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SCC adds Publicly Available Specification to suite of standards-based tools
In response to the rapidly evolving commercial and societal needs of Canadians, the Standards ...
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Canadian awarded IEC’s highest honour
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is proud to announce that Tony Capel received the 2021 Lord ...
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SCC leading the way to develop a National Standards Strategy
SCC is set to launch the development of a National Standards Strategy (NSS) that will ensure ...
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Collaborating to tackle Data Governance – Canada’s Roadmap to a safer and more secure digital infrastructure
Data is being generated, analyzed, and applied in every aspect of our lives – faster than ever ...
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Standardization to play a key role in the modernization of Canada’s regulatory system
The Federal Government has unveiled the International Standards Regulatory Review Roadmap , a suite ...
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SCC and CSA Group update infrastructure standards to support climate change needs in northern Canada
Canada’s North is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Current climatic conditions ...
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National Technical Specification for Digital Credentials to Provide Greater Privacy and Security for Canadians
With a growing need for reliable methods to confirm digital identities and documents as the economy ...
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Strengthening the resilience of Canada’s sewer infrastructure
Every year across Canada, billions of litres of clean rain and groundwater is unnecessarily ...
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New national standard for weather stations addresses climate change needs
Accurate weather data is key to designing infrastructure like roads and buildings that can withstand ...
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A new guide for integrating climate change in standards development
The long-term impacts of climate change are expected to intensify in the future. With Canada’s ...
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Nominations open for Canadian committee advising ISO on machine-readable standards 
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is accepting nominations for the establishment of a Canadian ...
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 SCC has been selected as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 
SCC is proud to have been recognized as Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Culture 2020. This national ...
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Report highlights vital contribution of standardization to Canada’s economy
Standards impact every aspect of our lives. They are the invisible structure that safeguards the ...
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SCC and BDC pair up to bolster Canadian business
Canada’s growing list of innovative businesses will have a powerful new partnership to support them ...
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New biomass National Standard of Canada to unlock bio-economy investment
Bio-economy projects may soon have improved access to funding with the release of a new National ...
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New National Long-Term Care Standards to Provide Safer Environment and High-Quality Care
The global pandemic has shone a light on the unique challenges within Canada’s long-term care (LTC) ...
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SCC and CIRNAC team up with Scout Engineering to support Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring
Canada is on the frontline of climate change. Current climatic conditions are changing rapidly, and ...
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Standards key to building a climate resilient Canada
A new report from SCC makes it clear that investments in standards are necessary and urgent to ...
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Announcing our newest program that advances testing and certification for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology
SCC & OmniAir Consortium have collaborated to offer a V2X laboratory accreditation scheme that falls ...
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SCC and UKAS team up to strengthen relationship between Canada-UK accreditation systems 
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) have ...
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SCC renews partnership with Costa Rica’s National Standards Body INTECO
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO) ...
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Three Canadians receive prestigious award in electrotechnical standardization
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is proud to announce that three Canadians received the 1906 ...
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A First Accreditation for Québec’s Public Biomedical Laboratories
Québec – The 15 biomedical laboratories that make up the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) ...
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Blockchain Brings New Level of Trust to Agriculture
Farmers Edge and Standards Council of Canada unite to establish a framework for agricultural ...
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SCC and ICLR recommend new standardized methods to conduct wildland/urban interface fire case study research
A new report from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of ...
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