Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) is the national industry body committed to fostering community confidence in advertising. Its mission is to ensure the integrity and viability of advertising in Canada through industry self-regulation.

ASC members include approximately 170 leading advertisers, advertising agencies, media organizations, and suppliers to the advertising sector. Through their membership, they communicate their commitment to responsible advertising industry self-regulation, and to the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, the industry’s principal instrument of self-regulation.

ASC Clearance Services
Through ASC Clearance Services, ASC provides industry with an objective, independent, fee-based advertising copy review service to help advertisers working in specific categories to comply with pertinent laws and regulations that neither advertisers nor ASC has the authority to change or control.