SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 90,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,000 offices and laboratories around the world.

SGS Canada began in 1948 as a specialist provider of services for the agricultural industry. Today, its operations across Canada have rapidly evolved into highly technical service provision, conducting precise and accurate analytical testing, such as DNA fingerprinting and metals speciation for numerous business lines.

It maintains a strong presence as a top-quality service provider at all major ports and trading hubs across Canada, and is known across the world for excellence in exploration and mining. It has a strong presence in the oil sands in Fort McMurray and an established network of Centres of Excellence for Life Sciences. It has offices and laboratories throughout Canada, including Mississauga, ON, Lakefield, ON, Burnaby, BC, Calgary AB, Winnipeg MB and Montreal, QC.