im not sure about the difference between king Canada and King inustrial but i can tell you one thing having had my experience with king period i would advice anyone to really be carefull. For years i was dreaming of the day i would be able to afford my dream shop and be able to revive my love for woodworking. Finally the time came two years ago and being young and foulish i jumped, thinking if i dont rush in full force i may change my mind. Being a young born again woodworker,lol, with little experience i fell apon a shop that swore up and down that king was the way to go. Well close to 20,000 dollars later i had purchased any and all machiens known to man,,,,yes you guessed it all by king. 2 years later and with the knowledge of sites such as this i soon realized that good things come with patience. Just to name a few issues, my table saw came with large scratches. Kings solution was to sand them out. I did not know at the time that to remove the kind of scratches that were on my table would also cause the table not to be true. My 20" plainer went from sounding like a bee to sounding like a car without a mufler, the gears had to be replaced after 2 months of usage. My jointer never keeps square as the fence seems rather flimsy. As well these days it sound like it has a broken leg. That by the way is the sound of the belt rubing up against the frame support. Not a very good design. The band saw was to come with a tall fence for resaw, well guess what it was on backorder and after numerous calls to king and almost eight months later i finally received it. I started to think that i was just hard to please. You want to talk about poor service. In any case there is always a good thing come out of bad. I learnt to slow things down. Take my time in decision making and enjoy the process. I will likley replace some of these items over time , the hard thing about selling this product is i dont have the heart to dump this stuff on anyone. In all the reviews that i have read in the past two years today was the first time i came across someone else bringing up king. I could not help myself and well if i can stop someone from making the same mistake as i did well i had to say something. By the way as far as General goes ,,,,,,,,,General Canada is known for amazing high quality. The General tools made in Quebec, i believe you could equate to PM of the states. general international is less expensive but not too bad for quality, certainly better than king.