| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1987 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Canada |
| Headquarters | Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Ministers responsible | Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Gateway Keith Ashfield, Minister of State (ACOA) |
| Agency executive | Monique Collette, President |
| Website | |
| www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca | |
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for helping to build economic capacity in the Atlantic Provinces by working with the people of the region – in their communities, through their institutions and with their local and provincial governments and businesses – to create jobs and enhance earned incomes.
The Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Honourable Peter MacKay, who is also Minister of National Defence.
The head office is located in Moncton, New Brunswick with regional offices located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as a liaison office in Ottawa.
ACOA is also responsible for a subsidiary federal Crown corporation named Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (ECBC), which has a similar function to ACOA but a specific jursdictional mandate which includes all of Cape Breton Island and a portion of mainland Nova Scotia in and around the Town of Mulgrave.
See also
- Atlantic Innovation Fund
- Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
- Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
- Western Economic Diversification Canada
- Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
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