• 1989

  Foundation

  On July 25, 1989, the Montreal Retirement Department was created. Its head office was located on Oxford Street in Montreal. The corporation obtained supplementary letters patent on November 26, 1991, changing its name to Quebec Association of Retirement Services Companies and Organizations

• 1992

  RRRQ

  On June 22, 1992, the organization's name was again changed to Quebec Association of Retirement Residences (RRRQ).

• 1998

  ARRQ

  On November 1, 1998, for strategic reasons, the RRRQ merged with the Quebec
  Association of Seniors’ Residences (ARPAQ). This association, headquartered in Fleurimont in the Eastern Townships, had been incorporated on February 6, 1990. Together, the two organizations became the Quebec Association of Retirement Residences (ARRQ).

• 1998 à 2003

  Quebec’s Largest Association of Seniors’ Residences

  The ARRQ counts 386 affiliated residences offering 28,782 room and board units
  across Quebec. This makes it the largest group of seniors’ residences in the
  province.

• 2003

  ARCPQ

  On July 1, 2003, the ARRQ joined forces with the Association of Self-Funded
  Private Home Centersv (ACAPA), formed on September 4, 1984. They form the “Quebec Association of Private Residences and Long-Term Care Facilities (ARCPQ).

• 2009

  Regroupement québécois des résidences pour aînés (RQRA)

  In January 2009, the ARCPQ became the Regroupement québécois des résidences pour aînés (RQRA). What prompted the directors to consider this change was the fact that the name « Quebec Association of Private Residences and Long- Term Care Facilities »  was cumbersome and constantly needed to be explained to each interlocutor. What’s more, this name included the acronym “CHSLD”, even though only five of the twenty-seven members holding such a license explicitly referred to it in their corporate name. All the other CHSLDs in the Association were known as Résidence, Maison, Manoir, Pavillon, Villa or other. This change was also linked to the adoption of a new membership status. Finally, the way the Association’s name was written, including this acronym, did not respect the current rules of French writing in Quebec.

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