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Organizational profile

Appropriate minister: The Honourable Mélanie Joly, PC, MP
Institutional head: Francis P. McGuire, President
Ministerial portfolio: Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Enabling instrument: Part I of the Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada 1987, R.S.C., 1985, c. 41 (4th Supp.), also known as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act.
See the Department of Justice Canada website^{Footnote (i)} for more information.

Year of incorporation / commencement: 1987

Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do

“Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do” is available on the ACOA website.

For more information on the department’s organizational mandate letter commitments, see the Minister’s mandate letter.

Reporting framework

ACOA’s Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory of record for 2019-20 are shown below.

Reporting Framework and Program Inventory
Departmental Results Framework	Core Responsibility: Economic development in Atlantic Canada		Internal Services
	Departmental Result: Communities are economically diversified in Atlantic Canada	Indicator: Percentage of Atlantic Canadian SMEs that are majority owned by women, Indigenous people, youth, visible minorities and persons with disabilities
		Indicator: Percentage of professional, science and technology-related jobs in Atlantic Canada’s economy
		Indicator: Amount leveraged per dollar invested by ACOA in community projects
	Departmental Result: Businesses invest in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in Atlantic Canada	Indicator: Value of business expenditures in R&D by firms receiving ACOA program funding in dollars
		Indicator: Percentage of businesses engaged in collaborations with higher education institutions in Atlantic Canada
	Departmental Result: Businesses are innovative and growing in Atlantic Canada	Indicator: Number of high-growth firms in Atlantic Canada
		Indicator: Value of exports of goods (in dollars) from Atlantic Canada
		Indicator: Value of exports of clean technologies (in dollars) from Atlantic Canada
		Indicator: Revenue growth rate of firms supported by ACOA programs
Program Inventory	Program: Inclusive Communities
	Program: Diversified Communities
	Program: Research and Development, and Commercialization
	Program: Innovation Ecosystem
	Program: Business Growth
	Program: Trade and Investment
	Program: Policy Research and Engagement

Supporting information on the program inventory

Financial, human resources and performance information for ACOA’s Program Inventory is available in GC InfoBase.^{Footnote (ii)}

Supplementary information tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on ACOA’s website:

Federal tax expenditures

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures.^{Footnote (iii)} This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs. The tax measures presented in this report are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

Organizational contact information

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
P.O. Box 6051
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9J8
Courier address:
644 Main Street
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1E2

General inquiries: 506-851-2271
Toll free (Canada and the United States): 1-800-561-7862
Facsimile: 506-851-7403
Secure Facsimile: 506-857-1301
TTY : 1-877-456-6500
Access to Information/Privacy: 506-851-2271
https://www.canada.ca/en/atlantic-canada-opportunities.html

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