Canada Approvals

Accredited Certification Body for Radio Equipment Compliance

CKC CS is a Certification Body (CB # US0103) operating under the authority of the Minister of Industry to grant product certification of radio equipment. This authority is designated in accordance with the Procedures for Conformity Assessment Bodies, REC-CB, and DES-CB.

CKC Certification Services, LLC is authorized to perform Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) certifications on all products which fall under the scope of ISED’s CB program. Devices eligible for certification by CKC-CS include, but are not limited to: wireless modules (aka modular approval), low power transmitters, spread-spectrum devices, cellular radios, WiFi access points, commercial mobile radios, and wireless power transfer equipment.

ISED RSS Standards for Radio and Communication Equipment Certification

The following are the ISED Radio Standards (RSS) for various radio and communication equipment, covering a wide range of frequency bands and device types.

RSS-111 Broadband Public Safety equipment 4940 – 4990 MHz
RSS-112 Land Mobile and Fixed equipment 1670 – 1675 MHz
RSS-117 Land and Coast Station transmitters 200 – 535 kHz
RSS-119 Land Mobile and Fixed Radio equipment 27.41 – 960 MHz
RSS-123 Licensed Wireless Microphones
RSS-125 Land Mobile and Fixed Radio equipment 1.705 – 30.0 MHz
RSS-127 Air to Ground equipment 849 – 851 MHz and 894 – 896 MHz
RSS-130 Mobile Broadband Services (MBS) equipment 617 – 652 MHz, 663-756 MHz and 777 – 787 MHz
RSS-131 Zone Enhancers for the Land Mobile service
RSS-132 Cellular Systems 824 – 849 MHz and 869 – 894 MHz
RSS-133 Personal Communications Service (PCS) 1850 – 1915 MHz and 1930 – 1995 MHz
RSS-134 Narrowband PCS 901 – 902 MHz, 930 – 931 MHz, 940 – 941 MHz
RSS-135 Digital Scanner Receivers
RSS-137 Location and Monitoring Service (LMS) 902 – 928 MHz
RSS-139 Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) 1710 – 1780 MHz and 2110 – 2200 MHz
RSS-140 Public Safety Broadband equipment 758 768 MHz and 788 798 MHz
RSS-141 Aeronautical Radiocommunication equipment 117.975 – 137 MHz
RSS-142 Narrowband multipoint communication systems 1429.5 – 1432 MHz
RSS-170 Mobile Earth Stations 2000 – 2200 MHz
RSS-181 Coast and Ship Station equipment 1605 – 28000 kHz
RSS-182 Maritime Radio equipment 156 – 162.5 MHz
RSS-191 Local Multipoint, Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint equipment (MCS) 24, 28 and 38 GHz
RSS-192 Fixed Use Broadband equipment 2450 – 3900 MHz
RSS-194 Fixed Wireless Access equipment 953 – 960 MHz
RSS-195 Wireless Communications Service (WCS) equipment 2305 – 2320 MHz and 2345 – 2360 MHz
RSS-196 Point-to-Multipoint Broadband equipment 512 – 608 MHz (RRBS, TV Channels 21 – 36)
RSS-197 Wireless Broadband Access equipment 3650 – 3700 MHz
RSS-198 Flexible Use Broadband equipment 3900-3980 MHz
RSS-199 Broadband Radio Service (BRS) equipment 2500 – 2690 MHz
RSS-210 Low Power License Exempt Radio equipment (All bands)
RSS-211 Level Probing Radar equipment, 6, 10, 28 and 77 GHz
RSS-213 License Exempt Personal Communications Service (PCS) devices 1920 – 1930 MHz
RSS-215 Analogue Scanner Receivers
RSS-216 Wireless Power Transfer Devices (Wireless Chargers)
RSS-220 Ultra-Wideband Devices (UWB)
RSS-222 White Spaces Devices (WSDs)
RSS-236 General Radio service equipment 26.960 – 27.410 MHz
RSS-238 Shipborne Radar 2900 – 3100 MHz and 9225 – 9500 MHz
RSS-243 Medical Devices 401 – 406 MHz
RSS-244 Medical Devices 413 – 457 MHz
RSS-246 Ultra-Low Power (ULP) Wireless Medical Capsule Endoscopy Devices 430-440 MHz
RSS-247 DTS, FHSS and LE-LAN/UNII Devices.
RSS-248 Radio Local Area Network (RLAN) Devices 5925 – 7125 MHz
RSS-251 Vehicular, Airport Fixed or Mobile Radar 76 – 81 GHz
RSS-252 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS / DSRC) — On-Board Unit (OBU) 5895 – 5925 MHz
RSS-287 Emergency Location Devices EPIRBs, ELTs, PLBs, and MSLD
RSS-288 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
Some devices may require additional processing time due to post-certification filing procedures.
Not all devices require or qualify for certification under ISED standards.

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