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A line of violent windstorms carved a path of destruction through Ontario and Quebec in May of this year, passing close to or directly through three of Canada’s four largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. And, just...

Elias Ghannoum received the 2024 Lord Kelvin Award . He is the 39th person to achieve this honour and the second from Canada. He received the award at the IEC general meeting in Edinburgh, which also celebrated the 200th...

Canadian communities are on the frontline of climate change. Without action, future costs from flooding events in Canada alone could reach $13.6 billion (CAD) 1 annually by the end of the century. And the costs are not only...

Canada’s North is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Current climatic conditions are changing rapidly, and northern communities have been and continue to be disproportionately affected by these changes. As...

In a ground-breaking report, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada demonstrate that each dollar invested in wind protection results in $6 of avoided damage to Canadian homes...

Final Report of the 2016-2021 Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program Our buildings and infrastructure are designed with weather in mind. We expect our homes to protect us from heavy snow, our stormwater...

A new report from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommends the development of standardized methods for conducting wildland/urban interface fire case study...

The Standards Council of Canada is now the first Canadian accreditation body offering the Business Continuity Management Systems scheme as part of its accreditation services. This scheme is based on ISO 22301 – Security and...

At Toronto City Hall on November 1, 2024, the Standards Council of Canada joined the World Council on City Data (WCCD) and Standardized Urban Metrics (SUM) to unveil ISO 37125 – the first international standard on...

With extreme weather on the rise, flooding is now the fastest-growing source of disaster-related costs in Canada; in eleven of the twelve years leading up to 2020, property and casualty insurance payouts have exceeded $1...

Technical Companion to the Guide for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Considerations into Canadian StandardsTechnical Companion to the Guide for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Considerations into Canadian...