Conseil des préfets et des élus de la région des Laurentides

What Conseil des préfets et des élus de la région des Laurentides does

The Conseil des préfets et des élus de la région des Laurentides (CPERL) is a publicly constituted regional political and administrative council in Quebec, Canada, officially formed on July 16, 2018. It is composed of the prefects of the seven Municipalités régionales de comté (MRC) of the Laurentides region — Deux-Montagnes, Thérèse-De Blainville, Argenteuil, La Rivière-du-Nord, Pays-d'en-Haut, des Laurentides, and Antoine-Labelle — together with the mayor of Ville de Mirabel, collectively representing 76 municipalities, roughly 664,000 residents, and 20,548 km² of territory. The council's stated purpose is to maximize efforts and resources for the benefit of the region and its eight constituent territories by providing a unified structure for inter-municipal political coordination and regional development.

CPERL's operational scope spans three programmatic divisions: political action (including the Coalition Santé Laurentides healthcare advocacy coalition), regional development (housing, biofood, sustainable transport and mobility, and employability), and collective solidarity (poverty and social exclusion reduction, and gender equality through a sectoral agreement). It administers appels à projets (project calls), convenes events such as the Grand Forum bioalimentaire, and runs promotional campaigns including Laurentides magnétiques and Laurentides j'en mange to position the region. The organization operates from a single headquarters in Piedmont, Quebec, with a small permanent staff of approximately eight including a newly appointed permanent Directrice générale (Carmen-Gloria Sanchez, effective June 23, 2026) and a chargé de projets (Charléric Gionet, effective July 6, 2026).

The revenue model is subscription-recurring in nature: CPERL is funded through contributions from its seven constituent MRCs and Ville de Mirabel, supplemented by program-specific public transfers tied to its regional development mandates. There is no commercial product or pricing surface; the entity does not sell goods or services in a market sense. The go-to-market motion is community-led and event-driven — political advocacy, project calls, regional mobilization campaigns (most recently the official launch of the 2031 Canada Games candidacy for Mirabel and the Laurentides on July 9, 2026, and a joint declaration with Lanaudière elected officials on July 15, 2026). CPERL has no subsidiaries, no parent entity, and is governed entirely by elected municipal officials, with no private equity, venture capital, or institutional shareholders.

Name

Conseil des préfets et des élus de la région des Laurentides

Legal name

Conseil des préfets et des élus - Région des Laurentides

Website

https://prefetsdeslaurentides.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CPERL is a publicly constituted regional political council in Quebec uniting the prefects of seven Laurentides MRCs and the mayor of Mirabel to coordinate inter-municipal action, administer regional development programs, and run solidarity initiatives across 76 municipalities serving 664,000+ residents.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Piedmont

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government/Municipal Funding: As a regional municipal consortium, the CPERL is funded through contributions from its constituent MRCs (municipalités régionales de comté) and Ville de Mirabel. Funding supports regional development initiatives, political coordination, and collective solidarity programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The CPERL is a regional administrative council composed of the prefects of the 7 MRCs of the Laurentides region and the mayor of Ville de Mirabel, providing inter-municipal coordination, political advocacy, and regional development services. It administers regional project calls (appels à projets), delivers collective solidarity programs addressing poverty and gender equality, and hosts events such as the Grand Forum bioalimentaire. The organization also runs promotional campaigns (Laurentides magnétiques and Laurentides j'en mange) and operates the Coalition Santé Laurentides to advocate for healthcare services across the region.

Product overview

The CPERL is a regional administrative organization, not a technology product company. It operates as a unified council structure overseeing regional development, political action, and collective solidarity initiatives across the Laurentides region. The organization manages several thematic divisions: Action politique (including Coalition Santé Laurentides), Développement régional (covering Habitation, Bioalimentaire, Transport et mobilité durable, and Employabilité), and Solidarité collective (including poverty reduction and gender equality initiatives). It also manages regional news, project calls (Appels à projets), and promotional campaigns. The entity has no commercial software products but functions as a municipal/regional governance body.

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Products and services

• Regional Coordination and Political Advocacy (Action politique) Political coordination and advocacy division providing collective political action and unified representation for the 7 MRCs and Ville de Mirabel before provincial and federal bodies.
• Coalition Santé Laurentides Healthcare coalition coordinating advocacy for healthcare services and access across the Laurentides region, operating under CPERL's political action mandate.
• Regional Development Programs (Développement régional) Regional development programs covering Habitation (housing), Bioalimentaire (biofood/agriculture), Transport et mobilité durable (sustainable transport), and Employabilité (employability) for the Laurentides region.
• Collective Solidarity Programs (Solidarité collective) Programs addressing lutte à la pauvreté et à l'exclusion sociale (poverty reduction and social exclusion) and entente sectorielle de développement en égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (gender equality) across the Laurentides region.
• Regional Project Calls (Appels à projets) Regional project calls administered by CPERL targeting initiatives in food security, poverty reduction, employability, and the biofood sector across the Laurentides region.

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MRC de Deux-MontagnescoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. MRC de Deux-Montagnes is represented by Prefect François Robitaille and Mayor Marc Lamarre. Population: 109,159 across 7 municipalities covering 240 km².
• Ville de MirabelcoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Mayor Roxanne Therrien. Population: 67,564 covering 486 km². Host of 2031 Canada Games candidacy.
• MRC de Thérèse-De BlainvillecoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Liza Poulin and Mayor Marie-Elaine Pitre. Largest population MRC with 168,894 residents across 203 km².
• MRC d'ArgenteuilcoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Bernard Bigras-Denis and Mayor Kévin Maurice. Population: 37,733 across 9 municipalities covering 1,339 km².
• MRC de La Rivière-du-NordcoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Xavier-Antoine Lalande and Mayor Rémi Barbeau. Population: 149,203 across 5 municipalities covering 448 km².
• MRC des Pays-d'en-HautcoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Catherine Hamé. Population: 49,456 across 10 municipalities covering 735 km².
• MRC des LaurentidescoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Marc L'Heureux and Mayor Kimberly Meyer. Population: 53,651 across 20 municipalities covering 2,500 km².
• MRC d'Antoine-LabellecoreOthers · 16 July 2018Constituent member of CPERL. Represented by Prefect Daniel Bourdon and Mayor Jacques Allard. Largest area MRC with 37,921 population across 17 municipalities covering 16,296 km².
• Coalition Santé LaurentidescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare coalition under CPERL's political action mandate that advocates for healthcare services and access in the Laurentides region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ): Quebec-wide umbrella association representing municipalities on policy and funding matters. Directly comparable as a peer-level membership organization advocating for municipal interests, although operating at the provincial rather than regional scale.
• Réseau québécois des villes et villages en santé (RQVVS): Quebec network of municipalities advancing community health, sustainable development, and quality of life initiatives. Comparable in its role as a convening and advocacy body for Quebec municipalities around cross-cutting regional issues.
• Conférence régionale des élus (CRE) — other Quebec regions: Predecessor and parallel regional governance bodies in other Quebec administrative regions. Comparable in mandate of regional political coordination, regional development, and convening of MRCs, though the precise configuration varies by region.
• Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM): Quebec municipal federation that, like CPERL, convenes and advocates on behalf of municipal governments, particularly in regional and rural contexts. Comparable structure of member-funded advocacy body serving Quebec municipalities.

Broad incumbents

• Conference Board of Canada: Independent Canadian policy research organization producing economic and regional analysis that informs municipal and provincial decision-making. Comparable in providing regional policy thought leadership, though operating at national scale rather than as a single-region convening body.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cperlaurentides
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cperl

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Profiles2 records

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