Chapman’s Ice Cream plans to build a third facility in Markham this year, add 150 to 200 employees and make some new products.
"It's our biggest build ever, including back in 2010 when we started on Phoenix 1 after our fire," said Ashley Chapman,, the chief operatimg officer.
"That facility was about 165,000 square feet and this new one is about 175,000, so we're betting big on Canada."
"We should have all the factory up and running and all of the lines going by early 2026, hopefully before the end of the first quarter," he said.
"We're not going to plan too many crazy things, we just want to get it up and rolling first. But the 2027 season, you're going to see quite a lot of new things from Chapman's Ice Cream."
