Accueil aux Immigrants de l’Est de Montréal

Name

Accueil aux Immigrants de l’Est de Montréal

Legal name

Accueil aux immigrants de l'Est de Montréal (AIEM)

Website

https://aiemont.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigrant/Integration Language Programs (ESL/ESOL, Civics-Integrated) (EDAMAFAK), Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ), English for Citizenship (ESL/Civics Integrated) (EDAAADAC)

Keywords

• Immigrant integration services
• French language training
• Settlement support services
• Community social services
• Family support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (PASI Program): AIEM receives funding primarily from the Government of Quebec through the ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI) under the Programme d'accompagnement et de soutien à l'intégration (PASI). Additional funding comes from public and private partners including Centraide Grand Montréal, Ville de Montréal, Service Canada, and various local arrondissements. All services to immigrants are provided free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AIEM delivers free reception, integration, and francization services to immigrants in East Montréal under the Quebec PASI program. Core offerings include the official Premières démarches d'installation (PDI) session, individual case-worker meetings, the 24-hour Objectif Intégration session, and collective information sessions covering administrative procedures (SIN, RAMQ, banking, housing), French language courses, family support, youth programs, and intercultural pairing — all provided at no cost to eligible immigrants.

Product overview

AIEM is a community organization (not a technology company) offering a comprehensive suite of immigrant integration services in Montreal's East End. The core offering consists of reception and integration programs including PDI (First Installation Procedures), Individual Meetings, Integration Objectives sessions, and Collective Information Sessions. Language services include part-time and full-time Francisation (French courses) and French conversation groups. Family support encompasses childcare, parent spaces, school-family-community agents, and kindergarten transition services. Youth services include ICI-Jeunesse (youth intervention) and RAM (Multidisciplinary Artistic Development). Health services comprise ICI-Sante (health system navigation) and psychosocial support. Employment programs include PAAS-Action and JEMVE. Cultural programs feature intercultural pairing and RAM gallery/studio. Services are provided in French and are free for eligible immigrants, funded primarily by Quebec's Ministry of Immigration (MIFI) under the PASI program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Premières démarches d'installation (PDI)

Quantifiable outcome

• 24-hour Objectif Intégration session grants official attestation valid for 2 years and recognized as equivalence to Values Test for immigration to Quebec
• +2 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and secondary.

• Gouvernement du Québec / MIFIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIEM operates as a mandated body (organisme mandataire) of the ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI). The organization receives core funding through the Programme d'accompagnement et de soutien à l'intégration (PASI) for official integration services including PDI sessions, individual meetings, francisation, and other integration programs.
• Ministère de l'Éducation du QuébecmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Quebec Ministry of Education provides support for the Agent(e) École-famille-communauté (AEFC) program, which places agents in schools to support immigrant families in understanding the Quebec school system.
• Commission scolaire Pointe-de-l'Île (CSSPI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSSPI school board partners with AIEM for the AEFC (École-famille-communauté) program, with agents present in schools across the territory to support immigrant families.
• Carrefour Solidarité Anjou (CSA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for French conversation groups held at CSA location on Thursday afternoons, providing a venue and collaborative support for immigrant language practice.
• SLAB Rosemont-EstsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with SLAB community leisure center for French conversation groups on Tuesday evenings, extending AIEM services to the Rosemont-Est neighborhood.
• Loisirs communautaires Saint-Michel (LCSM)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with LCSM community organization for French conversation groups on Saturday afternoons, extending services to the Saint-Michel neighborhood.
• English Montreal School Board (EMSB)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with EMSB for English language courses offered by AIEM, providing language training to help immigrants improve their professional opportunities in Montreal.
• DesjardinssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesjardins provides a financial agent/service at AIEM for free financial information and guidance services for immigrants.
• Galerie / Atelier RAMcoreOthersThe physical gallery and studio space for the RAM (Relève artistique multidisciplinaire) artistic project located at 5970 rue Jean-Talon Est, providing creative workspace and exhibition venue for young immigrant artists.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carrefour d'aide aux nouveaux arrivants (CANA): Montreal immigrant-serving community organization delivering reception, orientation, and integration services comparable to AIEM's PDI and individual meeting offerings.
• La Maisonnée: Montreal-based community organization serving immigrants and refugees with settlement, language, family and youth services, operating with similar MIFI/PASI funding structures to AIEM.
• Maison d'Haïti: Montreal community organization supporting Haitian and broader immigrant communities with settlement, integration, language, and cultural programming — overlapping mandate with AIEM in East Montreal.
• CASCI (Centre d'appui aux communautés immigrantes): Montreal community organization providing reception, orientation, francisation and family support to immigrants, directly comparable to AIEM in service mix and target population.
• PINAY – Philippine Women Centre of Quebec: Quebec community organization delivering settlement, integration, language and family support to immigrant women and families — comparable service architecture to AIEM within a specialized demographic mandate.
• Centre multiethnique de Montréal: Montreal-based community organization delivering integration, francisation, family, and youth services to immigrants under MIFI/PASI mandate — the closest direct parallel to AIEM with overlapping service categories and funder relationships.

Others

• Centraide du Grand Montréal: United Way umbrella funder that supports AIEM through multi-year grants and coordinates community investment across Montreal nonprofits — a major counterpart funder and ecosystem coordinator rather than a direct service competitor.
• Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI): Quebec Ministry that funds and designates mandated organizations like AIEM under PASI. As regulator and primary funder, MIFI is the structural counterpart that determines AIEM's mandate scope and funding stability.
• CSSPI (Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île): Montreal-area school board that partners with AIEM on the AEFC school-family-community agent program and hosts francisation courses — an institutional partner rather than competitor, but useful comparator for understanding East Montreal immigrant-serving ecosystem.

Regional players

• COSTI Immigrant Services: One of the largest immigrant-serving agencies in Canada, headquartered in Ontario. Comparable in service breadth (settlement, language, employment, health) but operates primarily outside Quebec under different provincial funding frameworks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AIEM.Accueil.aux.immigrants.de.lest.de.montreal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/accueil-aux-immigrants-de-l-est-de-montreal

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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