Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Canadian federal government department 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 (Canada).
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
External links
| Departments of the Government of Canada | ||
|---|---|---|
| Principal Departments: |
Agriculture
and Agri-Food · Canadian Heritage · Citizenship and Immigration · Environment · Fisheries and
Oceans · |
 |
| Major Agencies: | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Canada Border Services Agency · Canadian Coast Guard · Canada Revenue Agency · Canadian Food Inspection Agency · Canadian International Development Agency · Canadian Space Agency · Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec · Parks Canada · Passport Canada · Public Health Agency · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · Service Canada · Western Economic Diversification Canada | |
| Other Departments: | Infrastructure · Library and Archives | |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
