Bilingual Glossary of Acronyms for Landscape Architecture
This glossary is not exhaustive. Rather, it is meant to be a helpful resource. If you have any corrections or recommended additions, please email executive-director@csla-aapc.ca.
AAA - Alberta Association of Architects
AAPC - Association des architectes paysagistes du Canada (in English, CSLA)
AAAPC - Associé de l’Association des architectes paysagistes du Canada (in English, FCSLA)
AALA - Alberta Association of Landscape Architects
AANB - Architects' Association of New Brunswick
AAPC - Association des architectes paysagistes du Canada (in English, CSLA)
AAPEI - Architects’ Association of Prince Edward Island
AAPQ -Association des architectes paysagistes du Québec
ACC - Association canadienne de la construction (in English, CCA)
ACEC - Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (en français, AFCG)
ACECBC - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – British Columbia
ACECM - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Manitoba
ACECNL - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Newfoundland and Labrador
ACEDNWT - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Northwest Territories
ACECPEI - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Prince Edward Island
ACEDS - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Saskatchewan
ACECY - Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Yukon
ACG - Association Canadienne des géographes (in English, CAG)
AFC - Association forestière canadienne (in English, CFA)
AFGC - Association des firmes de génie-conseil du Canada (in English, ACEC)
AFICNB - Association des firmes d'ingénieurs conseils – Nouveau-Brunswick
AFICQ - Association des firmes de génie-conseil – Québec
AIA - American Institute of Architects
AIBC - Architectural Institute of British Columbia
AMM - Association of Manitoba Municipalities
AMO - Association of Municipalities of Ontario
APA - American Planning Association
APALA - Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects
APDIQ - Association professionnelle des designers d’intérieur du Québec
APEGA - Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
APEGS - Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
API - Atlantic Planners Institute (en français, IUA)
APPI - Alberta Professional Planners Institute
ARIDNB - Association of Registered Interior Designers of New Brunswick
ARIDO - Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario
ASLA - American Society of Landscape Architects
AUMA - Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
AUNB - Association des urbanistes du Nouveau Brunswick (in English, NBAP)
AYC - Association of Yukon Communities
BAP - Baccalauréat en architecture de paysage
BCLNA - British Columbia Landscape and Nursery Association
BCSLA - British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects
BLA - Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture (en français, BAP)
CAAP - Conseil d’agrément en architecture de paysage (in English, LAAC)
CAC - Comité sur l’adaptation au changement climatique (in English, CoCA)
CAG - Canadian Association of Geographers (en français, ACG)
CBDC - Conseil du bâtiment durable du Canada (in English, CGBC)
CCA - Canadian Construction Association (en français, ACC)
CCEE - Conseil canadien sur les espèces envahissantes (in English, CCIS)
CCIS - Canadian Council on Invasive Species
CCN - Commission de la capitale nationale (in English, NCC)
CDAO - Construction Design Alliance of Ontario
CEA - Consulting Engineers of Alberta
CELA - Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
CENS - Consulting Engineers of Nova Scotia
CEO - Consulting Engineers of Ontario
CFA - Canadian Forestry Association (en français, AFC)
CFANB - Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick
CIF - Canadian Institute of Forestry (en français, IFC)
CGBC - Canada Green Building Council (en français, CBDC)
CIHR - Canadian Institutes on Health Research (en français, IRSC)
CIP - Canadian Institute of Planners (en français, ICU)
CLARB - Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards
CoCA - CSLA Committee on Climate Adaptation (en français, CAC)
COF - College of Fellows (en français, ODA)
CRSH - Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada (in English, SSHRC)
CRSNG - Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (in English, NSERC)
CSLA - Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (en français, AAPC)
DDN - Devis directeur national de la construction au Canada (in English, NMS)
DIC - Designers intérieurs du Canada (in English, IDC)
EC - Engineers Canada (en français, IC)
EDRA - Environmental Design Research Association
EGBC - Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia
EGM - Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba
EGNB - Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick
ENS - Engineers Nova Scotia
EPEI - Engineers PEI
EY - Engineers Yukon
FACP - Fondation d’architecture de paysage du Canada (in English, LACF)
FASLA - Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects
FCM - Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Fédération canadienne des municipalités
FCSLA - Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (en français, AAAPC)
FPEIM - Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities
IAENG - International Association of Engineers
IALE - International Association for Landscape Ecology
IC - Ingénieurs Canada (in English, EC)
ICOMOS -International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICU -Institut canadien des urbanistes (in English, CIP)
IDA - Interior Designers of Alberta
IDAS - Interior Designers Association of Saskatchewan
IDC -Interior Designers of Canada (en français, DIC)
IDIBC - Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia
IDNL - Interior Designers of Newfoundland and Labrador
IDNS - Interior Designers of Nova Scotia
IFC -Institut forestier du Canada (in English, CIF)
IFLA -International Federation of Landscape Architecture
INTA -International Urban Development Association
IRAC -Institut Royal d’architecture du Canada (in English, RAIC)
IRSC -Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (CIHR)
ISA -International Society of Arboriculture
ISOCARP -International Society of City and Regional Planners
ISSRM -International Symposium for Society and Resource Management
IUA -International Union of Architects
IUA - Institut des urbanistes de l'atlantique (in English, API)
LAAB - Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board
LAAC - Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council (en français, CAAP)
LACES - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System
LACF - Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (en français, FACP)
LAF - Landscape Architecture Foundation
LARE - Landscape Architect Registration Examination
LAWB - Landscape Architecture Without Borders
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LO - Landscape Ontario
LPPANS - Licensed Professional Planners Association of Nova Scotia
MAA - Manitoba Association of Architects
MAF - Manitoba Forestry Association
MALA - Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects
MAP - Maîtrise en architecture de paysage (in English, MLA)
MBLNA - Manitoba Landscape and Nursery Association
MLA - Master’s in Landscape Architecture (en français, MAP)
MMAP - Mois mondial de l’architecture de paysage (in English, WLAM)
MNL - Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
MPPI - Manitoba Professional Planners Institute
NAM - Nunavut Association of Municipalities
NAPEG - Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
NBAP - New Brunswick Association of Planners (en français, AUNB)
NCC - National Capital Commission (en français, CCN)
NLAA - Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects
NLAPP - Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Professional Planners
NLFPA - Newfoundland & Labrador Forest Protection Association
NMS - Canadian National Master Construction Specification (en français, DDN)
NSAA - Nova Scotia Association of Architects
NSFA - Nova Scotia Forestry Association
NSERC - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (en français, CRSNG)
NSFM - Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities
NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers
NuALA - Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects
NUDA - National Urban Design Awards (en français, PNDU)
NWTAA - Northwest Territories Association of Architects
NWTAC - Northwest Territories Association of Municipalities
NWTALA - Northwest Territories Association of Landscape Architects
OAA - Ontario Association of Architects
OALA - Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
OAQ - Ordre des architectes du Québec
OC - Order of Canada – Ordre du Canada
ODA - Ordre des associés (in English, COF)
OFA - Ontario Forestry Association
OIQ - Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
OPFA - Ontario Professional Foresters Association
OPPI - Ontario Professional Planners Institute
OUQ - Ordre des urbanistes du Québec
PEGNL - Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador
PEIAP - Prince Edward Island Association of Planners
PEIFIA - PEI Forest Improvement Association
PEO - Professional Engineers Ontario
PIBC - Planning Institute of British Columbia
PIDIM - Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba
PNDU - Prix nationaux de design urbain (in English, NUDA)
RAIC - Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (en français, IRAC)
RLA - Registered Landscape Architect
RMA - Rural Municipalities of Alberta
SAA - Saskatchewan Association of Architects
SALA - Saskatchewan Association of Landscape Architects
SALA - School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia
SARM - Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
SFA - Saskatchewan Forestry Association
SITES - Sustainable Sites Initiative
SPPI - Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute
SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (en français, CRSH)
SUMA - Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association
TLCF - The Cultural Landscape Foundation
TRC - Truth and Reconciliation Commission
UBC - University of British Columbia
UBCM - Union of BC Municipalities
UCAL - University of Calgary
UMAN - University of Manitoba
UMNB - Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick – Union des municipalités du Nouveau Brunswick
UMQ - Union des municipalités du Québec
WGBC - World Green Building Council
WLAM - World Landscape Architecture Month (en français, MMAP)
Federal Government Acronyms
Note that a glossary of federal government departments is available at https://www.canada.ca/en/government/dept.html