Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286)

General Provisions

1.5 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 6]

Schedule 2: Special Provisions

• 1.5.1 (1) When there is a special provision in Schedule 2 for dangerous goods, that special provision applies.

• (2) When there is a conflict between a special provision in Schedule 2 and other provisions in these Regulations, the special provision applies.

• (3) The UN numbers set out in italics after a special provision of Schedule 2 indicate the dangerous goods in respect of which the special provision applies. They are for information only and are not part of the Regulations.

Schedules 1 and 3: Forbidden Dangerous Goods

• 1.5.2 (1) If the word “Forbidden” is set out in column 3 of Schedule 1 or column 2 of Schedule 3 for dangerous goods, a person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport those dangerous goods.

• (2) If the word “Forbidden” is set out in column 8 or 9 of Schedule 1 for dangerous goods, a person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport those dangerous goods by the means of transport set out in the heading of that column.

Schedule 1: Quantity Limits in Columns 8 and 9

• 1.6 (1) When there is a number shown in column 8 of Schedule 1, that number is a quantity limit per means of containment for the corresponding dangerous goods in column 2. A person must not load onto a passenger carrying vessel, or transport on a road vehicle or a railway vehicle on board a passenger carrying vessel, dangerous goods that exceed the quantity limit. Dangerous goods exceed the quantity limit if

  • (a) in the case of a solid, they have a mass that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in kilograms;

  • (b) in the case of a liquid, they have a volume that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in litres;

  • (c) in the case of a gas, including a gas in a liquefied form, they are contained in a means of containment the capacity of which is greater than the number when that number is expressed in litres; and

  • (d) in the case of an explosive

    • (i) not subject to special provision 85 or 86, they have a net explosives quantity that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in kilograms, or

    • (ii) subject to special provision 85 or 86, they exceed 100 articles.

• (2) When there is a number shown in column 9 of Schedule 1, that number is a quantity limit per means of containment for the corresponding dangerous goods in column 2. A person must not offer for transport or transport by passenger carrying road vehicle or passenger carrying railway vehicle dangerous goods that exceed the quantity limit. Dangerous goods exceed the quantity limit if

  • (a) in the case of a solid, they have a mass that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in kilograms;

  • (b) in the case of a liquid, they have a volume that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in litres;

  • (c) in the case of a gas, including a gas in a liquefied form, they are contained in a means of containment the capacity of which is greater than the number when that number is expressed in litres; and

  • (d) in the case of an explosive

    • (i) not subject to special provision 85 or 86, they have a net explosives quantity that is greater than the number when that number is expressed in kilograms, or

    • (ii) subject to special provision 85 or 86, they exceed 100 articles.

• (3) If a quantity limit in column 8 or 9 of Schedule 1 conflicts with any other quantity limit in these Regulations, other than a quantity limit in special provisions, the quantity limit in that column takes precedence.

Shipping Names — General Requirements

• 1.6.1 (1) If a person is required or permitted, by these Regulations, to indicate a shipping name with respect to dangerous goods, the shipping name may be

  • (a) written in the singular or the plural;

  • (b) written with or without punctuation marks;

  • (c) written with any descriptive text;

  • (d) spelled as it is spelled in 49 CFR, the UN Recommendations, the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code;

  • (e) written in upper or lower case letters; or

  • (f) written in a different word order, if the word order does not change the meaning of the shipping name.

• (2) If the person writes the shipping name with its descriptive text and the descriptive text includes a concentration range, the person may write, instead of the concentration range, the actual concentration of the dangerous goods.

Shipping Names — Qualifying Words

• 1.6.2 (1) If a person is required or permitted, by these Regulations, to indicate a shipping name with respect to a substance that is dangerous goods — except for a self-reactive substance or organic peroxide — and the substance, without stabilization, is liable to react dangerously under normal conditions of transport, the person must add the following qualifying words as part of the shipping name, if they are not already part of it:

  • (a) the word “STABILIZED” or “STABILISÉ”; or

  • (b) the words “TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED” or “AVEC RÉGULATION DE TEMPÉRATURE”, if the substance is stabilized by temperature control.

• (2) In the case of dangerous goods in the form of a solid that are offered for transport or transported in a molten state, the person must add the qualifying word “MOLTEN” or “FONDU” as part of the shipping name, if it is not already part of it.

• (3) In the case of dangerous goods in the form of a solution or mixture, the person may add the following qualifying words as part of the shipping name, if they are not already part of it:

  • (a) the word “SOLUTION”, “MIXTURE” or “MÉLANGE”, as applicable; or

  • (b) the applicable word referred to in paragraph (a) and the concentration of the solution or mixture.

Safety Requirements, Documents and Safety Marks

1.7 As provided for in section 5 of the Act, a person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods unless

• (a) the person complies with all applicable prescribed safety requirements;

• (b) the dangerous goods are accompanied by all applicable prescribed documents; and

• (c) the means of containment and transport comply with all applicable prescribed safety standards and display all applicable prescribed safety marks.

1.8 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 9]

1.9 [Repealed, SOR/2017-137, s. 6]

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

• 1.10 (1) The requirements of these Regulations respecting the transportation of dangerous goods, other than those included in Class 1, on board a passenger carrying vessel apply to a passenger carrying vessel transporting more than 25 passengers or more than one passenger for each 3 m of the length of the vessel.

• (2) The requirements of these Regulations respecting the transportation of dangerous goods included in Class 1 on board a passenger carrying vessel apply to a passenger carrying vessel transporting more than 12 passengers.

Use of 49 CFR for Non-Regulated Dangerous Goods

1.11 If a substance is regulated in the United States by 49 CFR but is not regulated in Canada by these Regulations, a person may transport the substance from Canada to the United States or vice versa by road vehicle or railway vehicle in accordance with all or part of 49 CFR.

Evidence — Marks and Prescribed Documents

1.12 As provided for in section 42 of the Act, in any prosecution for an offence, evidence that a means of containment or a means of transport bore a dangerous goods mark — or another mark likely to be mistaken for a dangerous goods mark — or was accompanied by a shipping record is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the presence and identification of the dangerous goods indicated by the dangerous goods mark, or other mark, or the shipping record.

Defence — Due Diligence

1.13 As provided for in section 40 of the Act, a person is not to be found guilty of an offence if it is established that the person took all reasonable measures to comply with the Act or to prevent the commission of the offence.

1.14 [Repealed, SOR/2002-306, s. 5]

Special Cases

150 kg Gross Mass Exemption

• 1.15 (1) Parts 3 to 6 and 8 do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if

  • (a) in the case of

    • (i) dangerous goods included in Class 2, Gases, they are in one or more small means of containment in compliance with the requirements for transporting gases in Part 5 (Means of Containment), except that, in the case of dangerous goods that are UN1950, AEROSOLS, or UN2037, GAS CARTRIDGES, the requirement in section 8.1.7 of CGSB-43.123 that aerosol containers and gas cartridges be tightly packed in a strong outer packaging does not apply, or

    • (ii) dangerous goods not included in Class 2, they are in one or more small means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety;

  • (b) except for dangerous goods included in Class 2, Gases, the dangerous goods are contained in one or more means of containment each of which has a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg;

  • (c) the gross mass of all dangerous goods

    • (i) is less than or equal to 150 kg, in the case of dangerous goods transported on a road vehicle or railway vehicle, or

    • (ii) is less than or equal to 150 kg, in the case of dangerous goods transported on a vessel on a domestic voyage, excluding dangerous goods on a road vehicle or railway vehicle transported on the vessel;

  • (d) the dangerous goods are in a quantity or concentration available to the general public and are transported

    • (i) by a user or purchaser of the dangerous goods, or

    • (ii) by a retailer to or from a user or purchaser of the dangerous goods.

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

  • (a) are in a quantity or concentration that requires an ERAP;

  • (b) require a control or emergency temperature;

  • (c) are included in Class 1, Explosives, except for UN numbers UN0012, UN0014, UN0044, UN0055, UN0105, UN0131, UN0161, UN0173, UN0186, UN0191, UN0197, UN0276, UN0312, UN0323, UN0335 if classified as a consumer firework, UN0336, UN0337, UN0351, UN0373, UN0378, UN0404, UN0405, UN0431, UN0432, UN0454, UN0499, UN0501, UN0503, UN0505 to UN0507, UN0509 and UN0510;

  • (d) are included in Class 2.1, Flammable Gases, and are in a cylinder with a capacity greater than 46 L;

  • (e) are included in Class 2.3, Toxic Gases;

  • (f) are included in Class 4, Flammable Solids; Substances Liable to Spontaneous Combustion; Substances that on Contact with Water Emit Flammable Gases (Water-reactive Substances); and in Packing Group I;

  • (g) are included in Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, unless they are allowed to be transported as limited quantities in accordance with section 1.17 and column 6(a) of Schedule 1;

  • (h) are liquids included in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, and Packing Group I;

  • (i) are included in Class 6.2, Infectious Substances; or

  • (j) are included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, and are required to be licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

500 kg Gross Mass Exemption

• 1.16 (1) Parts 3 to 5 do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if

  • (a) in the case of

    • (i) dangerous goods included in Class 2, Gases, they are in one or more small means of containment in compliance with the requirements for transporting gases in Part 5 (Means of Containment), or

    • (ii) dangerous goods not included in Class 2, Gases, they are in one or more means of containment

      • (A) each of which has a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg and that is designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, or

      • (B) that are drums in compliance with the requirements of section 5.12 of Part 5 (Means of Containment), for transporting dangerous goods in drums;

  • (b) the gross mass of all dangerous goods

    • (i) is less than or equal to 500 kg, in the case of dangerous goods transported on a road vehicle or railway vehicle, or

    • (ii) is less than or equal to 500 kg, in the case of dangerous goods transported on a vessel on a domestic voyage, excluding dangerous goods on a road vehicle or railway vehicle transported on the vessel;

  • (c) each means of containment has displayed on one side, other than a side on which it is intended to rest or to be stacked during transport,

    • (i) the dangerous goods marks required by Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks), or

    • (ii) for dangerous goods, other than dangerous goods included in Class 2, Gases, the shipping name of the dangerous goods and the marks required for them in one of the following Acts and regulations, as long as those marks are legible and visible during handling and transporting in the same manner as dangerous goods marks:

      • (A) the Pest Control Products Act and its regulations,

      • (B) the Hazardous Products Act and its regulations, or

      • (C) the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and its regulations;

  • (d) the dangerous goods are accompanied by a shipping document or document that is located, for a road or railway vehicle or a vessel, in accordance with the requirements for location of a shipping document in sections 3.7 to 3.9 of Part 3 (Documentation); and

  • (e) any document referred to in paragraph (d), other than a shipping document, includes the following information in the following order:

    • (i) the primary class of the dangerous goods, after the word “Class”, “Classe” or “Division”, and

    • (ii) the total number of means of containment, on which a dangerous goods mark is required to be displayed, for each primary class, following the words “number of means of containment” or “nombre de contenants”.

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

  • (a) are in a quantity or concentration that requires an ERAP;

  • (b) require a control or emergency temperature;

  • (c) are included in Class 1, Explosives, except for

    • (i) explosives included in Class 1.4 and in compatibility group S, or

    • (ii) UN numbers UN0191, UN0197, UN0276, UN0312, UN0336, UN0403, UN0431, UN0453 and UN0493;

  • (d) are included in Class 2.1, Flammable Gases, and are in a cylinder with a capacity greater than 46 L;

  • (e) are included in Class 2.3, Toxic Gases;

  • (f) are included in Class 4, Flammable Solids; Substances Liable to Spontaneous Combustion; Substances that on Contact with Water Emit Flammable Gases (Water-reactive Substances); and in Packing Group I;

  • (g) are included in Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, unless they are allowed to be transported as limited quantities in accordance with section 1.17 and column 6(a) of Schedule 1;

  • (h) are liquids included in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, and Packing Group I;

  • (i) are included in Class 6.2, Infectious Substances; or

  • (j) are included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, and are required to be licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.