The Avicultural Advancement Council of Canada (A.A.C.C.) is a national Canadian organization consisting of avicultural societies, individual aviculturists and pet bird owners. The A.A.C.C. came into being in the early seventies to fulfill the need for a truly national aviculture organization to establish a uniform set of standards for the exhibition of cage birds in Canada. Over the years its objects have expanded to include setting ethical standards for the management, exhibition, captive breeding and conservation of all non-agriculture bird species kept in captivity in Canada.