Canadian Council on Animal Care

What Canadian Council on Animal Care does

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is Canada's national, non-governmental regulatory and accreditation body responsible for overseeing the use of animals in science. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Ottawa, CCAC develops, maintains, and enforces the standards, guidelines, and policies that govern animal care and use in Canadian scientific research. The organization assesses and certifies institutional animal care and use programs at Canadian universities and research facilities, functioning as the de facto national steward of research animal welfare standards. CCAC also receives and reviews formal complaints regarding alleged violations of those standards, providing an external oversight channel used by advocacy organizations and the public.\n\nCCAC's core outputs are normative rather than commercial. It publishes guidelines, policy frameworks, and assessment protocols that institutions adopt to demonstrate compliance with recognized animal welfare practices; it does not sell software, platforms, or consulting services. Operational scale is modest, with a staff of 11–50 employees, and the organization has no disclosed subsidiaries, parent entity, commercial affiliates, or product lines. Its operating geography is exclusively Canada.\n\nThe business model is that of a non-profit standards body. No revenue figures, pricing schedules, assessment fees, or funding sources are disclosed in the available source material. CCAC is presumably funded through a combination of institutional assessment fees, government grants, and stakeholder contributions from the Canadian research ecosystem, but these mechanics are not documented in the inputs provided.

Name

Canadian Council on Animal Care

Legal name

Canadian Council on Animal Care

Website

https://ccac.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is Canada's national, non-governmental regulatory and accreditation body that sets standards, certifies institutional animal care programs, and reviews welfare complaints at Canadian universities and research facilities.

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Product category

Research Ethics and Animal Welfare Oversight

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

akta.pro primary industry

Animal Welfare Regulation & Enforcement (HLAMAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Veterinary Regulatory Authorities (Licensing, Compliance & Enforcement) (HLAMAJAC), Animal Welfare Auditing, Compliance & Certification Services (Non-testing Lab) (AFAEALAN), Animal Cruelty Prevention, Investigation & Humane Law Enforcement (BPAGAIAG)

Keywords

• Animal care standards
• Research ethics oversight
• Institutional accreditation
• Animal welfare guidelines
• Laboratory animal science

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is the national, non-governmental oversight body responsible for setting, maintaining, and enforcing standards for the ethical use and care of animals in Canadian science. It assesses and certifies institutional animal care and use programs at universities, hospitals, government agencies, and private research organizations, develops guidelines and training resources for researchers and animal care staff, and receives and reviews formal complaints regarding alleged violations of animal welfare standards.

Product overview

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is a national, non-governmental regulatory and accreditation body responsible for overseeing the use of animals in science in Canada. As a regulatory organization rather than a technology product company, CCAC does not offer commercial software products, platforms, or digital services. Its primary function is to develop standards, guidelines, and policies for animal care and use, and to assess and certify institutional animal care and use programs at Canadian universities and research facilities.

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Products and services

• National Animal Care and Use Standards and Guidelines Develops, publishes, and maintains the national standards, guidelines, and policies governing the ethical use and care of animals in Canadian scientific research, used by universities, hospitals, government agencies, and private research organizations.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Program Assessment and Accreditation Assesses and certifies institutional animal care and use programs at Canadian research organizations, providing recognized national accreditation that supports funder, journal, and regulatory requirements.
• Formal Complaint and Oversight Review Service Receives and reviews formal complaints from advocacy organizations and the public regarding alleged violations of animal welfare standards at Canadian research institutions.
• Training and Educational Resources for Researchers and Animal Care Staff Provides training resources and educational materials to help researchers, veterinarians, and animal care staff implement CCAC standards in institutional programs.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Last Chance for Animals (LCA)minorOthersLast Chance for Animals (LCA), an animal advocacy organization, has filed a formal complaint with the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) regarding alleged cruel treatment of primates at York University. This represents a complaint/oversight relationship where LCA brings concerns to CCAC for regulatory review.

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Direct peers

• AAALAC International: Private, nonprofit international organization that accredits animal care and use programs in research, education, and testing — the most direct functional peer to CCAC, operating globally where CCAC operates nationally.
• Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW): International scientific and educational charity that promotes animal welfare in research and education, with overlapping mission around standards, science-based welfare guidance, and accreditation support.

Regional players

• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia): Australia's national body issuing the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes — a structurally analogous national regulator operating in a different geography.
• European Animal Research Association (EARA): European communication and advocacy body supporting animal research through transparency and best practices, comparable as a non-regulatory, consensus-building animal research standards organization.

Broad incumbents

• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA): Major animal welfare charity with science animal department that influences UK research animal policy, comparable as a long-standing advocacy-and-standards organization in the animal welfare domain.
• Animal Welfare Institute: U.S. nonprofit that advocates for higher standards and reduced suffering of animals in research, providing an advocacy/oversight complement to CCAC's standards-setting role.
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS): Large U.S. association setting professional standards, certifications, and training for laboratory animal care — overlaps CCAC's standards-setting and accreditation remit for animal research staff and programs.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs): Federally mandated oversight committees at U.S. research institutions that review animal care protocols, functioning as the U.S. equivalent institutional layer to what CCAC oversees nationally.

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