Community interpreting should have a national (country-wide) assessment tool, as do conference and court interpreting in Canada. However, given that this ideal is still a dream in Canada, a certain number of community interpreting services at the local or provincial level are setting up their own evaluation mechanisms. The Community Interpreting Services of Otta-Carleton (CISOC) and the Surrey Delta Immigrant services Society are two organizations who have developed their own assessment tools. In this paper, the author analyses and compares these two tools from different points of view. On the basis of this analysis, the author proposes guidelines for the preparation of assessment tools, which can help other community interpreting services who want to follow the CISOC and Surrey Delta initiative.