The Trans-Canada Advertising Agency Network, or T-CAAN, is an association of 28 independent Canadian

advertising agencies An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency or an ad agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for its clients. An ad agency is generall ...

. The oldest and largest agency network in the country, it was founded in 1963 by seven member organizations. T-CAAN-member agencies assist each other when specific client needs arise. T-CAAN also serves as a forum for member agencies to share ideas and best practices. It has close ties with similar groups in the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Jamaica, Europe and Hong Kong.

Membership

To join T-CAAN, an advertising agency must be sponsored by a current member agency and elected by the membership at-large based on their “experience, expertise, security, integrity and community service.” Membership also has a regional basis, with all provinces and territories and most major Canadian cities represented in T-CAAN.Martin, Kathleen (June 9, 2006). “Talking About Conversations at T-CAAN”. ‘’Marketing Magazine’’

Member agencies

Aasman Brand Communications, Whitehorse, YT
Acart Communications Inc.,

Ottawa, ON Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

BMR, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Brown Communications Group,

Regina, SK Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 census, Regina had a city population of 226,404, and ...

Campbell Michener & Lee Inc.,

Toronto, ON Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

Colour,

Halifax, NS Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 530,167, with 348,634 ...

Copeland Communications Ltd.,

Victoria, BC Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...

DDB Canada,

Vancouver, BC Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Met ...

Elevator Strategy, Vancouver, BC
50 Carleton & Associates/Associés,

Sudbury, ON Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury, is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth largest in Canada. It is ...

Generator Strategy Advertising, Thunder Bay, ON
Groupe Rinaldi Communication Marketing,

Montreal, QC Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Harris Marketing Communications,

Windsor, ON Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County ...

JAN Kelley Marketing, Burlington, ON
Kellett Communications Inc.,

Yellowknife, NT Yellowknife is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of t ...

LXB Communication Marketing,

Quebec City, QC Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

The Marketing Den, Saskatoon, SK
Motum b2b, Toronto, ON
Pub Point Com, Montreal, QC
Quarry Integrated Communications, Waterloo, ON
Ragan Creative Strategy + Design,

Kamloops, BC Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the administrative centre fo ...

stratégie Révolution strategy,

Saint John, NB Saint John () is a port#seaport, seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is Canada's oldest Municipal corporation, incorporated city, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign ...

Rose Country Advertising & Public Relations Ltd.,

Edmonton, AB Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region, and is in Treaty 6 terri ...

SPIRIT CREATIVE, Ottawa, ON
Surge Communications Inc.,

London, ON London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River and North Thames River, appro ...

TOTALGROUP Marketing Communications, St. John's, NL
Whitehead Inc., Toronto, ON
Zero Gravity Marketing,

Calgary, AB Calgary () is a major city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a Metropolitan area, metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the List of ...

References

Business organizations based in Canada