Canadian Automobile Association

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The Canadian Automobile Association (French: Association canadienne des automobiles), 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 the leading advocate for Canada’s motorists and travelers, and is affiliated with AAA (formerly the American Automobile Association) of the United States. Many English-language TourBooks and maps about Canada distributed by CAA clubs are published by AAA, and carry both CAA and AAA branding. 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 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. Besides providing a full range of travel services and packages, CAA Saskatchewan also owns and operates its own motorcoach company, WestWorld Tours, which offers fully escorted tours to a variety of North American destinations. CAA Saskatchewan's insurance agency offers a wide range of insurance products, from basic coverage to all-risk comprehensive policies, for home and property, auto, health & dental, travel and life insurance, with added benefits and savings for CAA Saskatchewan Members. The Show Your Card & Save program also provides Members savings at thousands of attractions, retailers and merchants throughout the world, with point-of-sale discounts and the opportunity to earn CAA Dollars which can be redeemed on CAA merchandise and services.

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[1] 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.

Contents 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, Toronto 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.

[edit] See also

• Dominion Automobile Association

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CAA's national website
• CAA British Columbia
• Alberta Motor Association
• CAA Saskatchewan
• CAA Manitoba
• CAA North and East Ontario
• CAA South Central Ontario
• CAA Niagara
• CAA Québec
• CAA Maritimes