The Canadian government provided Stellantis with over $220 million in funding to enhance its facilities in Ontario before the company announced intentions to transfer some production operations to the United States, recent reports reveal. This amount is more than double what was initially disclosed by the government when questioned in October about its financial support for Stellantis following the decision to relocate Jeep Compass production from Brampton to Belvidere, Illinois.
According to Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) spokesperson, Stellantis received $18,629,124 for the fiscal year ending 2023 and $85,936,055 for the fiscal year ending 2024, totaling $104,565,179. However, these figures did not encompass the latest fiscal year, which concluded in March. The federal government’s annual financial documents released last month disclosed that FCA Canada, the Canadian division of Stellantis, received nearly $118 million during the 2025 fiscal year, bringing the total funding to approximately $222 million.
The funding was part of a 2022 agreement that allocated up to $529 million to Stellantis for modernizing its assembly plants in Brampton and Windsor to support the production of both gas-powered and electric vehicles. Although the province pledged to provide up to $513 million, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated that no funding was provided to Stellantis for the Brampton plant due to unmet conditions related to job creation and project milestones. However, the company did receive $55 million for the Windsor plant.
The decision by Stellantis to shift operations from Brampton has raised concerns among the approximately 3,000 employees, many of whom were already laid off during plant modernization activities that were halted in February. Public officials expressed outrage over the situation in light of the funding agreements with Stellantis and NextStar Energy, the company’s electric vehicle battery venture in Windsor. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly initiated a dispute resolution process with Stellantis to potentially recover some of the funds, as the contracts, one of which is valued at up to $15 billion, included job guarantees.
The federal government’s Public Accounts of Canada revealed that $306 million of the $529 million allocated for the re-tooling agreement remains, with $94 million set to be disbursed this fiscal year, followed by $95 million in 2027, $79 million in the subsequent year, and smaller amounts thereafter. The accuracy of these estimates is currently uncertain.