Canadian NER Evaluation Guidelines

Licensed Canadian broadcasters must abide to established mandatory quality standards when providing closed captioned programming. For English-language live programming a new accuracy rate and measurement model known as the NER model has been established. The NER model is described in the Canadian NER Evaluation Guidelines.

NER Advisory Council

A body mandated by the CRTC to oversee the certification process for NER evaluators and make publicly accessible the names of certified Canadian NER evaluators, the Canadian NER Evaluation Guidelines and information on NER training.