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Canadian labs that test glyphosate

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Here is a brief list of CALA (Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc.) accredited labs that test glyphosate. This list was prepared on the 19th of August 2019, from the CALA website linked above, using search criteria to show only those labs that test glyphosate.

Please note, not all fo these may be testing samples for the public, as a few may be in house and only do tests for their parent organisation such as the government or university.

This list only shows CALA accredited labs. There may be more labs, not accredited or listed by CALA, that also test glyphosate. Those are not listed here.

Not all labs test every kind of sample for glyphosate. A vast majority test only glyphosate in water. A few more would test soil and sediments too. Only one is accredited here, to test various kinds of food.

A few labs test the same sample for glyphosate as well as its first metabolite AMPA.

Contact name, phone number and emails may be used to clarify all these points as well as how much the labs would charge for single test and for bulk.

Far as I can tell, no Canadian labs have asked for accreditation for testing human or animal body fluids. Therefore, if you want to test your urine, or blood etc, best bet is to send samples to US labs.
 
This is a situation that Canada needs to fix. It took me many years of effort to get Canada to have at least one local lab that would test food, and not just water and soil.
 
Time is right for Canadians to also demand that the government and medical establishment starts testing human body fluids for determining accumulation of glyphosate. Only then labs will get themselves accredited – since it is expensive to acquire and maintain such accreditation, and labs are unwilling to engage in an area where they perceive there is no market demand.

Please also note, the contact details above are not hot linked. One would have to retype those to use them. This page is created only as reference to help people, but not as a channel for communication to the labs.
Thank you.