Canadian Automobile Association

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The Canadian Automobile Association (commonly known as CAA) is a non-profit federation, founded in 1913, of nine clubs across Canada, providing roadside assistance service, a complete range of auto touring and leisure travel services, insurance services, and member discounts with preferred companies. CAA is an active political lobby for Canadian car-owners, pursuing the interests of drivers in public consultations over urban planning and public transit.^[1]

CAA is also the leading advocate for Canada’s motorists and travelers, affiliated with AAA (read "Triple-A"), formerly the American Automobile Association. Many English-language TourBooks and maps about Canada distributed by CAA clubs are published by AAA, and carry both CAA and AAA branding.

CAA Saskatchewan, formerly the Saskatchewan Motor Club, has been in operation since 1917 and includes automotive sales and service facilities, a travel agency and an insurance agency[1] that offers a wide variety of insurance products, from basic coverage to all-risk comprehensive policies. These include products for home and property insurance and auto insurance, as well health & dental, travel and life insurance, with added benefits and savings for CAA Saskatchewan Members.

In Ontario, CAA facilitates Ontario's Drive Clean program from the CAA locations that double as Ministry of Transport license renewal and vehicle registration offices. CAA Ontario was originally known as the Ontario Motor League[2] and existed independently of CAA/AAA affiliations.

CAA is not affiliated with the Dominion Automobile Association or consumer groups such as the Automobile Protection Agency.

1 CAA clubs and territories
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] CAA clubs and territories

BCAA British Columbia -- British Columbia and Yukon
Alberta Motor Association -- Alberta and parts of Northwest Territories directly north of Alberta and Saskatchewan
CAA Saskatchewan -- Saskatchewan
CAA Manitoba -- Manitoba and Nunavut
CAA North and East Ontario -- Ontario: counties of Dundas, Glengarry. That portion of Leeds-Grenville formerly known as Grenville County, Lanark, Prescott, Renfrew, Russell, Stormont, Ottawa, Sudbury, Districts of Cochrane, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, Kenora (including area of Patricia), Rainy River, Thunder Bay
CAA South Central Ontario -- Ontario: counties of Wellington, Perth, Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Hastings, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, Essex, Lambton, Grey, Bruce, Huron, Dufferin, Brant, Simcoe, Peel and the portion of Leeds-Grenville formerly known as Leeds and the Regional Municipalities of Chatham-Kent, Durham, Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton-Wentworth, Halton and Waterloo, York, and the city of Kawartha Lakes and the Districts of Algoma and Muskoka
CAA Niagara -- Niagara region
CAA-Quebec-- Quebec
CAA Maritimes -- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland and Labrador is not served by any CAA club. CAA and AAA members stranded in this territory should call the SuperNumber and ask to be directed to CAA South Central Ontario as this club dispatches calls for the region.