Canada relies on third party certification of products and materials to manage health and safety issues. Thousands of mandatory standards are embedded in federal, provincial, and territorial regulations and in national safety codes. European manufacturers of products and materials can therefore access Canada’s market by engaging CABs that have been accredited by the SCC. These bodies have the required staff, expertise, and facilities to identify relevant mandatory standards and safety codes, perform the required tests and issue relevant certification marks on products and materials sold by wholesalers and retailers. This Report also provides a pathway for manufacturers wishing to commercialise products or materials when no Canadian standard currently exists. This Report is meant to provide an overview of the Canadian standardisation system to European manufacturers of products and materials, who should take advantage of the above-outlined information along with other provisions of the CETA agreement to access the 10th largest economy in the world.
Authors
Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission, Girard, Michel
- Catalogue number
- NG-04-22-130-EN-N NG-04-22-130-EN-C
- Citation
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Girard, M., CETA and Canada standards 101 themed-report – Supporting EU business in Canada , Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2781/616513
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2781/198199 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2781/616513
- ISBN
- 978-92-76-58029-4
- Pages
- 39
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Technical regulations , North America
Table of Contents
- LIST OF ACRONYMS 4
- HOW TO USE THIS REPORT 5
- 1. INTRODUCTION 6
- 2. CANADA’S STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM 7
- 2.1. MAIN CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS 7
- A) Standards 7
- B) Other Recognized Documents (ORD) 7
- C) Safety codes 7
- 2.2. THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION 7
- 3. ORGANIZATIONS MANAGING STANDARDIZATION IN CANADA 9
- 3.1. STANDARDS COUNCIL OF CANADA 9
- A) Accredited Standards Development Organizations 9
- B) SCC Accreditation programs 11
- 3.2. CANADIAN BUILDING AND FIRE CODES COMMISSION (CCBFC) 11
- 3.3. AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION (AHJ) 12
- 4. KEY STAGES FOR PRODUCT/MATERIALS CERTIFICATION IN CANADA 13
- 5. MAIN CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS/MATERIALS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY STANDARDS AND SAFETY CODES 14
- 5.1. ELECTRICAL SAFETY 14
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODE 14
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 14
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 14
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 16
- 5.2. PLUMBING 16
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODE 16
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 16
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 17
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 18
- 5.3. BUILDINGS 18
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODES 18
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 18
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 18
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 20
- 5.4. FIRE 20
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODES 20
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 21
- C) SCC ACCREDITED LABS 21
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 22
- 5.5. ENERGY EFFICIENCY 22
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODE 22
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 22
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 22
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 24
- 5.6. FUELS, VALVES, BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS 24
- A) RELEVANT MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODES 24
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 24
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 24
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 26
- 5.7. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) AND ELEVATING DEVICES 26
- A) MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODES 26
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION 26
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 26
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 27
- 5.8. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) 27
- A) MANDATORY STANDARDS/SAFETY CODES 27
- B) AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION (AHJ) 28
- C) SCC ACCREDITED CABS 28
- D) NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 28
- 6. IF A PRODUCT/MATERIAL IS NOT COVERED BY A MANDATED STANDARD IN CANADA 29
- 7. CETA & STANDARDS 30
- 7.1. THE EU-CANADA COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC TRADE AGREEMENT (CETA) 30
- 7.2. CETA’S REGULATORY COOPERATION FORUM 30
- 7.3. CETA’S PROTOCOL ON CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT 30
- 8. CONCLUSIONS 32
- ANNEX I. EU MEMBER STATES EMBASSIES, CONSULATES AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN CANADA 33
