CCIR Secretariat, North York, ON

The Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) is an inter-jurisdictional association of insurance regulators.

The mandate of the CCIR is to facilitate and promote an efficient and effective insurance regulatory system in Canada to serve the public interest. We work together to develop solutions to common regulatory issues.

The CCIR traces its history back to 1914 when the Superintendents of Insurance from the four western provinces met “to discuss ways and means to secure uniformity in the laws relating to contracts of insurance.” By 1917 Ontario had joined what was then called The Association of Provincial Superintendents of Insurance of the Dominion of Canada. Over the following decades the name changed several times and the association expanded to include all of the provinces and territories and the federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. By 1989 the newly renamed Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators had achieved its current form.