Transport Canada has the responsibility and authority to propose and enforce laws and regulations to ensure safe, secure, efficient and clean transportation.
What are we doing?
As a department, Transport Canada is responsible for administering acts and regulations, and for implementing government-wide regulatory initiatives:
Acts and regulations
The department is responsible for administering certain federal acts and regulations.
Access these federal acts and regulations at the following link(s):
- Acts administered by the department
- Regulations administered by the department
Planned or anticipated changes to regulations (Forward Regulatory Plan, stock review plan, targeted Regulatory Review Sectoral Roadmap)
Transport Canada publishes a public list, with descriptions, of planned or anticipated federal regulatory changes that the department intends to bring forward over a 24-month period (Forward Regulatory Plan).
The Forward Regulatory Plan landing page includes a link to Transport Canada’s stock review plan, which is the department’s plan to review its entire regulatory stock over a set period of time. The stock review plan includes:
- a list of the regulations that will undergo a review, prioritized in a way that makes sense to the regulator and stakeholders
- a time frame for the review(s)
View the Stock Review Plan and Forward Regulatory Plan
Transport Canada participated in the Targeted Regulatory Reviews focused on the transport and infrastructure sectors to identify and address regulatory barriers to economic growth and innovation.
Timeliness service standards and performance information
Transport Canada publishes timeliness service standards and performance information for its services, including services for regulated parties to obtain regulatory authorization such as a permit or licence to engage in a regulated activity.
View timeliness service standards and performance information.
How guidance on regulatory requirements is provided (Regulatory Interpretation Policy)
Transport Canada's Regulatory Interpretation Policy:
- outlines the commitments, practices and tools that Transport Canada applies when providing Canadians and businesses with information and guidance on regulatory obligations to be met
- identifies the conditions under which written responses will be provided
View the department's Regulatory Interpretation Policy and the Interpretation Policy Improvement Priorities (2015-2017)
Number of administrative burden requirements in regulations (Administrative Burden Baseline initiative)
The Administrative Burden Baseline initiative requires departments and agencies to:
- establish a baseline count of federal regulatory requirements that impose administrative burden on business
- annually update and report publicly on the count of baseline requirements
View the number of administrative burden requirements in regulations administered by Transport Canada at the following links:
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2023)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2022)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2021)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2020)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2019)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2018)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2016)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2015)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2014)
All of the Government of Canada's acts and regulations can be found on the Justice Canada website.
Consult the following for links to the Cabinet Directive on Regulation and supporting policies and guidance, and for information on government-wide regulatory initiatives implemented by departments and agencies across the Government of Canada:
To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit: