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Canada Transportation Act (S.C. 1996, c. 10)

Act current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2023-09-30. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE IV(Paragraphs 92(1)(b) and (3)(b), subsection 92(4) and paragraph 93.1(1)(b))

Minimum Liability Insurance Coverage

Column IColumn II
ItemClass of Railway OperationsMinimum Liability Insurance Coverage
1Operation of a railway other than one described in any of items 2 to 4$25 million per occurrence
2Operation of a railway that includes the carriage, per calendar year, of less than 4 000 tonnes of TIH (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) materials, of less than 100 000 tonnes of crude oil or of at least 40 000 tonnes of other dangerous goods as defined in section 2 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992$100 million per occurrence
3Operation of a railway that includes the carriage, per calendar year, of at least 4 000 tonnes but less than 50 000 tonnes of TIH (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) materials or of at least 100 000 tonnes but less than 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil$250 million per occurrence
4Operation of a railway that includes the carriage, per calendar year, of at least 50 000 tonnes of TIH (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) materials or of at least 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil$1 billion per occurrence
  • 1996, c. 10, Sch. IV
  • 2000, c. 16, s. 19
  • 2015, c. 31, ss. 14 to 16
 

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