A major Canadian ice cream company plans to expand its Grey County, Ont., operations, adding 200 new jobs in the area, partly through funding from the provincial government.

On Friday, Chapman’s announced it would expand its operations and build a new facility in the small town of Markdale , a project worth roughly $200 million.

The company is already the largest employer in the town, which had a population of just over 1,200 people in 2021. The expansion will add new production lines and take its total provincial workforce north of 1,000.

“This expansion comes at a critical time for Chapman’s. The competition from multinationals has only increased in recent years and this project will help us to establish a stronger competitive ground,” Chapman’s CEO, Ashley Chapman, said in a statem

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