2018-19 Departmental Plan
Supplementary information
Corporate information
Organizational profile
Appropriate minister: The Honourable Navdeep Bains, PC, MP
Institutional head: Mr. 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 for more information.
Year of incorporation: 1987
Raison d’être, mandate and role
“Raison d’être, mandate and role: who we are and what we do” is available on ACOA’s website.
Operating context and key risks
Information on operating context and key risks is available on ACOA’s website.
Reporting framework
ACOA’s Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory of record for 2018-19 are shown below.
| 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 small and medium-sized enterprises (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 research and development (BERD) 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 export 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 Commercialisation | |||
| Program: Innovation Ecosystem | |||
| Program: Business Growth | |||
| Program: Trade and Investment | |||
| Program: Policy Research and Engagement | |||
Concordance between 2018-19 Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory, and 2017-18 Program Alignment Architecture
| 2018-19 Core Responsibility and Program Inventory |
2017-18 Program Alignment Architecture (PAA) Sub-program |
Percentage of PAA Sub-program dollars corresponding to the new Program in the Program Inventory |
|---|---|---|
| Core Responsibility: Economic development in Atlantic Canada |
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| Program: Inclusive Communities | 1.1.2 Productivity and Growth | 16 |
| 1.2.2 Community-based Business Development | 100 | |
| Program: Diversified Communities | 1.2.1 Community Investment | 100 |
| Program: Research and Development, and Commercialization | 1.1.1 Innovation and Commercialization | 50 |
| Program: Innovation Ecosystem | 1.1.1 Innovation and Commercialization | 50 |
| Program: Business Growth | 1.1.2 Productivity and Growth | 84 |
| Program: Trade and Investment | 1.1.3 International Business Development | 100 |
| Program: Policy Research and Engagement | 1.3.1 Policy | 100 |
| 1.3.2 Advocacy | 100 | |
| 1.3.3 Coordination | 100 | |
Supporting information on ACOA’s Program Inventory
Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to the Agency’s Program Inventory is available in the GC InfoBase.
Supplementary information
The following supplementary information is available on the Agency’s website:
- Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
- Details on transfer payment programs $5 million or more
- Disclosure of transfer payment programs under $5 million
- Gender-based analysis plus
- Internal audits for 2018-19
- Planned evaluation coverage over the next five fiscal years
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. 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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