ISED Canada certification

ISED (Innovation, Science and Economic Development) Canada regulates the radio spectrum for all transmitters operated in the country. It defines the requirements for approval and certification of radio, consumer electronics, and communications devices. The ISED regulations covering radio devices are structured within RSS-GEN (General Requirements for Compliance of Radio Apparatus) which details ISED Canada certification procedures, including technical and administrative requirements.

Laboratories outside Canada can carry out the ISED Canada certification process because ISED Canada has appointed Foreign Certification Bodies (FCBs) worldwide. TÜV SÜD BABT is a Foreign Certification Body with the authority to evaluate product test reports and issue technical acceptance certificates on behalf of ISED Canada.

Radio products can only be placed on the Canadian market once they comply with ISED Canada’s legal and technical requirements. After TÜV SÜD issues a Type Acceptance Certificate, ISED assigns an IC number, adds the product to the Radio Equipment List (REL), and authorises its release onto the market.  Market access for Canada will be granted to radio product manufacturers who obtain the ISED Canada certification.

Our certification body, TÜV SÜD BABT, is appointed under the EU – Canada Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). We manage the entire certification process on behalf of manufacturers wishing to export to the Canadian market.

TÜV SÜD liaises with the authority and local representative on your behalf, and TÜV SÜD BABT certifies and approves devices for the Canadian market, avoiding the delays often experienced with direct applications to ISED Canada.

TÜV SÜD BABT can issue ISED Type Acceptance Certificates for the following equipment categories:

• Aeronautical equipment.
• Bluetooth and WiFi devices. 
• Cellular mobile and base stations.
• Global maritime distress and safety systems (GMDSS).
• Land mobile transmitters and receivers.
• Locator beacons.
• Maritime, land and coast, and coast-to-ship transmitters.
• PCS mobile and base stations.
• RFID devices.  
• Shipborne RADAR.
• Spread spectrum devices.