Founded 1919
CSA Group
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canadian standards-development and product-certification body that tests electrical, gas, and other product categories against its own standards for the North American market, administering the CSA certification mark used to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- 1919
- Website
- www.csagroup.org
Notable facts
- Originated in 1919 as the Canadian Engineering Standards Association (CESA), formed after Britain requested Canada establish a technical standards committee during World War I.
- Published its first standards for steel railway bridges in 1920, followed by the Canadian Electrical Code in 1927.
- Renamed the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) in 1944 and introduced its certification mark in 1946.
Testing categories
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