Community Economic Development

Community
Economic
Development

Project Support Services

Need support for your project? You want to make a difference in your community, but you need help starting your project. ECD offers a range of services that it has refined in over 25 years of experience in community project development. We also invite you to read the following pages:

If you can’t find what you’re looking for within these sections, we’d love to learn more about your project.

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Want to learn more about DEC supported projects?

See the list of projects supported by the CDEM and services received

Frequently Asked Questions

Our approach is to work collaboratively on finding solutions to the problems you face. This is a personalized support. For more than 25 years, we have been supporting entrepreneurs, accumulating expertise, and developing networks of partners. This experience is a wealth that we want to share for the benefit of your project. We may also not be able to help. But we won’t know until we try.

Yes. Without evading your role as project leader, we can see together how we can alleviate your schedule. Several avenues can be explored: reorganization of tasks, improvement of systems, seeking for outside help, volunteers and partners, etc. Who knows? There may be a funding program to help you access the services of a professional!

Note: this service is free. The CDEM processes applications according to the capacity of available resources and gives itself the right to prioritize applications from its partners and members

Latest News:
March 10 2025
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March 5 2025
CDEM receives more than $3.6 million from the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities (EF-OLMC)
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Workforce Needs Assessment Survey 
Team:
Marie-Cécile Alvarez
Community Economic Development Director
Sofiane Elkhir
Community Economic Development Officer