Tents Regulations (SOR/2024-217)

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  components and accessories

  components and accessories means items that are intended to be used with a tent, such as side panels, curtains, footprints, flies and gear lofts, whether they are sold with the tent or separately, but does not include the following:

  • (a) packaging such as bags for tents, poles or stakes;

  • (b) threads, zippers, ropes, hook and loop fasteners and webbing;

  • (c) labels and logos with a surface area of less than or equal to 1 000 cm², calculated in a manner set out in Annex A of the safety standard; and

  • (d) fabric and other pliable material with a surface area less than or equal to 1 000 cm². (composants et accessoires)

  safety standard

  safety standard means the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020, entitled Flammability and labelling requirements for tents, as amended from time to time. (norme de sécurité)

  tent

  tent means a structure that meets the following conditions:

  • (a) it is portable;

  • (b) it is intended to shelter persons from outdoor environmental elements such as precipitation, sun, wind or insects;

  • (c) it is made, in whole or in part, of fabric or other pliable material;

  • (d) it has a top;

  • (e) it has at least one side that constrains egress; and

  • (f) it is not subject to the National Building Code of Canada 2020, published by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada. (tente)

• Marginal note:Reference in the safety standard

  (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to “tent” in the safety standard has the same meaning as in subsection (1).