Conseil régional de l'environnement de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

What Conseil régional de l'environnement de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue does

CREAT (Conseil r\u00e9gional de l'environnement de l'Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue) is a non-profit regional environmental council founded in 1995 and headquartered in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. It is one of 17 officially designated regional environmental councils in Quebec and operates with a small staff of 5 employees. Its mission is to promote the conservation and improvement of environmental quality in the Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue region through consultation, monitoring, awareness, and stakeholder coordination across issues including biodiversity, climate change, wetlands, energy, waste management, forestry, and mining.

The organization's service portfolio centers on a website portal that disseminates publications, press releases, and project information, supplemented by modular programs: the R\u00e9seau vigie aquatique for aquatic ecosystem monitoring, the 'Sauvez les chauves-souris' bat conservation initiative with a citizen reporting form, the 'La Chasse aux d\u00e9chets sauvages' waste cleanup competition (10th edition in 2025), a downloadable Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit, invasive species educational resources, and a mandated wetland carbon stock inventory conducted in partnership with UQAM's C-PALEO laboratory. The underlying technology is a standard Squarespace-hosted content platform with no proprietary software, AI, or data products disclosed.

CREAT's business model is grant-funded: it receives project-based mandates and funding primarily from Quebec's Ministry of Environment (MELCCFP) and related provincial programs, supplemented by partnerships (S\u00e9PAQ, UQAM, other regional councils) and community membership. It does not sell products or services commercially. Its GTM motion is community-led, relying on public events, newsletters, social media, and citizen-science engagement to advance environmental advocacy in the Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue territory.

Name

Conseil régional de l'environnement de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Legal name

Conseil régional de l'environnement de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Website

https://creat08.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CREAT is a non-profit regional environmental council founded in 1995 that convenes citizens, government, and stakeholders in Quebec's Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue region around biodiversity, climate, wetlands, and resource management, funded primarily by provincial government mandates and grants.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Advocacy and Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAGAA

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Environmental & Conservation Organizations

SECONDARYBPADALAK

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Climate, Environment & Sustainable Development Programs

Keywords

• Environmental advocacy
• Regional environmental council
• Biodiversity conservation
• Climate change adaptation
• Wetland inventory

Headquarters

HQ city

Rouyn-Noranda

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding and Mandates: CREAT receives mandates from government bodies such as the MELCCFP (Ministry of Environment) to conduct environmental research and inventories. The organization also operates projects funded by government programs for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CREAT is a non-profit regional environmental council that promotes the conservation and improvement of environmental quality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It conducts advocacy, monitoring, awareness campaigns, and citizen science projects on biodiversity, climate change, wetlands, waste, invasive species, and natural resources. It also executes government-mandated projects such as wetland carbon stock inventories in partnership with UQAM's C-PALEO laboratory.

Product overview

CREAT operates as a non-profit regional environmental organization (founded 1995) that functions as a platform providing environmental education, citizen engagement tools, and scientific monitoring services. The core offering is its website portal which disseminates publications, press releases, and project information. Key service modules include climate change adaptation tools (toolkit), aquatic ecosystem monitoring (Réseau vigie aquatique), biodiversity protection initiatives (bat rescue, invasive species management), and community engagement programs (La Chasse aux déchets sauvages). The organization also conducts mandated carbon inventory work for the Quebec government and provides environmental identification resources.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trousse d'outils d'adaptation aux changements climatiques (Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit) A downloadable toolkit designed to help organizations and citizens in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region adapt to climate change impacts, available as a PDF resource on the CREAT website.
• Projet Réseau vigie aquatique (Aquatic Monitoring Network Project) A regional project focused on monitoring aquatic ecosystems and water quality across the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
• Projet Sauvez les chauves-souris (Save the Bats Project) A citizen science initiative encouraging residents of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region to report bat sightings to help protect regional bat populations.
• La Chasse aux déchets sauvages (Wild Waste Hunt) An annual citizen engagement competition inviting participants to clean up natural areas and report illegal dump sites across the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, in its 10th edition in 2025.
• Inventaire du stock de carbone des milieux humides (Wetland Carbon Stock Inventory) A government-mandated project to inventory wetlands and model carbon stocks across Quebec, conducted in partnership with UQAM's C-PALEO laboratory for climate change mitigation.
• Espèces floristiques problématiques - Educational Resources Educational materials and identification guides helping citizens recognize dangerous invasive plant species such as Giant Hogweed and Wild Parsnip that pose public health risks in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Received mandate from MELCCFP to inventory carbon stocks in wetlands across Quebec
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MELCCFP (Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCREAT received a mandate from the Quebec Ministry of Environment to conduct inventories of wetlands in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. This mandate is part of a province-wide effort involving multiple regional environmental councils to model carbon stocks in wetlands across Quebec.
• UQAM - C-PALEO LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe C-PALEO laboratory at UQAM will use data collected by CREAT to produce the first detailed cartographic modeling of estimated carbon stocks in wetlands across all of Quebec.
• SÉPAQ (Société des établissements de plein air du Québec) - Parc national d'AiguebelleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSÉPAQ partners with CREAT for the 'La Chasse aux déchets sauvages' competition, providing prizes such as camping equipment at Parc national d'Aiguebelle to incentivize citizen participation in environmental cleanup activities.
• Other Regional Environmental Councils of QuebeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCREAT is one of 17 regional environmental councils in Quebec that collaborate on shared environmental mandates from the provincial government, including the wetland carbon inventory project.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Équiterre: Équiterre is a major Quebec-based environmental nonprofit focused on ecological transition, agriculture, and climate. Comparable in mission to CREAT but operates provincially rather than regionally, and uses citizen mobilization campaigns as a core engagement mechanism.
• Greenpeace Canada: An international environmental advocacy organization with a Canadian branch active in Quebec on biodiversity, climate, and conservation issues. Comparable in advocacy mission and grassroots mobilization tactics, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC): NCC is a national conservation nonprofit operating across Canada. While much larger in scope and budget, it shares CREAT's mission focus on biodiversity, habitat conservation, and environmental stewardship, making it a comparable incumbent in the broader conservation nonprofit space.
• Fondation David Suzuki: A leading Canadian environmental advocacy organization focused on climate, biodiversity, and sustainability. Like CREAT, it combines advocacy, public awareness, and policy engagement, though operating at national scale with a larger staff and donor base.

Direct peers

• Conseil régional de l'environnement de la Montérégie (CRE Montérégie): CRE Montérégie is one of the other 16 regional environmental councils in Quebec with the same institutional mandate, funding structure, and operational model as CREAT but serving a different region. Direct peer with identical activities and revenue model.
• Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l'environnement du Québec (RNCREQ): RNCREQ is the formal network coordinating Quebec's 17 regional environmental councils including CREAT. It is the most directly comparable peer because CREAT is one of its constituent member organizations, sharing identical mandate structures and government interfaces.

Emerging players

• Sierra Club Canada: A national environmental advocacy organization focused on conservation and climate action. Similar nonprofit advocacy model and member-driven engagement approach, though primarily active in English Canada with less direct regional overlap with CREAT.
• Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada (SNAP): Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is a national conservation nonprofit focused on protecting natural areas and biodiversity. Mission overlap with CREAT on habitat protection and biodiversity conservation, though operates more on policy advocacy than direct citizen science projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

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