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The International Code Council is the latest standards development organization (SDO) to receive accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). It joins a select group of organizations that contribute to the...

Third-party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs) can now help safeguard Canada’s defence supply chain by providing third-party cyber security assurances under our new accreditation scheme as part of the Canadian Program for Cyber...

Who should read this bulletin This is intended for accredited customers, applicants, Accreditation Advisory Panel (AAP), and staff and assessors in the Standards Development Organizations Accreditation Program. What you need...

Action required All SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) are required to take note of the clarification to clause 4.2.2 and the correction to the French version of clause 6.10.1 of the 2019 edition of SCC...

Version 17 – June 2025 *This publication was previously titled: Accreditation Program Overview. We are now using version numbers instead of dates. The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a federal Crown corporation...

We are actively recruiting a broad representation of stakeholders from industry, academia, federal/provincial/municipal government and civil society to participate in our initiative to develop standards and conformity...

We are excited to announce the pre-launch of our accreditation scheme for ISO/IEC 42001:2023 – Information Technology – Artificial Intelligence – Management Systems (AIMS). This scheme will provide organizations a pathway to demonstrate that their artificial intelligence (AI) management systems meet the rigorous requirements of ISO/IEC 42001, fostering trust and accountability in AI technologies.

This document serves as a companion to ISO/IEC 17021-1 in specifying particular and unique Canadian requirements for certification bodies accredited by SCC that certify land management and/or wood procurement to SFI Standards...

We sat down with Abdel Kassou, director of Accreditation Services at the Standards Council of Canada, to learn more about his role and what drives his passion for accreditation. As a leader in ensuring that conformity...

This document specifies the requirements and guidance for the accreditation of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). For the purposes of expediency, the acronym R&G – SDO will be used. The SDO accreditation requirements...

On a global scale, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles are at the core of the discussion on responsible investment. One of the significant stakeholders in ESG-driven investments across Canada and globally...

Certification bodies can now expand their services to offer third-party assurances for the responsible use of artificial intelligence through our newly launched Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS) accreditation...