showrooms, service, repairs and parts, an addition of 60,000 feet was built in 1957, with storage for $4,000,000 of parts. (see 1959 Canadian Register of Commerce & Industry held in the Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario)
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