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The federal government paid Stellantis more than $220 million to help upgrade its plants in Ontario before the automaker revealed plans to move some production to the U.S., recent records show.
It’s more than double the amount the federal government disclosed when asked in October about its Stellantis spending, after the multinational announced that it will scrap plans to build the Jeep Compass at its Brampton plant and assemble it in Belvidere, Ill., instead.
“Stellantis has received $18,629,124 under the agreement for FYE (fiscal year end) 2023 and $85,936,055 for FYE 2024, for total support of $104,565,179,” a spokesperson for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) told CBC News at the time.
But the figures did not include the most recent fiscal year, which concluded at the end of March. Last month, the federal government released its yearly public accounting documents, showing that it paid FCA Canada — Stellantis’ Canadian arm — nearly $118 million during the 2025 fiscal year, bringing the total to roughly $222 million.
ISED did not respond to questions before deadline.
The money comes from a deal inked in 2022 that provides Stellantis with up to $529 million to help update the company’s assembly plants in Brampton and Windsor, Ont., to support both gas and electric-powered vehicle production.
The province also pledged to provide up to $513 million, but Ontario Premier Doug Ford has said his government has not given Stellantis any funding for the Brampton plant because it didn’t meet conditions related to job creation and project milestones.
The company did get $55 million for the Windsor plant, though, per Ford.
The global automaker’s Brampton decision has spurred fresh job fears among the roughly 3,000 employees there, most of whom were already laid off while crews modernized the plant. That work halted in February amid U.S. tariff chaos and uncertainty in the EV market.
Public officials have responded to the move with outrage in light of the funding deals with Stellantis, as well as NextStar Energy, its electric vehicle battery venture in Windsor. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has said the contracts — one of which is worth up to $15 billion — contained job guarantees, prompting her to launch a dispute resolution process with Stellantis to try to recover some of the money.
A spokesperson for Stellantis said they could not comment on this story, but shared a previous statement saying that 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, known formally as the Public Accounts of Canada, show $306 million of the $529 million remaining under the re-tooling deal, with $94 million to be disbursed this fiscal year, $95 million in 2027, $79 million the following year, and smaller amounts beyond that.
It’s unclear if those estimates are still accurate.
