Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
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 Departments of the Government of Canada |
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| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | |
| Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique | |
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| Minister | Peter MacKay |
| Parliamentary Secretary | Gerald Keddy |
| Established | 1987 |
| Responsibilities | economy of Atlantic Canada |
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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.
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.
