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ISO 22301 certification in Montreal

Achieve ISO 22301 certification in Montreal with Sterling: 8,100+ client engagements in 60+ countries, 20+ years.

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Who asks for ISO 22301 in Montreal

Clients include

  • Allianz
  • Emirates Flight Catering
  • Etihad Rail
  • Haier
  • Whirlpool
  • Emerson
In short

ISO 22301 certification in Montreal at a glance

Mirabel assembles the A220, the Port de Montréal moves containers, bulk and cold-chain cargo, and life-sciences firms ship products on tight schedules. In each case the customer's concern is the same: what happens if the plant, the terminal or the network goes down? ISO 22301 is the business continuity management standard built around that question. It requires an impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery strategies, documented response and recovery plans and, importantly, exercises that prove the plans work, all under management review. It combines easily with ISO 27001 for IT continuity. Sterling's Toronto office serves Montreal teams, and an accredited certification body issues the certificate.

Why here

Why ISO 22301 in Montreal

  • Port-linked forwarders, terminals and exportersThe Port de Montréal handles container, bulk, grain and cold-chain cargo, so a disruption there reaches many shippers quickly.
  • Aerospace and life-sciences suppliers with fixed delivery programmesProduction schedules for aircraft and clinical supplies leave little room for outages.

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Local drivers

What drives ISO 22301 in Montreal

Demand is buyer-led: customers and procurement teams ask for tested continuity arrangements; no Montreal authority is recorded as requiring ISO 22301.

Requirements

What ISO 22301 requires

Strip away the vocabulary and ISO 22301 requires a company to prove six things about how it keeps operating when something goes wrong.

You know what must keep runningA business impact analysis identifies your priority activities and how quickly each one must be resumed after disruption.
Leadership owns continuityTop management sets continuity policy and objectives, assigns roles and backs the programme with people and budget.
You assessed what could disrupt youRisks of disruption to priority activities, and to the resources they depend on, are assessed and treated.
Plans are written and readyResponse and recovery plans, and a defined incident response structure, exist for the scenarios that matter most to you.
You have tested themPlans are exercised, and lessons from exercises and real incidents are fed back into them.
You keep the programme currentContinuity performance is evaluated, internal audits and management reviews take place, and the programme improves over time.

The detail is on the global hub: ISO 22301 explained →

How Sterling delivers

How Sterling delivers ISO 22301 in Montreal

Served from Sterling's Toronto office; Sterling facilitates impact analysis and exercises with Montreal operations teams. One team carries the work from scoping to certificate.

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  • End to end, from one team
  • Effivity ISO & GRC software
  • Preferential Sterling Academy access, with complimentary awareness training for your people
  • Internal auditor training for your audit team, as applicable to your standard
  • Vulnerability assessment on ISMS engagements

The Sterling Promise: 100% on-time completion, 100% success, 8,100+ client engagements.Sterling does not certify. Certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

Law and accreditation

Regulations and accreditation for ISO 22301 in Canada

The laws, regulators and accreditation route for ISO 22301 apply across Canada, Montreal included. They are set out on the country page: ISO 22301 certification in Canada →

Related

Standards Montreal organisations combine with ISO 22301

All standards Sterling delivers in Montreal →

ISO 22301 in Montreal: questions clients ask

What does a Montreal firm do under ISO 22301?

It analyses which activities matter most and how long each can be down, chooses recovery strategies, writes plans and tests them with exercises. A port-linked operator might exercise loss of a terminal, a rail disruption or a cyber incident. Management reviews results and improves.

Who asks Montreal suppliers for continuity evidence?

Prime manufacturers and large customers in aerospace, health and logistics, through supplier questionnaires and tenders. Some accept a documented plan; others want certification. Read the requirement closely, and ask whether exercise records and lessons learned, not only plans, will be inspected by the customer or the certification body.

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Sources

  1. Port-linked trade, cold chain and logistics — port-montreal.com (accessed 8 Oct 2026)
  2. Aerospace and aviation manufacturing — montrealinternational.com (accessed 8 Oct 2026)

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