Accreditation Canada delivers a wide range of high-impact assessment programs for health and social service organizations, powered by HSO, and customized to local needs. Accreditation Canada works with more than 900 expert peer surveyors with extensive health care and social services experience and trained in Accreditation Canada’s customized, continuous assessment program. For more than 60 years, Accreditation Canada has been working with health, social and community service organizations to advance quality and safety.

Improving outcomes through assessments against global standards

Together with their affiliate Health Standards Organization (HSO), Accreditation Canada inspires people to make positive change that improves the quality of health and social services in Canada and around the world.

Board

Accreditation Canada is an independent non-governmental organization that operates globally as an affiliate of Health Standards Organization (HSO). The affairs of Accreditation Canada are overseen by the Board and CEO of HSO. HSO board member profiles can be found here.

People

Headquartered in Ottawa (Canada), Accreditation Canada has satellite offices in Toronto, Montreal and Brussels (Belgium).

Accreditation Canada is powered by a knowledgeable and experienced team of over 1000 staff, surveyors, subject matter experts and partners working with clients in Canada and around the world. From former hospital CEOs to patients with significant, first-hand experience of the health system, to Indigenous community health leaders and more, Accreditation Canada staff are in tune with your daily challenges and are dedicated to helping your organization offer the best care possible.

When you succeed, they succeed in achieving quality health services for all.