ASN Canada FIA was founded in 1990, after Canada's original National Sporting Authority, Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs (CASC), was expelled from the FIA.

In a then-unprecedented motion, the country's sporting authority was entrusted completely to a single person, Benoit Mailloux.

The expulsion ensued after legal battles between the nation's top breweries over sponsorship rights to the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix.

The 1987 Canadian Grand Prix was cancelled as part of this dispute, which stemmed from FOCA's demands for increased fees for Formula One teams.

Charters' book, The Chequered Past: Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada 1951-1991 (ISBN 0-80209-093-1).