Fast Facts
About Atlantic Credit Unions*
As of April 28, 2023:
- Total amount of system assets: $8 Billion
- Total number of credit unions: 40
- Total points of service: 161
- Total number of members: 292,715
- Total number of FT and PT employees: 1,392
Atlantic Credit Unions – Provincial Statistics
|
Province |
No. of |
No. of |
Total |
| New Brunswick |
6 |
61,000 |
$1.5B |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
7 |
40,482 |
$803M |
| Nova Scotia |
23 |
143,145 |
$4B |
| Prince Edward Island |
4 |
48,088 |
$1.8B |
Credit Union Firsts
- Open Mortgages
- Online Banking
- Full Service ATM Network
- Personal Lines of Credit
- Ethical Funds Investments
- Mobile Text Banking
About Canadian Credit Unions
- Canada’s largest group of financial institutions, serving over 5.7 million Canadians
- Ranked among Canada’s largest financial service providers, with combined assets of $225 billion.
- Credit unions are locally owned, managed and staffed with a primary responsibility to invest profits in the communities they serve.
- In many communities, credit unions are the only financial institution.
- For the sixteenth consecutive year, Canada’s credit unions have won multiple awards in the Ipsos CSI Financial Services Excellence awards, being recognized in seven categories, four of them as the sole winner. Credit unions were recognized in the following categories:
- Sole Winner for Customer Service Excellence;
- Sole Winner for Branch Service Excellence;
- Sole Winner for Values My Business;
- Winner for Live Agent Telephone Banking Excellence;
- Winner for Online Banking Excellence;
- Winner for Financial Planning and Advice;
To view more information on the 2022 Ipsos Best Banking Award Winners, click here.
* The facts on this page do not include the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union, which is not a member credit union of Atlantic Central, but is affiliated with Central 1, located in Ontario.