Apply for Membership

Do you qualify?

• You have been in business in Canada for a minimum of 36 months*
• You comply with CIFFA arms-length By-Laws for businesses that are subsidiaries of a primary carrier, or that are owned (in whole or in part) by any shipper, consignee, exporter or importer
• You are sponsored by two current Regular Member companies, whose membership is in good standing
• You abide by the requirements of Canadian law for trained staff at each location where shipping of dangerous goods (air, ocean and road) takes place (if applicable)*
• You maintain trained staff equivalent to the CIFFA International Freight Forwarding Courses at each location where international freight forwarding operations takes place*
• You abide by the CIFFA Standard Trading Conditions, or Corporate Trading Conditions no less onerous than ours
• You maintain a high degree of professional conduct and ethics in all business dealings
• You undertake to pursue the aims of the Association at all times
• You pledge to abide by CIFFA’s professional Code of Ethics
• Load Brokers operating cross-border must abide with FMSCA BMC-84 Surety bond requirements
• You abide by CIFFA’s requirement to secure, at your cost, Freight Forwarders or Cargo Liability Insurance, as well as Errors and Omissions coverage with a minimum liability of (CAD $500,000) five hundred thousand dollars per occurrence, and carrier’s liability as may be assumed under a FIATA FBL or like contract of carriage issued in the Member’s name, current proof of which will be forwarded annually to the Secretariat
• Load Brokers: Abide by the Association’s requirement to secure, at the member’s cost, Cargo Liability Insurance coverage as well as Errors and Omissions coverage with a minimum liability in the amount in Canadian currency of ($250,000) two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per occurrence (such proof to be attached to application), current proof of which will be forwarded annually to the Secretariat
• Cartage/Drayage Operators: Abide by the Association’s requirement to secure, at the member’s cost, Cargo Liability Insurance coverage with a minimum liability in the amount in Canadian currency of ($250,000) two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per occurrence (such proof to be attached to application, current proof of which will be forwarded annually to the Secretariat