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The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is a not-for-profit co-operative that is dedicated to ending poverty around the world through co-operative action. CCA's mission is to establish and grow co-operatives, credit unions, and community-based organizations to reduce poverty, build sustainable livelihoods, and improve civil society in less developed countries. Canadian Co-operative Association and Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF Canada) amalgamated in 2017 under the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF Canada) brand. To achieve this mission, CCA works closely with Canadian co-operatives and credit unions to channel their knowledge and expertise to partner organizations and co-operatives in Africa, Asia and the Americas. CCA presently operates in 18 countries with an annual budget of approximately $13 million.
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and gender are cross-cutting priorities in all of CCA's programs. CCA is headquartered in
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History

CCA was created in 1987 by the merger of the Co-operative Union of Canada (CUC) and the Co-operative College of Canada. From 1973 to 1987, the Co-operative College of Canada was a national centre for co-operative education and research. It was established to provide co-op business training and to teach co-op principles. The college itself was short-lived, its formative years date from the late 1930s and early 1940s, when there was a strong push and a practical need for an educational link to the co-operative movement. The Co-operative Union of Canada was formed in 1909 to encourage sharing of information, mutual self-help and concerted actions among co-operative organizations. It began its international development program in 1945 as a part of reconstructive efforts after the
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. In 1979 the National Association of Canadian Credit Unions, predecessor to the
Credit Union Central of Canada The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA; french: Association canadienne des coopératives financières) is the national trade association for credit unions in Canada (outside the province of Quebec). Founded in 1953, it rebranded to its curre ...
, decided to merge its international credit union development program with CUC's. April 1, 2014 Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) was launched as a new national, bilingual association and allowed the Canadian Co-operative Association to focus its efforts entirely on international co-operative development. Among those who have led CCA and the CUC since its inception in 1909 are A.B. MacDonald, a prominent leader in the
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, Alexander Laidlaw and Dr. Ian MacPherson.


See also

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Credit Union Central of Canada The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA; french: Association canadienne des coopératives financières) is the national trade association for credit unions in Canada (outside the province of Quebec). Founded in 1953, it rebranded to its curre ...


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Official site
{{Authority control Cooperatives in Canada