About Us
Who we are: CanSIA is a national trade association that represents approximately 650 solar energy companies throughout Canada. Since 1992, CanSIA has worked to develop a strong, efficient, ethical and professional Canadian solar energy industry with capacity to provide innovative solar energy solutions and to play a major role in the global transition to a sustainable, clean-energy future.
What we see: By 2025, solar energy is widely deployed throughout Canada, having already achieved market competitiveness that removes the need for government incentives, and is recognized as an established component of Canada’s energy mix. The solar industry will be supporting more than 35,000 jobs in the economy and displacing 15 to 31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, providing a safer, cleaner environment for generations to come.
CanSIA's specific objectives are:
- To develop and implement programs and activities directed at enhancing and accelerating the widespread use of solar energy in Canada;
- To develop and improve the solar energy industry and the individual members of the industry by facilitating the delivery of training and continuing education;
- To ensure that governments in Canada have a good understanding of the contribution a viable solar equipment industrial base can make to Canada’s industrial and social development;
- To coordinate and assist its members with regard to the development and revision of product standards and building codes for the solar equipment industry, with special emphasis of safety, performance, and economic impact;
- To collect and disseminate statistics and other useful information on solar energy and the solar industry to various stakeholders and to carry out conferences and publications that advance the purposes of the Association;
- To carry on and assist in research on issues that impact the solar industry and its support from various stakeholders’
- To develop a working relationship with other associations having an interest in the furtherance of the objectives of the Association and to ensure optimum support and cooperation;
- To undertake such other programs and activities as may be proper to enhance or promote the welfare of the industry and that address the needs of the Canadian solar industry.
