Housing and Community Development
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Types of Cooperatives
The co-operatives vary depending on the service offered and the way that the members are organized, they also differ depending on the economic activity, how members use the Co-operative and kind of management.
There are six types of classification: Agricultural Co-op (known in Manitoba “New Generation Co-op”), Consumer Co-op, Credit Union, Housing Co, and insurance Co-op and Worker co-ops. Those types of cooperatives include producer/marketing, retail supply, utilities, cable television, agricultural services, fish marketing, child care, farmers' markets and community service.
