Stellantis Signs Deal to Sell Brampton Assembly Plant to Roshel

Stellantis and Roshel Inc. announced an agreement on Monday, November 9, 2026, for Roshel to buy the Brampton assembly plant in Ontario and its equipment for an undisclosed amount, the Canadian Press reported via CBC. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal was finalized on Monday and is expected to close by the end of the year. The sale ends car manufacturing at Brampton.

Deal announced on Monday

Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa said in a statement: "We are driving forward our broader strategic goals, opening new opportunities for Stellantis in the defense industry, and creating a path to return the Brampton facility to productive industrial use". Roshel is a Canadian maker of armoured vehicles. The companies announced the agreement on Monday and did not disclose the price in the announcement. The Wall Street Journal account said the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

What the plant built

The Brampton plant built the Dodge Charger, the Dodge Challenger and the Chrysler 300. Production ended in December 2023, and the plant has been idled since then. The site had been slated to build the Jeep Compass, but Stellantis moved that product out of Canada in 2025 to avoid tariffs. With a sale to a defence contractor now agreed, vehicle assembly at Brampton will end under Stellantis ownership once the deal closes.

Union calls the sale a betrayal

Unifor said on November 9 that Stellantis had officially informed the union and publicly announced the sale of Brampton to defence contractor Roshel. Unifor national president Lana Payne said: "Stellantis has betrayed our members with an underhanded deal to sell the plant and walk away from its commitments to our members". The union has sought a long term future for the plant and for the workers who remain on layoff, and it described the sale as a break with commitments made to those members.

Earlier claim phase before the announcement

The confirmed announcement on November 9 followed several days in which the status of the plant was unclear. At a meeting on November 6, Stellantis declined to say whether a sale was final, after telling the union earlier in that week that it still owned the plant. Unifor took the change in the company response as a sign that a deal had closed. When the Canadian Press contacted both companies at that stage, Stellantis and Roshel each said they had nothing to announce. In September 2026, Stellantis and Roshel had signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a potential sale of the idled plant. That memorandum covered a possible transaction. It was separate from the agreement announced on November 9.

Workers and stalled talks

About 2,200 Brampton workers remain on indefinite layoff. Contract talks covering more than 9,000 Stellantis employees in Canada have been stalled since September. In October, Unifor members passed a strike authorization vote by 97 percent. The union is seeking a long term future for the laid off Brampton workers, and the sale now sets the plant on a path away from car production while those talks remain stalled.