OGC Membership Application

NRCan is now accepting applications from individuals and organizations to obtain a free one-year Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership. You may apply as an individual (for OGC's Professional/Developer membership) or on behalf of your organization (for OGC's Explorer membership).

Information provided through this form will be used by NRCan to evaluate your suitability for membership. As NRCan can only provide a limited number of OGC memberships, not all applications will be successful. NRCan may contact you directly to seek additional information. Successful applicants will be contacted by NRCan to proceed with next steps for obtaining OGC membership.

Please review the following details before completing this application:

NRCan is able to assign four Professional/Developer memberships for individuals and two Explorer memberships for organizations.
Large private sector organizations (i.e. more than 500 employees) or individuals who are part of such organizations are not eligible for consideration.
Organizations or individuals who are existing OGC members or have received free memberships from NRCan in the past, are not eligible for consideration.
Membership will be valid for one year from the date when the membership is issued.
Membership recipients are not eligible to apply for free membership in subsequent years.
Membership recipients can participate in funded OGC initiatives as observers but are not eligible to submit bids to receive payment from completing initiative activities. If membership recipients wish to bid on OGC initiatives during their free membership year, they are welcome to transition to a paid membership option.
Membership recipients will gain access to the benefits offered by the assigned level of membership. Detailed information about each type of membership is available on the OGC's website.

Privacy notice

The personal information you provide to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) will be collected by the GeoConnections Program under section 5 of the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41 and handled in accordance with the Privacy Act.

The purpose of this Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership form is for people to apply as an individual (for OGC's Professional/Developer membership) or on behalf of their organization (for OGC's Explorer membership) for one year membership. We require your personal information to contact you and to determine your eligibility for receipt of an NRCan-provided Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership.

If you choose not to provide the requested information, we will be unable to process your application, and you will not be considered for this opportunity. Please note that comments you enter in the free text field should not contain any sensitive information, and please exercise caution when providing comments to protect your privacy and the privacy of others.

Your personal information will only be shared with the OGC if your application is successful. Sharing will occur for the purpose of providing you or the organization you represent with membership information. Please note that personal information will be disposed of once the memberships have been provided.

You have the right to request for access to, and correction of, your personal information. For more information about these rights, please contact the ATIP Secretariat at atip-aiprp@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. Individuals also have a right to file a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if they feel their personal information has been handled improperly. For more information about the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership, please contactGeoConnections program at info-geoconnections-info-geoconnexions@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.

The collection of your personal information is described in Info Source. Refer to the Personal Information Banks (PIB) PSU 938 - Outreach Activities.

Please indicate the type of membership you are applying for

Individual (i.e. OGC Professional/Developer Membership)

Organizational (i.e. OGC Explorer Membership)

Your name

How can we contact you?

Email address

For example: name@example.com

Preferred language for communication

English

French

What is your/your organization's address?

Postal Code (First three characters)

Only provide the first three characters of the postal code.

City, town, or community

Province or territory

Demonstrate how you/your organization intend(s) to actively participate in OGC.

Organizations requesting membership must show how at least two of their staff will participate in OGC. Various types of participation are possible, including but not limited to attending OGC meetings, participating in OGC working groups, participating in OGC Sprints, and/or observing at least one OGC Research Program initiative.

Demonstrate how you/your organization expect(s) to benefit from participating in OGC

Examples of benefits can include but are not limited to projects, challenges or capability gaps that OGC can help address; engaging in specific OGC activities to advance standards development and interoperability; adoption of standards within your products and/or services. Benefits should be clear, specific and connected with OGC activities. Reference should also be made to how the OGC community will benefit from your/your organization’s participation in OGC.

Indicate if you or your organization is/are interested in participating in OGC beyond one year

Include information describing how you or your organization would like to participate in OGC over time and that capacity to participate beyond one year exists.

Date modified: 2026-07-20