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Federal government paid by Stellantis more than $220 million to upgrade its Ontario plants before the automaker announced plans to move some production to the U.S., latest reports show.
That's more than double the amount the federal government disclosed when asked about Stellantis spending in October after the multinational announced it would scrap plans to build the Jeep Compass at its Brampton plant and instead assemble it in Belvidere, Illinois.
“Stellantis received $18,629,124 under the agreement for FY 2023 (fiscal year end) and $85,936,055 for FY 2024, for a total support amount of $104,565,179,” a spokesperson for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) said. told CBC News at that time.
But those figures do not include the most recent fiscal year, which ended at the end of March. Last month, the federal government released its annual public accounting documents. showing that in fiscal year 2025 the company paid FCA Canada—the Canadian division of Stellantis—nearly $118 million, bringing the total to approximately $222 million.
ISED did not respond to questions by deadline.
Money comes from deal signed in 2022, it will provide up to $529 million to Stellantis to upgrade the company's assembly plants in Brampton and Windsor, Ontario, to support production of both gasoline and electric vehicles.
Provinces also promised allocate up to $513 million, but This was stated by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. his government did not provide any funding to Stellantis for the Brampton plant because it did not meet conditions related to job creation and project milestones.
However, Ford said the company received $55 million for the Windsor plant.
The global automaker's decision in Brampton has raised new employment concerns among the plant's roughly 3,000 employees, most of whom had already been laid off while crews modernized the plant. What work stopped in February amid tariff chaos in the US and uncertainty in the electric vehicle market.
Government officials reacted with outrage at the move in light of the funding agreements with Stellantis, as well as NextStar Energyelectric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Windsor. Minister of Industry M.AndLani Jolie said the contracts, one of which is worth up to $15 billion, contain job guarantees, prompting her to begin a dispute resolution process with Stellantis to try to recoup some of the money.
A Stellantis spokesman said he could not comment for this story, but shared previous statement saying the company continues to “work constructively with government partners and other stakeholders on a plan for Brampton to find viable solutions that build a sustainable, long-term future for automotive manufacturing in Canada.”
The federal government's accounting records, officially known as the Government Accounts of Canada, show $306 million of remaining $529 million As part of the retooling agreement, $94 million will be allocated this fiscal year, $95 million in 2027, $79 million next year and smaller amounts thereafter.
It is unclear whether these estimates are accurate.
