The CRJ programme was acquired by Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI RJ Aviation Group) in a deal that closed 1 June 2020.

The family consists of the following aircraft generations and models/derivatives: As of November 2018[update], following Bombardier's decisions to sell the CSeries to Airbus and the Q Series to De Havilland Canada, the company was looking at "strategic options" to return the CRJ to profitability.

[6] Mitsubishi had a historic interest in the CRJ programme, having sounded out risk-sharing options with Bombardier, and were at one point expected to take a stake in its SpaceJet venture during the 1990s.

[7][8] Bombardier ceased new sales and announced that production of the CRJ would continue at Mirabel until the current order backlog was complete.

[10] Closure of the deal was confirmed on 1 June 2020, with Bombardier's service and support activities transferred to a new Montreal-based company, MHI RJ Aviation Group.