Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is an independent organization for private Canadian broadcasters. It establishes standards for programming that its members agree to maintain. If you think a broadcaster is falling below certain standards, you can contact the CBSC with your concerns.

Making a broadcasting complaint

The CBSC deals with complaints about:

• ethics
  • CAB Code of Ethics
  • Radio TV News Directors' Association of Canada (RTNDA) Code of Ethics
• violence on TV
  • Industry Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming
• how identifiable groups are portrayed in broadcasting
  • CAB Equitable Portrayal Code
• ownership of more than one type of media
  • Journalistic Independence Code

If you have a broadcasting complaint, you can use the information and form on the CBSC Web site's Making a Complaint.

Contact the CBSC

Contact the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council:

In writing at:
P.O. Box 3265
Station D, Ottawa
K1P 6H8

By telephone: (613) 233-4607 or toll free at 1-866-696-4718
By fax: (613) 233-4826

Related information

Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (Public Notice CRTC 1991-90)

Date modified:

2018-03-12