STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC) has been publishing standards for Canadians for nearly 60 years.  One of 4 Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accredited standards developers, we operate under the consensus based principles as required by the SCC under CAN-P-1. ULC standards department is also a signatory to the WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Agreement, which outlines in Annex 3 the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards.  There are 17 main standards committees at ULC responsible for a 181+ standards with a membership of 350. Each committee operates under a ULC secretariat, from the ULC standards department. You can find more about the work of each ULC committee, our standards department, how to be a member and what each standard is about by following the related links provided.