Publications
The National Standards Strategy (NSS) is a comprehensive strategy that explores new thinking and new priorities and engages with new stakeholders in the standards network. It considers the current geopolitical environment, national concerns and critical issues that will have far-reaching...
Published on 2022/07/21
Standardization is a key tool that helps ensure the health, safety, security, and prosperity of Canadians. We are proud to continue promoting standardization to build social, economic and environmental resilience across Canada. Check out our corporate plan summary to see how we ensure...
Published on 2022/06/20
Lack of alignment of the Canadian Electrical Code across Canadian provinces and territories can be a technical barrier to trade. Regulatory inconsistencies, such as in the misalignment of electrical codes across provinces and territories, are a type of interprovincial trade barrier that can add...
Published on 2022/04/26
Combining natural and grey infrastructure to protect Canada’s eastern and western coastal communities
This report describes how Canada can scale-up the use of nature-based solutions, in tandem with grey infrastructure, to protect communities along the East and West coastlines.
Published on 2021/12/09
In a difficult year for all Canadians, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) was proud to play a part in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bringing the power of standardization to bear, we helped tackle the crisis while advancing work on other fronts to prepare for emerging...
Published on 2021/11/30
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 Program for Playground Safety (NPPS), called Thermally Comfortable...
Published on 2021/11/17