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Data is being generated, analyzed, and applied in every aspect of our lives – faster than ever before. The handling and management of data impacts everything from finance to healthcare, from education to recreation, and from...

In March 2022, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Government of Canada committed to improving the delivery of services for mental health and substance use health. The goal was to establish standards to help...

Joint statement by SCC’s Chantal Guay, CEO and Elias Rafoul, VP Accreditation Services for World Accreditation Day 2024. As we celebrate World Accreditation Day 2024 with the theme ‘Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and...

The Standards Council of Canada is delighted to announce that Mark Ramlochan is the new Chair of the Standards Development Organizations Advisory Committee (SDOAC). Mark is a Senior Planning Manager at UL Standards &...

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...

Action required SCC accredited Certification Bodies (CBs) can now submit scope extension applications to have their scope of accreditation extended to the UK to apply the UKCA mark on products that conform to the ATEX...

In response to the rapidly evolving commercial and societal needs of Canadians, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) have released new guidance for developing a fast-track standards-based tool to help industry, government...

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...

A Canadian standards champion is retiring after years of involvement with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Jacques Régis’s term as president of Canada’s national committee to IEC (CANC/IEC) is coming to an...

Did you know that climate change affects playground safety? Given that the number of extremely hot days is expected to more than double over the next 30 years in parts of Canada, experts recognize the increasing need for...

In the last two years, Accessibility Standards Canada emerged as an important player for accessibility to Canadians with disabilities. Recently, the organization signed the accreditation agreement from the Standards Council...