Acadian Company History

Acadian Fishermen’s Co-operative Association Ltd. (AFC) was formed in 1955 in Abram’s Village, a small fishing community on the south shore of Prince Edward Island. This area of P.E.I. was well known for co-operative movements and the creation of AFC followed the rural trend of farmers, fishers and other groups to band together for economic reasons.

We owe our success to those pioneers who plowed the waves before us, namely Jean J. Gallant in Mont-Carmel and Phillippe M. Arsenault in Baie-Egmont. Jean and Phillippe had two cooperatives, both in existence since 1944, they amalgamated in 1955 to form what we know today as the Acadian Fishermen’s Co-operative Association Ltd.

We’ve been successful…over the past fifty years we have seen our business grow exponentially, and AFC is now one of the largest processors of seafood on Prince Edward Island.