Life Saving Equipment Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1436)

134 Every new ship that is a passenger ship shall have embarkation stations each of which provides

• (a) where a marine evacuation system is used, a clear area with enough space to allow a continuous and unencumbered flow of passengers from the muster station to the head of the evacuation system; or

• (b) in any other case and subject to section 135, a clear area of at least 1 m² for every two persons to be embarked into survival craft from that station.