Semo Gaspésie-Les Iles

What Semo Gaspésie-Les Iles does

Semo Gaspésie-Les Îles (legal name: Service spécialisé de main-d'œuvre S.E.M.O. Gaspésie-Les Îles) is a non-profit social services agency headquartered at 473 boulevard Perron in Maria, Québec, founded on September 27, 1988. The organization operates under a formal mandate from Services-Québec to act as the regional agent of change for labor market integration of persons with disabilities across the Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine territory. It runs six local offices spanning Maria, Bonaventure, Gaspé, Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Chandler, and Carleton-sur-Mer, staffed by a team of approximately 26 employees led by General Director Roch Audet.

The organization's core services are delivered free of charge to both clients and employers. For persons with disabilities, it provides employability profiling, individualized action planning, job search techniques, workplace integration support, and employment maintenance assistance. For employers, it delivers candidate preselection, job analysis, workplace adaptation consulting, and ongoing follow-up. Service delivery incorporates Quebec government employment measures including the Work Integration Contract (CIT), Emploi-Québec salary subsidies, the Adapted Enterprise Program (PSEA) delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary Les Ateliers Actibec 2000 in Grande-Rivière, and the PDEIPH employability development program. Partnerships with Services-Québec, Emploi-Québec, and Sphère Québec provide funding streams and program infrastructure.

The business model is government-funded social services delivery rather than commercial revenue generation. All services are free to participants and employers, with funding flowing from Services-Québec to support the regional mandate. There is no disclosed product or technology platform; service delivery is human-intensive, in-person, and locally distributed. The organization is governed by a board of directors (President Pierre-Luc, Vice-President Hugo Deschênes, Treasurer Caroline Roy, Secretary Jean-Pierre Poirier) and operates independently with no parent company. Geographic scope is bounded to two Quebec regions, and the organization does not maintain a public API, proprietary technology stack, or technology product offering.

Name

Semo Gaspésie-Les Iles

Legal name

Service spécialisé de main-d'œuvre S.E.M.O. Gaspésie-Les Îles

Website

https://semogim.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Semo Gaspésie-Les Îles is a non-profit social services agency mandated by Services-Québec that provides free employment integration and maintenance services for persons with disabilities across the Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, operating six local offices with a staff of 26.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Unemployment Insurance & Employment Support Benefits (BPAIAKAB)

Keywords

• Disability employment services
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Employment counseling
• Workplace adaptation services
• Job placement support

Headquarters

HQ city

Maria

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Funded by Services-Québec to provide free employment integration and maintenance services for persons with disabilities. Services are provided at no cost to participants or employers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

SEMO Gaspésie-Les Îles is a non-profit employment services organization that delivers free employment integration and maintenance services for persons with disabilities in the Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec. Funded by Services-Québec, the organization provides individualized employability assessment, action planning, job search support, workplace adaptation assistance, and ongoing employment maintenance, along with parallel employer-side services including candidate preselection, workplace accommodation consulting, and access to salary subsidies (CIT, PSEA) administered through Emploi-Québec.

Product overview

Semo Gaspésie-Les Iles is a non-profit organization (OSBL) mandated by Services-Québec that provides free employment services for people with disabilities across Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Founded on September 27, 1988, the organization operates 6 local offices and delivers services through two core offerings: direct employment integration support for individuals (including employability assessment, action planning, job search assistance, and employment counseling) and professional employer services (including job analysis, candidate matching, workplace adaptation, and ongoing follow-up). Key service components include the Work Integration Contract (CIT) from Emploi-Québec, salary subsidies, the Adapted Enterprise Program (PSEA), and on-site employment integration agent support. The organization does not offer technology products but functions as a social services agency facilitating labor market integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Employment Integration Services Free individualized employment integration and maintenance services for persons with significant and persistent functional limitations in the Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, including employability profile development, individualized action plans, job search techniques, job insertion support, and ongoing employment maintenance.
• Employer Support Services Professional services for employers in the Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine region including job analysis, candidate preselection, intervention planning, workplace adaptation support, and ongoing follow-up to facilitate the hiring and retention of employees with disabilities.
• Workplace Adaptation Services Services including workplace accessibility assessments, workstation adaptation support, referral to specialists, and subsidy application assistance for employers adapting workplaces to accommodate employees with disabilities.
• On-site Employment Integration Agent Services On-site workplace support services delivered by integration agents who assist with job training, behavior adjustment, workplace accommodations, and conflict resolution in complex disability employment situations.
• Adapted Enterprise Program (PSEA) Program creating quality adapted jobs for people with significant disabilities who cannot be competitive in standard workplaces, with the goal of developing employability for eventual transition to standard employment.
• Salary Subsidies Program (Emploi-Québec) Employment salary subsidies from Emploi-Québec targeting sustainable job integration or transferable professional experience for people at risk of prolonged unemployment, administered and coordinated by SEMO for eligible candidates.
• Work Integration Contract (CIT) Employment integration measure from Emploi-Québec offering wage support, workplace accessibility compensation, and workstation adaptation funding for hiring and maintaining people with disabilities in standard work environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of persons with functional limitations integrated or returned to work and maintained employment

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Sphère QuébecsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that offers salary support, income support for independent workers, workplace adaptation, skills acquisition training, and professional services to increase employment integration chances.
• Les Ateliers Actibec 2000supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdapted enterprise located in Grande-Rivière that serves as an employment option for persons with disabilities who cannot be competitive in standard workplaces, part of the PSEA program.
• Emploi-QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment employment agency providing programs including salary subsidies for employment integration and work experience, and the PDEIPH program for developing employability of persons with disabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• SEMO Québec: Quebec City region's SEMO offering free employment integration services for persons with disabilities. Direct peer: both operate under the same Services-Québec mandate model, with the same individualized action plan methodology and employment maintenance focus.

Others

• Emploi-Québec: Quebec government employment agency that funds SEMO GIM and provides salary subsidies, CIT measures, and PDEIPH. Not a competitor but a critical ecosystem enabler: SEMO GIM's service delivery is directly tied to Emploi-Québec program streams.
• Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW): National non-profit focused on employment and disability issues in Canada. Adjacent peer: CCRW performs policy advocacy, training and research in the same vocational rehabilitation space where SEMO GIM delivers direct services.
• Les Ateliers Actibec 2000: Wholly-owned adapted enterprise subsidiary of SEMO GIM located in Grande-Rivière. Operates within the PSEA program offering quality jobs to people with significant disabilities; included as a peer because it is the operational counterpart of SEMO GIM's adapted enterprise stream.

Broad incumbents

• March of Dimes Canada: National non-profit offering employment services, job coaching, and workplace accommodation for people with disabilities across Canada. Comparable because it delivers the same vocational rehabilitation and supported employment scope, but at national scale and across more jurisdictions.
• Sphère Québec: Network organization that federates SEMOs and adapted enterprises across Quebec. Highly comparable to SEMO GIM as both operate vocational rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in Quebec, with Sphère Québec acting as a pan-provincial coordinating body.
• Goodwill Industries (Québec): Goodwill in Quebec operates employment programs for people facing barriers to work, including those with disabilities. Comparable mission and target population, but delivered through a broader thrift/retail-funded social enterprise model rather than a Quebec government mandate.

Regional players

• SEMO Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: SEMO serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec with similar employment integration services for persons with disabilities. Comparable regional peer with the same funding model and service approach, but operating in a different Quebec territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/semo-gasp%C3%A9sie-les-iles

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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