It was actually answered a few posts up by frankvw.

Originally posted by frankvw
I have an answer for you. That pplane replaced, IIRC, a Convair 340 or some old twin prop like that.

This plane is used by Hydroquebec to ferry the workers to remote sites. Seeing the scale of Canada, it isn’t luxury.

I think the Dash8 is 1 year old now (it appeared in Air International)