Canadian content and compliance
How controlled drawings are handled
The short answer
Controlled drawings go only to shops registered in the Controlled Goods Program, through a storage lane held in Canada. The keys are held in Canada, and only security-assessed staff in Canada open controlled files.
Tell us at upload
Every quote asks whether the part is controlled. A controlled job moves into its own lane before anyone sees the drawing.
What the lane does
- Controlled files sit apart from everything else, in Montreal with backup copies in Calgary only, encrypted with keys held in Canada.
- Only security-assessed staff who live in Canada open them, and nobody abroad has any path in, our own administrators included.
- No tool or AI model hosted outside Canada reads them.
- A controlled file goes only to a shop registered in the program, with its registration checked against PSPC’s directory, and each release is recorded as a transfer.
- File names, logs and notifications carry a job number only.
The guide Controlled goods in Canada: registration, drawings and Notice 1159 sets out the rules behind each step.
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