Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

10.1 (1) Despite the requirements set out in Parts 2 to 4, a person may import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods by railway vehicle from a place in Canada to a place in the United States, from a place in the United States to a place in Canada or from a place in the United States through Canada to a place outside Canada in accordance with the classification, marking, labelling, placarding and documentation requirements of 49 CFR if

• (a) the information required on the shipping document is easy to identify, legible, in indelible print, in English or French and includes

  • (i) when dangerous goods are transported to or from a place in Canada, the name and address of the place of business in Canada of the consignor,

  • (ii) when dangerous goods are transported from a place in the United States through Canada to a place outside Canada, the name and the address of the place of business of each consignor, except that in this case the name and address may be shown on a separate document attached to the shipping document and is required only while that person is the consignor,

  • (iii) the classification in Schedule 1 or in the UN Recommendations, for dangerous goods that have the letter “D” assigned to them in column 1 of the table to section 172.101 of 49 CFR, except for dangerous goods with the shipping name “Consumer commodity”, and

  • (iv) if applicable, the information relating to the approved ERAP referred to in paragraph 3.5(1)(i);

• (b) the person complies with the following sections in Part 3 (Documentation):

  • (i) section 3.2, Carrier responsibilities,

  • (ii) section 3.8, Location of a shipping document and consist: rail, and

  • (iii) section 3.10, Location of a shipping document: storage in the course of transportation.

• (c) [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 94]

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to dangerous goods that

• (a) are forbidden for transport by these Regulations;

• (b) are not regulated by 49 CFR but are regulated by these Regulations; or

• (c) [Repealed, SOR/2017-137]

• (d) are given dangerous goods mark or packaging exceptions in 49 CFR that are not permitted by these Regulations.

(3) A person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by railway vehicle in accordance with an exemption issued under Subpart B of Part 107 of 49 CFR may do so if the exemption number appears on the shipping document and the dangerous goods are transported

• (a) from a place in Canada to a place in the United States, if the means of containment contains a residue of dangerous goods;

• (b) from a place in the United States to a place in Canada; or

• (c) from a place in the United States through Canada to a place outside Canada.

(4) If there is a conflict between the requirements of Part 2 (Classification), Part 3 (Documentation), Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks) or Part 5 (Means of Containment) and an exemption referred to in subsection (3), the exemption prevails to the extent of the conflict.