Coaches of Canada is the only organization that grants official designations to professionals in the field of coaching in Canada.

In an effort to stem the tide of bad publicity surrounding inappropriate coaching practices the Canadian Federal Government, through a task force, recommended the professionalization of coaching. Coaches of Canada has emerged as the organization that is working to make this happen. The organization is eligible to grant the professional designation of Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC). Deciding to be a profession and achieving public acceptance and benefits accorded to other practitioners with professional status is a difficult challenge: but one that Coaches of Canada is undertaking.

Professionalization demands proficiency with an extensive body of knowledge that is defined, constantly updated (professional development) and set in a value framework (code of conduct and ethical practice) with controls to protect those values.

Extract from "Coaches as Professionals" by David Telles-Langdon,
found in Coaches PLAN du Coach, Vol. 13 No. 1

Coaches of Canada's mission statement is "to advance the profession of coaching..."
We also exist to:

• protect and serve the public interest,
• protect the character and status of members of the profession,
• to develop, coordinate and provide services to members,
• organize and promote educational and professional development opportunities,
• represent members and interests before governmental bodies, and
• promote the profession of coaching.