As part of the federal government's role to protect Canadians from the adverse effects of noise, an assessment of noise hazard and control has recently been completed and will be published. It is planned to use this document, together with further studies to establish criteria on the auditory and nonauditory effects of noise. Community noise studies in Canada have been assessed as part of this work, particularly for their usefulness toward government regulations and other noise control activities. Descriptions of community noise measurements in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario will be amongst those discussed. Emphasis will be given to instrumentation, techniques of analysis and reporting, and temporal and spatial sampling used.