Method
Sources and method
Pages were read on 26 October 2026. Facts in the comparison are limited to what those pages state. Marketing slogans, student counts, and satisfaction promises are not treated as program features.
How an organization got on the list
A Canadian organization is listed when its own website publishes an ACLS curriculum and a completion credential. Order is alphabetical by organization name. Training sites that deliver someone else’s program are not given a row.
The Canadian Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Canada were checked because people often look there for resuscitation courses. Their public catalogues describe first aid, CPR, and basic life support. They are not listed as ACLS program owners.
Canadian Heart Association
- ACLS program page, including the course FAQ.
- Programs page, for the published description of scope and the ILCOR statement.
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
- ACLS program page, including provider, renewal, experienced provider, hours, two-year certification, and continuing-education notes.
- ACLS Provider article, including the BLS prerequisite, 70 percent precourse score, materials, and two-year certificate.
- ACLS Instructor Essentials, for who may teach the Heart & Stroke course.
- Learn CPR, where Heart & Stroke describes its ACLS certification as recognized across Canada.
Continuing education rules
- Royal College Maintenance of Certification framework, which lists resuscitation courses such as ACLS as group learning and distinguishes accredited from unaccredited credit.
Context outside those two programs
- ILCOR, for the international evidence-review process.
- American Heart Association international ACLS provider course.
- American Heart Association International Program Administration Manual (2018), section on recognition of Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada status.
- Canadian Red Cross training and certification and its basic life support course.
- St. John Ambulance Canada first aid training.
What this site will not do
- Rank organizations or tell you which card is “best.”
- Repeat a provider’s claim that it is nationally accredited as if that were a government decision.
- List every classroom. A partial city directory would leave most providers out.