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The effects of urban heat islands pose a threat to Canadians, our infrastructure, and environment. The Standards Council of Canada, alongside four leading organizations from across Canada, hosted a workshop in Fall 2022 to...

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommend the development of standardized methods for conducting wildland/urban interface fire case study research in Canada. This...

SCC’s Corporate Plan Summary provides an overview of the organization’s operational direction.

Playgrounds serve an important role in the early development of our children, introducing them to outdoor fun and encouraging active, creative play. Sometimes, particularly during the deep heat of the summer months, those...

The effects of climate change are becoming more evident every year. That makes it vital to do everything we can to prevent and mitigate those effects while also adapting to make our world more resilient to them. SCC is at the...

Integrating natural assets—such as wetlands, rivers, forests, and coastal dunes—into financial reporting can help local governments demonstrate effective management of the financially valuable services these assets provide to...

Standards and conformity assessments are critical enablers of the 21st-century knowledge economy, providing for effective, safe, reliable and interoperable products, services and processes. Standardization underpins a robust...

Standards and conformity assessment are critical enablers of the 21st-century knowledge economy, providing for effective, safe, reliable and interoperable products, services and processes. Standardization underpins a robust...

Thermally Comfortable Playgrounds collects the latest research and practical knowledge into one document. It draws upon a literature review and a survey of experts while summarizing design practices and site features that...

This report summarizes the results of an engagement process to discuss ideas to mobilize the recommendations found in a recently published report by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), in collaboration with the National...

Ensuring Canada's infrastructure is climate-resilient Interim Report 2016-2019 In the 2016 federal budget, SCC received $11.7 million over five years to support the Government of Canada’s climate change agenda. Through the...

Every year across Canada, billions of litres of clean rain and groundwater is unnecessarily discharged into sanitary sewers and treated at sewage treatment plants. This excess water in sewers, referred to as Inflow...