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Table of contents is current to 2026-06-21 and last amended on 2026-06-17.

Part 1 - Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases

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1.1 - PART 1 - Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases

1.3 - Interpretation

1.3.1 - Definitions — Safety Standards and Safety Requirement Documents

1.3.2 - Transitional Period

1.3.3 - Interpretation of TP 14877

1.3.4 - Interpretation of CGSB-43.150

1.4 - Definitions

1.5 - General Provisions

1.5.1 - Schedule 2: Special Provisions

1.5.2 - Schedules 1 and 3: Forbidden Dangerous Goods

1.6 - Schedule 1: Quantity Limits in Columns 8 and 9

1.6.1 - Shipping Names — General Requirements

1.6.2 - Shipping Names — Qualifying Words

1.7 - Safety Requirements, Documents and Safety Marks

1.10 - Requirements Respecting the Transportation of Dangerous Goods on Board Passenger Carrying Vessels

1.11 - Use of 49 CFR for Non-Regulated Dangerous Goods

1.12 - Evidence — Marks and Prescribed Documents

1.13 - Defence — Due Diligence

1.15 - Special Cases

1.15 - 150 kg Gross Mass Exemption

1.16 - 500 kg Gross Mass Exemption

1.17 - Limited Quantities Exemption

1.17.1 - Excepted Quantities Exemption

1.18 - Medical Device or Article

1.19 - Samples for Inspection or Investigation Exemption

1.19.1 - Samples Classifying, Analysing or Testing Exemption

1.19.2 - Samples Demonstration Exemption

1.20 - National Defence

1.21 - Agriculture: 1 500 kg Gross Mass Farm Vehicle Exemption

1.22 - Agriculture: 3 000 kg Gross Mass Farm Retail Exemption

1.23 - Agriculture: Pesticide Exemption

1.24 - Agriculture: Anhydrous Ammonia Exemption

1.25 - Transportation within a Facility

1.26 - Emergency Response Exemption

1.27 - Operation of a Means of Transport or a Means of Containment Exemption

1.28 - Transportation between Two Properties

1.30 - Ferry Exemption

1.30.1 - Propane and Gasoline in Highway Tanks on Board Passenger Carrying Vessels

1.31 - Class 1, Explosives, Exemption

1.32 - Class 2, Gases, or Ammonia Solutions (Class 8) in Refrigerating Machines Exemption

1.32.1 - Class 2, Gases, that May Be Identified as UN1075, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS

1.32.2 - Class 2.2, Non-flammable, Non-toxic Gases, Absolute Pressure less than 280 kPa

1.32.3 - Class 2, Gases, in Small Means of Containment Exemption

1.33 - Class 3, Flammable Liquids: General Exemption

1.34 - Class 3, Flammable Liquids, Flash Point Greater Than 60°C but Less Than or Equal to 93°C

1.35 - UN1202, DIESEL FUEL, or UN1203, GASOLINE, Exemption

1.36 - Class 3, Flammable Liquids, Alcoholic Beverage and Aqueous Solution of Alcohol Exemption

1.39 - Class 6.2, Infectious Substances, UN3373, BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE, CATEGORY B Exemption

1.41 - Biological Products Exemption

1.42 - Human or Animal Specimens Believed Not to Contain Infectious Substances Exemption

1.42.1 - Tissues or Organs for Transplant Exemption

1.42.2 - Blood or Blood Components Exemption

1.42.3 - Medical or Clinical Waste

1.43 - Class 7, Radioactive Materials, Exemption

1.44 - Residue of Dangerous Goods in a Drum Exemption

1.45 - Fumigation of Cargo Transport Unit

1.45.1 - Marine Pollutants Exemption

1.46 - Miscellaneous Special Cases

1.47 - UN1044, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, Exemption

1.49 - Cylinder Exemption

1.50 - Hot Air Balloon Cylinder Exemption

1.51 - Water Pump System Tank

1.52 - Engines and Machinery

Part 2 - Classification

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2.1 - PART 2 - Classification

2.1 - Determining When Substances Are Dangerous Goods

2.2 - Responsibility for Classification

2.2.1 - Proof of Classification

2.3 - Classifying Substances That Are Listed by Name in Schedule 1

2.4 - Classifying Substances That Are Included in Only One Class and One Packing Group

2.5 - Classifying Substances That Are Included in More Than One Class or Packing Group

2.5.1 - Descriptive Text Following a Shipping Name

2.6 - Classifying a Mixture or Solution

2.8 - Precedence of Classes

2.8.1 - Articles Containing Dangerous Goods N.O.S.

2.9 - Class 1, Explosives

2.9 - General

2.10 - Divisions

2.11 - Compatibility Groups

2.12 - Packing Groups

2.13 - Class 2, Gases

2.13 - General

2.14 - Divisions

2.14.1 - Aerosols

2.14.2 - Exemption

2.15 - Packing Groups

2.16 - Determination of LC₅₀

2.17 - Determination of LC₅₀ of a Mixture of Gases

2.18 - Class 3, Flammable Liquids

2.18 - General

2.19 - Packing Groups

2.20 - Class 4, Flammable Solids; Substances Liable to Spontaneous Combustion; Substances That on Contact with Water Emit Flammable Gases (Water-reactive Substances)

2.20 - General

2.21 - Divisions

2.21.1 - Polymerizing Substances

2.22 - Packing Groups

2.23 - Class 5, Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides

2.23 - General

2.24 - Divisions

2.25 - Packing Groups

2.26 - Class 6, Toxic and Infectious Substances

2.26 - General

2.27 - Divisions

2.28 - Criteria for Inclusion in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances

2.29 - Packing Groups

2.30 - Determination of LD₅₀ (oral or dermal)

2.31 - Determination of LD₅₀ (oral or dermal) of a Mixture of Substances

2.32 - Determination of LC₅₀ (dust, mist or vapour)

2.33 - Determination of LC₅₀ (dust, mist or vapour) of a Mixture of Substances

2.34 - Determination of the Packing Group of a Mixture of Liquids with an Inhalation Toxicity by Vapour

2.35 - Determination of the Packing Group of a Mixture of Liquids with an Inhalation Toxicity and an Unknown LC₅₀

2.36 - Infectious Substances

2.36.1 - Medical or Clinical Waste

2.37 - Class 7, Radioactive Materials

2.37 - General

2.38 - Divisions

2.39 - Packing Groups

2.40 - Class 8, Corrosives

2.40 - General

2.41 - Divisions

2.42 - Packing Groups

2.43 - Class 9, Miscellaneous Products, Substances or Organisms

2.43 - General

2.43.1 - Lithium Cells and Batteries

2.43.2 - Marine pollutants

2.44 - Divisions

2.45 - Packing Groups

APPENDIX 1 - - [Repealed, SOR/2014-306, s. 25]

APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3 - - Guide to Category A and Category B Assignment

APPENDIX 4 - - [Repealed, SOR/2008-34, s. 38]

APPENDIX 5 - - [Repealed, SOR/2008-34, s. 38]

Part 3 - Documentation

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3.1 - PART 3 - Documentation

3.1 - Consignor Responsibilities

3.2 - Carrier Responsibilities

3.3 - Consist for Transport by Rail

3.4 - Legibility and Language

3.5 - Information on a Shipping Document

3.6.1 - Consignor’s Certification

3.7 - Location of a Shipping Document: Road

3.8 - Location of a Shipping Document and Consist: Rail

3.9 - Location of a Shipping Document: Marine

3.10 - Location of a Shipping Document: Storage in the Course of Transportation

3.11 - Keeping Shipping Document Information

Part 4 - Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

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4.1 - PART 4 - Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

4.1 - Requirements for Dangerous Goods Marks

4.1.1 - Voluntary Display of a Placard

4.2 - Misleading Dangerous Goods Marks

4.3 - Display of Dangerous Goods Marks Before Loading or Packing a Large Means of Containment

4.4 - Consignor Responsibilities

4.5 - Carrier Responsibilities

4.6 - Visibility, Legibility and Colour

4.7 - Labels — Size, Orientation and Text

4.8 - Placards — Size, Orientation and Text

4.9 - Removal or Change of Dangerous Goods Marks

4.10 - Labels on a Small Means of Containment

4.10.1 - Dangerous Goods Marks on an Overpack

4.10.2 - Dangerous Goods Marks on a Consolidation Bin

4.11 - Shipping Name on Small Means of Containment or Tag

4.12 - UN Numbers on a Small Means of Containment or on a Tag

4.14 - Class 7, Radioactive Material

4.15 - Placards on a Large Means of Containment

4.15.1 - Subsidiary Class Placards on a Large Means of Containment

4.15.2 - UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

4.15.3 - Placards and UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

4.15.4 - Visibility of Labels, Placards and UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

4.16 - DANGER Placard

4.16.1 - Placarding Exemption for Dangerous Goods Having a Gross Mass of 500 kg or Less

4.17 - Class 1, Explosives

4.18 - Options for Class 2, Gases

4.18.1 - Class 2, Gases: Placards for Oxidizing Gases

4.18.2 - Class 2, Gases: Placards for UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA

4.18.3 - Class 2, Gases: Placards for Tube Trailers

4.19 - Placards and UN Numbers on a Compartmentalized Large Means of Containment

4.20 - Elevated Temperature Sign

4.21 - Fumigation Sign

4.22 - Marine Pollutant Mark

4.22.1 - Category B Mark

4.23 - Toxic – Inhalation Hazard

4.24 - Lithium Battery Mark

4.25 - Non-odorized Liquefied Petroleum Gases

APPENDIX - - Illustration of Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

Part 5 - Means of Containment

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5.1 - PART 5 - Means of Containment

5.1.1 - Selecting and Using Means of Containment

5.2 - Requirements for a Standardized Means of Containment to Be in Standard

5.3 - Compliance Marks on a Means of Containment

5.4 - Loading and Securing

5.5 - Filling Limits

5.6 - UN Standardized Means of Containment

5.7 - Class 1, Explosives

5.7 - Compatibility Groups

5.8 - Means of Containment for Class 1, Explosives

5.10 - Class 2, Gases

5.10 - Means of Containment for Class 2, Gases

5.11 - UN1950, AEROSOLS, and UN2037, GAS CARTRIDGES

5.12 - Classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 and 9 Dangerous Goods

5.12 - Small Means of Containment

5.14 - Large Means of Containment

5.16 - Class 6.2, Infectious Substances

5.16 - Means of Containment for Class 6.2, Infectious Substances

5.17 - Class 7, Radioactive Materials

5.17 - Means of Containment for Class 7, Radioactive Materials

5.18 - Consolidation Bins

5.18 - Consolidation Bins

Part 6 - Training

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6.1 - PART 6 - Training

6.1 - Training Certificate Requirements

6.2 - Adequate Training

6.3 - Issuance and Contents of a Training Certificate

6.4 - Foreign Carriers

6.5 - Expiry of a Training Certificate

6.6 - Keeping Proof of Training: Employer’s and Self-Employed Person’s Responsibility

6.7 - Showing Proof of Training: Employer’s and Self-Employed Person’s Responsibility

6.8 - Showing Proof of Training: Trained Person’s Responsibility

Part 7 - Emergency Response Assistance Plan

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7.1 - PART 7 - Emergency Response Assistance Plan

7.1 - Application

7.2 - Requirement to Have an Approved ERAP

7.3 - Application for Approval of an ERAP

7.4 - Application for Approval of an ERAP – Emergency Response Contractors

7.5 - Application for Approval of Changes to Approved ERAP

7.6 - Request for Review of Decision

7.7 - Authorization to Use an Approved ERAP

7.8 - Implementation of an Approved ERAP

7.9 - Compensation for the Authorized Implementation of an Approved ERAP

7.10 - Compensation Limits

7.11 - Claims for Compensation

Part 8 - Reporting Requirements

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8.1 - PART 8 - Reporting Requirements

8.1 - Application and Interpretation

8.2 - Road, Rail and Marine Reports

8.2 - Emergency Report — Road, Rail or Marine

8.3 - Information To Be Included in an Emergency Report — Road, Rail or Marine

8.4 - Release or Anticipated Release Report — Road, Rail or Marine

8.5 - Information To Be Included in a Release or Anticipated Release Report — Road, Rail or Marine

8.6 - 30-Day Follow-up Report

8.7 - Information To Be Included in a 30-Day Follow-up Report

8.8 - 30-Day Follow-up Report — Notice and Retention of Report

8.16 - Security Reports

8.16 - Loss or Theft Report

8.17 - Information To Be Included in a Loss or Theft Report

8.18 - Unlawful Interference Report

8.19 - Information To Be Included in an Unlawful Interference Report

8.20 - ERAP Reports

8.20 - ERAP Incident Report

8.21 - Information To Be Included in an ERAP Incident Report

8.22 - ERAP Implementation Report

8.23 - Information To Be Included in an ERAP Implementation Report

Part 9 - Road

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9.1 - PART 9 - Road

9.1 - Transporting Dangerous Goods from Canada to the United States or from the United States to Canada or through Canada

9.2 - Transporting Dangerous Goods to or from an Aircraft, an Aerodrome or an Air Cargo Facility

9.3 - Transporting Dangerous Goods to or from a Vessel, a Port Facility or a Marine Terminal

9.4 - Reshipping in Canada

9.5 - Maximum Net Explosives Quantity in a Road Vehicle

Part 10 - Rail

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10.1 - PART 10 - Rail

10.1 - Transporting Dangerous Goods from Canada to the United States or from the United States to Canada or through Canada

10.1.1 - Railway Vehicle Reciprocity

10.2 - Transporting Dangerous Goods to or from an Aircraft, an Aerodrome or an Air Cargo Facility

10.3 - Transporting Dangerous Goods to or from a Vessel, a Port Facility or a Marine Terminal

10.4 - Reshipping in Canada

10.6 - Location of Placarded Railway Vehicle in a Train

10.7 - Coupling of Railway Vehicles

10.8 - Reporting

Part 11 - Marine

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11.1 - PART 11 - Marine

11.1 - Marine Transport — IMDG Code

11.2 - Marine Transport — Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

11.3 - Transporting Dangerous Goods from One Country through Canada to Another Country

Part 12 - Air

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12.1 - PART 12 - Air

12.1 - Application and Interpretation

12.2 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Compliance

12.2 - General

12.3 - Documentation

12.4 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 1 (General)

12.4 - Training

12.5 - Security, Accident and Incident Reporting

12.6 - Medical Aid Exemption

12.7 - Exemption — Aerial Work and Fire Suppression

12.8 - Exemption — Operation and Safety of an Aircraft

12.9 - Excepted Packages Exemption

12.10 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 2 (Classification of Dangerous Goods)

12.10 - Class 1

12.11 - Class 7

12.12 - Class 9

12.13 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 3 (Dangerous Goods List, Special Provisions and Limited and Excepted Quantities)

12.14 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 4 (Packing Instructions)

12.15 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 5 (Shipper’s Responsibilities)

12.15 - Oxidizing Gas Label

12.16 - Transport Document

12.17 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 6 (Packaging Nomenclature, Marking, Requirements and Tests)

12.17 - Class 2

12.18 - Class 7

12.19 - ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 7 (Operator’s Responsibilities)

12.19 - Loading on passenger aircraft

12.20 - Training

12.21 - Documentation

12.22 - Reporting of Dangerous Goods Accidents or Incidents

12.23 - 30-Day Follow-up Report — Dangerous Goods Accidents or Incidents

12.24 - Reporting of Undeclared or Misdeclared Dangerous Goods

12.25 - Reporting of Dangerous Goods Occurrences

12.26 - Security Reports

12.27 - ERAP Reports

12.28 - Explosives, Class 1.4 and compatibility group S

12.29 - Medical or Clinical Waste

12.30 - Limited Access Location — General Requirements

12.31 - Limited Access Location — Class 2.1

12.32 - Limited Access Location — Class 2.2

12.33 - Limited Access Location — Class 3

12.34 - Limited Access Location — UN0312, CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL (Bear Bangers)

12.35 - Limited Access Location — UN1950, AEROSOLS and Bear Sprays

12.36 - Limited Access Location — UN1263, PAINT or PAINT RELATED MATERIAL

12.37 - Limited Access Location — Wet Batteries

12.38 - Limited Access Location — Vehicles, Engines and Machinery

12.39 - Enforcement Officer Exemption

12.40 - Emergency Response Exemption

Part 13 - Protective Direction

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13.1 - PART 13 - Protective Direction

13.1 - Effective Date and Expiry of a Protective Direction

13.2 - Requesting a Review of a Protective Direction

Part 14 - Equivalency Certificate

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14.1 - PART 14 - Equivalency Certificate

14.1 - Applying for an Equivalency Certificate

14.2 - Issuance or Refusal of an Equivalency Certificate

14.3 - Applying for Renewal of an Equivalency Certificate

14.4 - Renewal or Refusal of a Renewal of an Equivalency Certificate

14.5 - Revoking an Equivalency Certificate

14.6 - Requesting a Review of a Decision to Refuse or Revoke an Equivalency Certificate

14.7 - Processing a Request for a Review

14.8 - Notification of a Decision

Part 15 - Court Order

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15.1 - PART 15 - Court Order

15.1 - Payment of Money for Research

Part 16 - Inspectors

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16.1 - PART 16 - Inspectors

16.1 - Certificate of Designation

16.2 - Inspection Certificate

16.3 - Detention of Dangerous Goods or Means of Containment

16.4 - Direction to Remedy Non-compliance

16.5 - Direction Not to Import or to Return to Place of Origin

Part 17 — Site Registration Requirements

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17.1 - PART 17 - Site Registration Requirements

17.1 - Definition

17.2 - Application

17.3 - Registration

17.4 - Renewal

17.5 - Changes to Information

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Part 1 - Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases

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Part 2 - Classification

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Part 3 - Documentation

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Part 4 - Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

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Part 5 - Means of Containment

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Part 6 - Training

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Part 7 - Emergency Response Assistance Plan

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Part 8 - Reporting Requirements

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Part 9 - Road

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Part 10 - Rail

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Part 11 - Marine

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Part 12 - Air

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Part 13 - Protective Direction

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Part 14 - Equivalency Certificate

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Part 15 - Court Order

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Part 16 - Inspectors

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Part 17 — Site Registration Requirements

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Schedule 1 - Classes 1 to 9

Schedule 2 - Special Provisions

Schedule 3 - Alphabetical Index