Stellantis Has Now Hired Over 1,000 New Canadian Employees for the Third Shift at its Windsor Assembly Plant.

• Of these, 240 are former Brampton employees that have transferred to Windsor.

• Plans call for a total of 1,500 new workers in the third shift.

• The automaker has invested $7.9 billion in Canada since 2022.

Stellantis is in hot water with the Canadian government due to its decision to shift the production of the upcoming Jeep Compass from Brampton to Illinois, leaving one of its Canadian factories without a future product.

Despite this, Stellantis remains the third largest automaker to operate in the country, and it is currently in the process of expanding its workforce in Windsor.

Indeed, the company’s Windsor assembly plant has now begun producing the gas-powered Dodge Charger Sixpack in addition to the electric Charger Daytona and the Chrysler minivans it already made.

To meet the expected demand for all of these models, the automaker is adding a third shift at the factory, which will require about 1,500 additional employees.

Of this number, more than 1,000 have already been hired. Within this, 240 workers are former Brampton employees that have chosen to transfer to the automaker’s other assembly facility in Canada.

Stellantis also has a significant presence in the skilled labour force of Canada, with the company having added 600 engineering jobs at the Automotive Research and Development Centre since 2023.

In the same two years, Stellantis has also created 1,100 new Canadian jobs thanks to its partnership with LG Energy solutions, which operates under the NextStar Energy banner.

Also in Windsor, this joint venture currently produces battery cells for energy storage units and it will manufacture electric vehicle battery components at a later date.

All operations combined, Stellantis employs about 10,000 Canadians nationwide.

The automaker also highlights that it has invested $7,9 billion in Canada since 2022 on projects that are either complete or near completion.

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Stellantis also says it continues to work “constructively” with the Canadian government to support employees impacted by the idling of the Brampton factory, which was undergoing retooling when the Trump administration came back into power and expressed its desire to have all vehicles sold in the U.S. built locally.

All of the Brampton workers who refused the offer to transfer to Windsor will continue to receive 70% of their salary and their health benefits.

Concrete plans for a return to work in Brampton have yet to be announced, but it seems clear that Stellantis isn’t ready to abandon Canada as a manufacturing location.