GS1 is a neutral, not-for-profit association that develops and maintains global standards for efficient business communication.
GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety, security, sustainability and visibility of value chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors.
Our scale and reach help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe.
In Canada, through our unique community management role, we collaborate with business leaders, sector boards, advisory councils and industry work groups to develop standards, guidelines and non-proprietary business solutions. Partnering with industry, we provide education and implementation support to subscribers of all sizes across multiple sectors.
When directed by industry, GS1 Canada develops Industry Managed Solutions to address specific sector-wide, non-competitive business process issues, designed to enable organizations of all sizes to meet Canadian trading and regulatory requirements.
GS1 Canada is a global leader in delivering the highest quality, perpetually cleansed and updated bilingual product content, becoming the one true source of data excellence for Canadian industry.
We develop global standards in partnership with the industry experts and business teams who use them in their work.
GS1 Canada is responsible to represent the requirements of Canadian industry at the global level with global standards-setting bodies.
To learn more about Standards, visit our Standards page.
Want to get involved? For more information on how to join one of our workgroups, please email us at info@gs1ca.org.
In collaboration with subscribers, workgroups and sector boards, our Global Standards and Industry Relations team provide education support during the community management, standards development and implementation processes.
We provide practical information and tools that guide the integration of global standards and best practices into business processes.
The Learning Zone provides 24/7 access to online training programs for all standards, sectors and industry managed solutions.
GS1 Canada hosts and participates in industry events and webinars and offers professional consulting services to custom build training programs that enable subscribers to implement standards into their business processes.
GS1 Canada is committed to helping Canadian industry succeed in an increasingly competitive eCommerce driven marketplace by using global standards to increase efficiency, safety, security and sustainability.
Directed by industry, GS1 Canada solves non-competitive business process issues for organizations of all scale through the delivery of Industry Managed Solutions, attribute guides, standards support and other means.
We enable data providers to maximize operational efficiency as content is shared with multiple trading partners at the same time from a single source of truth through our one-to-many process.