Publications
The long-term impacts of climate change are expected to intensify in the future. With Canada’s average temperature warming at twice the global rate, recognizing impacts like the increasing occurrence of extreme weather conditions is vital in the development and revision of national standards...
Published on 2021/05/14
Since 2016, SCC’s Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program has led the development of dozens of standards and related guidance to safeguard critical infrastructure in Canada. SCC held a national consultation in 2020 to find out what else is needed to help Canadians adapt to...
Published on 2021/03/30
Standards touch all facets of our lives. They are embedded in the products, processes and services we rely on in both work and personal lives, from the food sold in grocery stores to the skyscrapers that enable the expansion of a city. The purpose of this research was to quantify the benefits of...
Published on 2021/03/18
SCC created its Innovation Initiative so Canadian innovators from coast to coast can reap the benefits that standardization offers. When we started this initiative just a few years ago, our goal was to deliver 63 standardization strategies to Canadian companies by 2022. We are well on track to...
Published on 2021/01/25
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommend the development of standardized methods for conducting wildland/urban interface fire case study research in Canada.
This report, authored by wildland fire experts from ForestWise...
Published on 2020/11/30
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) at the University of Waterloo and have joined forces to develop a new compilation of national standards and guidelines for increasing Canada’s resilience to flooding.
Presented as a “one-stop-...
Published on 2020/11/25
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) developed this guidance document to introduce Canadian organizations to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to recommend standardization strategies that can facilitate the compliance process. This regulation established by the European Union (EU...
Published on 2020/11/05
