Is the company General Motors American?
Yes. General Motors Corporation, commonly known as GM, is a
North American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit,
Michigan.
General Motors acts in most countries outside the US. and Canada
via wholly owned subsidiaries, but depending on the country's laws,
there are sometimes different arrangements.
The Archives in Penn. State hold the Documents on the
Corporation from the start in 1918 that include General Motors of
Canada Limited. Incorporated prior to GM in the USA.
The McLaughlin Carriage Company founded in 1867 as The
McLaughlin Carriage Company. This Company established dealers
across Canada and in 1900 was a malty million $ Company
General Motors of Canada Limited is reported to be in the
Superior Court of Ontario, Canada, as a privately owned Canadian
company with the corporation as indirect parent.