[2] Archaeological Services Inc. was established in 1980 to assist development proponents in meeting these requirements.

[5] ASI's services include Environmental Assessment, Stage 1 and 2 Planning Act Assessment, Stage 3 and 4 Excavation, Geomatics, Predictive Modeling, Laboratory Services, Archaeological Management Plans and cemeteries.

The current Managing Partner is Dr. Robert MacDonald, who is joined by Dr. Katherine Hull, Lisa Merritt (MSc), Dr. Andrew Riddle, David Robertson (MA) and Rebecca Sciarra (MA) to form the leadership team.

Dr. Ron Williamson and the original partners Martin Cooper, Robert Pihl and Deborah Steiss have retained an important advisory role within the company.

[6][7] ASI is the only major Canadian archaeological consulting company to liaise on a regular basis with film and television producers[citation needed], such as the History Channel, YAP Films and Ballinran Productions, for the production of popular historical documentaries, such as Death or Canada, Explosion 1812, Curse of the Axe, and Hangman's Graveyard, which feature ASI archaeological projects.