Our foundation

AIA Canada Society was incorporated and filed paperwork with the Registrar of Companies on January 30, 2018.

In addition to the official by-laws and incorporation documents, the board has adopted:

• a proposed organization chart
• short-range strategic plan
• long-range strategic plan

The purposes of the Society are:

1. to promote and forward the objects of The American Institute of Architects within Canada, while complying with all applicable laws;
2. to organize and unite in fellowship architects and other design professionals who are active in Canada and who have personal and professional ties to the United States;
3. to foster understanding of differences in professional practices between the United States and Canada;
4. to promote the advantages of American training and design approaches;
5. to facilitate international recognition of American professional architectural credentials;
6. to facilitate communications between The American Institute of Architects and its members who work and reside in Canada; and
7. to do all such other things as are incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the foregoing purposes and the exercise of the powers of the Society.