page_title: Communauto
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Communauto / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pick-up point for VRTUCAR carsharing service near downtown Ottawa, Canada.
context_page_description: Communauto is a Canadian carsharing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that operates in fourteen Canadian cities and Paris, France. As of March 2018 it had 40,000 users, and a fleet of approximately 2,000 free-floating and station-based vehicles.
context_section_description: Communauto was founded in Quebec City in 1994 by Benoît Robert, its current CEO. Cycling advocate and environmentalist Claire Morissette played a major role in its evolution starting in 1995, when Communauto established itself in Montreal as a private company. 
  Communauto acquired Paris, France-based Mobizen in 2012, merged with Ottawa-based VRTUCAR in 2016, and acquired CarShare Atlantic in 2018.
  Communauto's goal is to provide a convenient and economical alternative to owning a car.
caption: Two VRTUCAR vehicles; VRTUCAR later merged with Communauto
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