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LaPrade Fund [textual record, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1964-1984.

Reference:

R11344-78-4-E

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3798884

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Jean Chrétien fonds

Constituencies

LaPrade Fund
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Sub-series includes:

272 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1964-1984.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.93 m of textual records
12 plans

Language of material:

French

Added language of material:

French, English

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While the Fonds de développement économique LaPrade (LaPrade Economic Development Fund) was officially created in 1987, it was implemented gradually from funds remaining after the 1978 halt in construction of a heavy water plant in the LaPrade region of Quebec, located more specifically in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Bécancour.

With these funds, the federal government established a special program for the LaPrade region to contribute to economic development projects that create permanent jobs. The program's original aim, created to offset the loss of existing and potential jobs in the region, was to fund investment projects in the energy sector. However, it soon branched out into a variety of initiatives, not just in other economic sectors but in other geographical sectors: Berthier, Maskinongé and Lanaudière, Lotbinière, Champlain, Trois-Rivières, Saint-Maurice (Shawinigan), LaPrade and Portneuf, Richmond-Wolfe, etc.

This sub-series is chiefly concerned with local and regional socio-economic history. Its documents consist mainly of grant applications, most of them filed between 1980 and 1984. They are fairly comprehensive, covering a multitude of local projects ranging from church hall repairs to the start-up of small and medium enterprises. These records help measure the economic vitality of various municipalities and, more generally, of regions such as Portneuf and Mauricie.

They also illustrate the milestones leading to the official creation of the Fonds de développement économique LaPrade, an important tool for boosting the economic vitality of regions vulnerable to national and global economic conditions, especially in the industrial sector.

This sub-series contains correspondence, to which is attached various grant application forms. It also contains project lists and 12 blueprints.

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MSS2427

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Arrangement note:

The archivist classified this sub-series, since the original order was disrupted when the documents were transferred. It is also possible, though unlikely, that they never underwent a preliminary classification.

The various grant applications were classified by riding, and then by project. The 276 files comprising the sub-series were then arranged alphabetically by title, except for the first six (6) files which contained general correspondence (two files) and project lists (four files).

Language note:

The records in the sub-series are in French and English.

Source:

Private
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11344] 519--522

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519 File number 19

[Consultation 90 Open]

520 File number 39

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521 File number 61; 65

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522 File number 7; 30

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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R11344]

[Consultation 90 Open]

518;

[Consultation 90 Open]

521--522;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11344] 519--520

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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