Last reviewed: July 24, 2026
Canadian Associations & Regulatory Bodies
Professional regulation in Canada is provincial: law societies, medical colleges, engineering associations, and similar bodies license and discipline their members province by province, and most publish public member registers — often the fastest way to verify a professional's standing. The directory below covers national associations and regulatory bodies.
Verified Resources (171 links)
- Accrediting Agencies of Canada
- Advancement of Education
- Advertising Standards Canada
- Archivists
- Artists And Producers Professional Relations
- Athletic Therapists Association
- Black Business and Professional Association
- Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
- Broadcasters
- Canadian Studies
- Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources
- Catholic Health Canada
- Centre for Philanthropy
- Certified Administrative Managers
- Certified General Accountants Canada
- Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
- Chartered Accountants
- Chief Executives
- Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers
- Children's Mental Health
- Christian Charities
- Coast Waste Management Association
- Communication Association
- Communicative Disorders Assistant Canada
- Community and Hospital Infection Control Association
- Community Colleges
- Community Economic Development Network
- Community Foundations of Canada
- Community Newspapers Association
- Co-operative Association
- Corporate Directors
- Counselling Association
- Customs Brokers
- Dental Association
- Dietitians of Canada
- Distance Education
- Early Childhood Education Council
- Editors' Canada
- Emergency Physicians
- Ethics Practitioners' Canada
- Evaluation Society
- Family Physicians of Canada
- Family Resource Programs
- Fédération des centres d'action bénévole du Québec
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Federation of Independent Business
- Financial Management Institute of Canada
- Financial Planners
- Forestry Association
- Franchise Association
- Fundraising Professionals
- Health Care Public Relations Association Canada
- Health Charities Council of Canada
- Health Services Accreditation
- Healthcare Association
- Health Service Executives
- Home Business the National Capital Region
- Home Builders' Association
- Hospice
- Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Human Resources Associations
- Humanities and Social Sciences Federation
- Independent Meeting Planners
- Independent Schools
- Industrial Relations Association
- Information Processing Society
- Information Resource Management Canada
- Information Technology Canada
- Insurance Brokers Canada
- Insurance Bureau of Canada
- Institute of Planners
- International Health
- International Organization for Entrepreneurs
- International Personnel Management Association
- Inuit Art Foundation
- League of Canadian Poets
- Learning Disabilities Canada
- Library Association
- Life and Health Insurance Association
- Literacy Coordinators of Alberta
- Local Public Health Agencies
- Magazine Publishers Association
- Medical Association
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Mental Health Association
- Meeting Professionals International
- Museums Association
- Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies
- North American Asian Professionals
- Nurses Association
- Operations Management
- Optometrists
- Paediatric Society
- Parks and Recreation Association
- Periodical Writers Canada
- Pharmacists Association
- Philanthropic Foundations Canada
- Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
- Physiotherapy Association
- Police Boards
- Principals
- Professional Archaeologists
- Psychological Association
- Public Health Association
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Public Relations Society Inc.
- Publishers
- Radiation Oncologists
- Radio Amateur Operators of Canada
- Realtors
- Records Managers and Administrators
- Registered Lobbyists
- Retail Council of Canada
- Schools of Social Work
- Search and Rescue Volunteer Canada
- Second Language Teachers
- Standards Association
- Social Workers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Sports Massage Therapist Association
- Traffic and Transportation
- Universities and Colleges
- University Teachers
- Venture Capital Association
- Women in Science and Technology
- Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
- Certified Managment Accountants of Alberta
- College of Alberta Psychologists
- Administrators of Volunteer Resources BC
- Archival Union List
- Business Communicators
- Clinical Counsellors of BC
- College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
- Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils of BC
- Dental Association
- Denturist Association of British Columbia
- Human Resources Management Association
- Lobbyist of British Columbia
- Non-Profit Housing Association of BC
- Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
- Social Workers'
- Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia
- Talent Agencies in British Columbia
- Manitoba Property Assessor
- Naturopathic Doctors in Manitoba
- Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
- Real Estate Boards
- Electrology Association
- Electrologists in the Northwest Territories
- Architects Of Ontario
- Geoscientists of Ontario
- Insurance Adjusters
- Insurance Brokers & Brokerage Firms
- Interior Designers
- Interpreters of Ontario
- Landscape Architects
- Lobbyists
- Meeting Professional International (MPI) of Toronto
- Mortgage Brokers in Ontario
- Naturopathic Physicians
- Physiotherapists of Ontario
- Podiatrists
- Veterinarians