2017-18 Departmental Plan
Supplementary information
Corporate information
Organizational profile
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development:
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, P.C., M.P.
Institutional head:
Mr. Daryell Nowlan, Acting 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 for more information.
Year of incorporation:
1987
Reporting framework
ACOA’s Strategic Outcome and Program Alignment Architecture of record for 2017-18 are shown below:
1. Strategic Outcome: A competitive Atlantic Canadian economy
1.1 Program: Enterprise Development
1.1.1 Sub-program: Innovation and Commercialization
1.1.2 Sub-program: Productivity and Growth
1.1.3 Sub-program: International Business Development
1.2 Program: Community Development
1.2.1 Sub-program: Community Investment
1.2.2 Sub-program: Community-based Business Development
1.3 Program: Policy, Advocacy and Coordination
1.3.1 Sub-program: Policy
1.3.2 Sub-program: Advocacy
1.3.3 Sub-program: Coordination
Internal Services
Supporting information on lower-level programs
Information on Agency’s lower-level programs is available on the Agency’s website and in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's InfoBase.
Supplementary information
The following supplementary information can be found on the Agency’s website:
- Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 Million or More
- Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million
- Upcoming Evaluations Over the Next Five Fiscal Years
- Upcoming Internal Audits for 2017-18
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 annually in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. 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 the 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
Canada
Courier address:
644 Main Street
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1E2
Canada
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