Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada

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Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada

#601-280 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G8
Tel: (613) 232-0492
Fax: (613) 235-2793
email: mcac@mcac.ca

About MCA Canada

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada is comprised of dedicated professionals working together for the promotion, improvement, and advancement of the mechanical contracting industry

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) is a national, non-profit business association. As well as Mechanical Contractors, MCAC welcomes service and repair contractors, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and other construction industry related organizations. These dedicated professionals work together for the promotion, improvement, and advancement of the mechanical contracting industry.

The MCAC plays a key role in representing its members in national, corporate and workplace issues in the following ways:


What is a mechanical contractor?

Mechanical Contractors consist of, but are not limited to, companies engaged in: Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Sprinkler Systems, Fire Protection, Control Systems, Refrigeration, Insulation, Specialized Process Systems, Medical Gases, Hydronics, Site Services, and Welding.

The mechanical contractor is one of the main architects in a project, leading many trades through extremely complex and diversified situations starting from the conceptual stage of a building, right through to when the doors open.

The complexity of today’s building systems and techniques is so great that it's a tribute to the industry's co-operation and co-ordination when a major project is completed. To do it on time and profitably requires management and administrative skill of the highest order, and full reliance on the professionalism of the entire team.

It's hard to conceive of something as technical and angular as a building being an organic entity but that's exactly how a Mechanical Contractor often views it. It has a nervous system, a circulation system, and an alimentary system. A modern building can even sense its surroundings as it must react to stimuli such as cold, heat, dangers such as fire, and be able to perform a real function; housing, storage, manufacture, or commerce.


Who is MCA Canada?

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) is Federation of provincial autonomous associations, all working for the betterment and advancement of the trade and mechanical contracting industry in Canada. With offices in each province and 15 regional offices in Ontario, the Mechanical Contractors Association is Canada’s largest trade contractor Association.

MCAC also enjoys a strong relationship with manufactures, distributors and supplier organizations to the contracting industry through our Association Members. The Associate members are valued contributors to the association through their ongoing innovation, educational and voluntary support of the organization.

MCAC is active in numerous industry related organizations, liaises with the federal government, represents the industry through membership in many “partner” Associations and addresses fundamental issues pertinent to the mechanical contracting industry.

MCAC also offers hundreds of business tools to streamline daily operations, “money saving” affinity programs and a communications strategy to keep the membership informed of the latest industry news and innovations.

MCAC is proud to be know as the “Education Association” by providing the industry’s top educational and training programs through its education arm, the Canadian Mechanical Contracting Education Foundation (CMCEF).

Government Relations

Since there is no Federal Department of Construction, MCAC has revitalized its federal government strategy to maintain an active and regular liaison with Canada’s many federal departments who have an influence or affect on our industry.

Expanding these formal relationships has allowed MCAC to be more proactive in its response to national policy initiatives and issues, as well as to work collaboratively with the federal government on key legislation and regulations.

MCAC is very pleased with its working relationship with the following departments and/or agencies of the federal government dealing with issues such as tendering a contract terms and procedures, federal taxation issues, human resource programs dealing specifically with our trades, government policy in general, federal technical codes and standards, product dumping and tariffs/duties, etc…