The Canadian Green Building Council sets the standards for Green Building Development within Canada, and plays the equivalent role of USGBC there. Candidates seeking to become LEED certified must appear for the LEED Canada examination.

LEED Canada (NC 1.0) has five key performance categories:
- Sustainable Sites
- Water Efficiency
- Energy and Atmosphere
- Materials and Resources
- Indoor Air Quality

Bonus Category - Innovation and Design Process

Possible Project LEED Ratings are Silver, Gold and Platinum.

In keeping with the USGBC V3.0 rating systems, Candadian LEED For Homes was launched recently to guide the design and construction of high performance green homes. The LEED for New Construction and Major renovations, originally formulated isn 2004 is currently being upgraded and the new release will be available in late fall of this year.

Accordingly we may see a rush of new certification candidates to take the existing Canadian NC 1.0 examination, much like the same way NC 2.2 aspirants came in droves this summer to get LEED AP certified before the big change to Version 3.0. Apart from the resources on CaGBC site, a few US companies offer practice tests for LEED Canada, such as Leedexcel.com and GEP. Of course, with a 33M population, only 10% that of USA, the number of certifications sought will be considerably less than the 100K candidates who appeared for the NC 2.2 tests. Still, we live in a global and interconnected economy, and many multinational firms looking to do business in Canada may find it worthwhile to get accredited in the Canadian LEED system as well.