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

Regulations are current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2026-06-17. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 2(Sections 1.4 and 1.5.1, paragraph 6.2(c) and column 5 of the legend to Schedule 1)Special Provisions

  • 1 If these explosives contain chlorates, they must not be packed in the same means of containment with explosives containing ammonium nitrate or any other ammonium salt. In addition, if these explosives are to be transported in the same means of transport with explosives containing ammonium nitrate or any other ammonium salt, they must be separated from those explosives so that there will be no reaction in the event of an accident.

    UN0083

  • 2 [Repealed, SOR/2008-34, s. 108]

  • 3 [Repealed, SOR/2014-306, s, 35]

  • 4 The net explosives quantity for these dangerous goods is calculated as 50% of the gross mass expressed in kilograms when the true net explosives quantity cannot reasonably be determined.

    UN0333, UN0334, UN0335, UN0428, UN0429, UN0430

  • 5 The net explosives quantity for these dangerous goods is calculated as 25% of the gross mass expressed in kilograms when the true net explosives quantity cannot reasonably be determined.

    UN0336, UN0337, UN0431, UN0432

  • 6 A mixture of methyl chloride and methylene chloride that does not meet the criteria for inclusion in Class 2.1 must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3163, LIQUEFIED GAS, N.O.S.

    UN1912

  • 7 A metal hydride storage system that contains hydrogen must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported if it is installed or intended to be installed

    • (a) in a road vehicle, railway vehicle, vessel, aircraft, engine or piece of machinery; or

    • (b) in a completed component of a road vehicle, railway vehicle, vessel, aircraft, engine or piece of machinery.

    UN3468

    • 8 (1) Despite subsection 5.1.1(3) and subparagraphs 5.10(1)(a)(ii) and (iii), 5.10(1)(b)(iii) and (iv), 5.10(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) and 5.10(1)(d)(iii) and (iv), large and robust articles that are connected to cylinders with open valves may be transported if

      • (a) the cylinders contain dangerous goods assigned any of the following UN numbers and shipping names:

        • (i) UN1002, AIR, COMPRESSED,

        • (ii) UN1066, NITROGEN, COMPRESSED,

        • (iii) UN1956, COMPRESSED GAS, N.O.S.;

      • (b) the cylinders are connected to the article through pressure regulators and fixed piping in such a way that the pressure of the gas in the article does not exceed 35 kPa;

      • (c) the cylinders are secured so that they cannot move and are fitted with pressure-resistant hoses and pipes; and

      • (d) the cylinders, pressure regulators, piping and other components are protected from damage and impacts during transport.

    • (2) If a cargo transport unit contains an article referred to in subsection (1) that is connected to a cylinder with an open valve containing a gas that presents a risk of asphyxiation, the unit must be well ventilated and marked in accordance with paragraph 5.5.3.6.2 of the English or French version of the UN Recommendations.

      UN3538

    • 9 (1) Subject to subsections 1.32.1(1) and (2), butylene mixtures, 1-butylene, cis-2-butylene and trans-2-butylene must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN1012, BUTYLENE.

    • (2) Subject to subsections 1.32.1(1) and (2), isobutylene must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN1055, ISOBUTYLENE.

      UN1012

  • 10 These dangerous goods may be included in Class 4.1 if

    • (a) they are in a quantity less than or equal to 500 g per means of containment;

    • (b) they contain not less than 10% water by mass; and

    • (c) a negative test result is obtained when they are tested in accordance with the Series 6 type (c) test referred to in Section 16 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria.

      UN0154, UN0155, UN0214, UN0215, UN0234, UN0401, UN1344, UN1354, UN1355, UN3364 to UN3368

    • 11 (1) A vehicle powered solely by an internal combustion engine must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3166, VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED, as applicable.

    • (2) Despite subsection (1), a vehicle powered solely by an internal combustion engine that runs on both a flammable liquid and flammable gas must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3166, VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED.

    • (3) A vehicle powered solely by a fuel cell engine must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3166, VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED, as applicable.

    • (4) A vehicle must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3171, BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLE, if

      • (a) it is powered solely by wet batteries, sodium batteries, lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries; and

      • (b) the batteries are installed in the vehicle.

    • (5) A hybrid electric vehicle must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of the following UN numbers and shipping names:

      • (a) UN3166, VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED, as applicable, if

        • (i) the vehicle is powered both by an internal combustion engine and by wet batteries, sodium batteries, lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries, and

        • (ii) the batteries are installed in the vehicle; or

      • (b) UN3166, VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED or VEHICLE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED, as applicable, if

        • (i) the vehicle is powered both by a fuel cell engine and by an internal combustion engine with wet batteries, sodium batteries, lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries, and

        • (ii) the batteries are installed in the vehicle.

    • (6) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to dangerous goods that are installed in a vehicle if they are required for its operation or for the safety of its operator or other individuals on board the vehicle.

    • (7) Despite subsection (6), if the dangerous goods are lithium batteries, they must meet the conditions set out in subsections 2.43.1(2) and (3). However, the condition set out in paragraph 2.43.1(2)(a) does not apply to pre-production prototype lithium batteries transported for the purpose of testing or to lithium batteries of production runs of 100 or fewer batteries.

    • (8) Equipment that is powered by wet batteries or sodium batteries and in which one or more of those batteries are installed must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3171, BATTERY-POWERED EQUIPMENT. However, that UN number and shipping name do not apply to

      • (a) equipment powered by lithium metal or lithium ion batteries;

      • (b) engines or machinery that contain internal combustion systems or fuel cells that run on and contain fuels that are dangerous goods; and

      • (c) lithium metal and lithium ion batteries installed in a cargo transport unit.

    • (9) For the purposes of this special provision, vehicle means a self-propelled apparatus designed to carry persons or goods, including

      • (a) a self-balancing apparatus;

      • (b) an apparatus that is not equipped with a seating position; and

      • (c) a vehicle transported in a means of containment with some parts detached from its frame so that the vehicle and its detached parts fit into the means of containment.

        UN3166, UN3171

  • 12 [Repealed, SOR/2014-306, s. 38]

    • 13 (1) If a means of containment contains one or more lithium batteries contained in equipment and one or more lithium batteries packed with equipment, the batteries must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3091, LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT or UN3481, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, as applicable.

    • (2) If a means of containment contains both lithium metal batteries packed with and contained in equipment and lithium ion batteries packed with and contained in equipment,

      • (a) the shipping document must include the UN numbers and shipping names UN3091, LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT and UN3481, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT; and

      • (b) the UN numbers and the shipping names referred to in paragraph (a) must be displayed on the means of containment in accordance with Part 4.

    • (3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a means of containment that contains lithium metal batteries or lithium ion batteries that are button cell batteries installed in equipment, including circuit boards. to a means of containment that contains

      UN3091, UN3481

    • 14 (1) A lithium metal or lithium ion battery installed in a cargo transport unit must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3536, LITHIUM BATTERIES INSTALLED IN CARGO TRANSPORT UNIT, if the battery

      • (a) is intended to provide power outside of the cargo transport unit;

      • (b) is equipped with the necessary systems to prevent overcharge and overdischarge between the batteries;

      • (c) meets the conditions set out in subsections 2.43.1(2) and (3); and

      • (d) is securely attached to the interior structure of the cargo transport unit so that it is protected from damage, short circuit and accidental activation under normal conditions of transport.

    • (2) Despite section 4.15.3, this UN number and a placard must be displayed only on two opposite sides of the cargo transport unit, in accordance with Part 4.

    • (3) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to other dangerous goods contained in the cargo transport unit if they are required for the safe and proper operation of the cargo transport unit.

    • (4) Dangerous goods, other than those referred to in subsection (1), that are not required for the safe and proper operation of the cargo transport unit must not be transported in the cargo transport unit.

      UN3536

    • 15 (1) A lithium battery that contains both a primary lithium metal cell and a rechargeable lithium ion cell, that is not designed to be externally charged and that meets the conditions set out in subsection 2.43.1(3) must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN3090, LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES or UN3091, LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT, as applicable.

    • (2) If a lithium battery referred to in subsection (1) is imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with special provision 34,

      • (a) the total lithium content of all lithium metal cells contained in the battery must not exceed 1.5 g; and

      • (b) the total capacity of all lithium ion cells contained in the battery must not exceed 10 Wh.

      UN3090, UN3091, UN3480, UN3481

    • 16 (1) The technical name of at least one of the substances that predominantly contributes to a hazard posed by these dangerous goods must appear in English or French, in parentheses:

      • (a) immediately after the shipping name, in the case of a shipping document on which the shipping name is required by these Regulations to be shown; and

      • (b) after the shipping name, in the case of a small means of containment or a tag on which the shipping name is required by these Regulations to be displayed.

    • (2) Despite subsection (1), the technical name of the following dangerous goods may be the shipping name that most accurately describes the substance or the mixture, as long as the shipping name does not include the abbreviation “N.O.S.”:

      • (a) UN3077, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.; and

      • (b) UN3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.

    • (3) Despite subsection (1), the technical name of these dangerous goods does not have to appear if disclosure of the technical name is prohibited under an Act of Parliament or by an international convention to which Canada is a signatory.

    • (4) Despite subsection (1), for dangerous goods that are UN2814, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING HUMANS or UN2900, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING ANIMALS,

      • (a) the technical name is not required to be displayed on a small means of containment or a tag; and

      • (b) if the dangerous goods are suspected to be included in Category A but their classification or the exact chemical composition is unknown and cannot be readily determined, the words “suspected Category A infectious substance” must be shown in parentheses in place of the technical name on a shipping document.

        UN0020, UN0021, UN0190, UN0248, UN0249, UN0349 to UN0359, UN0382 to UN0384, UN0461 to UN0482, UN0485, UN1078, UN1224, UN1228, UN1325, UN1378, UN1383, UN1409, UN1450, UN1461, UN1462, UN1479, UN1482, UN1544, UN1549, UN1556, UN1557, UN1564, UN1566, UN1583, UN1588, UN1601, UN1602, UN1655, UN1693, UN1707, UN1719, UN1759, UN1760, UN1851, UN1903, UN1935, UN1953 to UN1956, UN1964, UN1965, UN1967, UN1968, UN1986 to UN1989, UN1992, UN1993, UN2006, UN2024 to UN2026, UN2206, UN2212, UN2291, UN2478, UN2570, UN2588, UN2627, UN2630, UN2693, UN2733 to UN2735, UN2742, UN2757 to UN2784, UN2786 to UN2788, UN2801, UN2810, UN2811, UN2813, UN2814, UN2845, UN2846, UN2856, UN2881, UN2900, UN2902, UN2903, UN2920 to UN2930, UN2991 to UN3021, UN3024 to UN3027, UN3071, UN3077, UN3080, UN3082, UN3084 to UN3088, UN3093 to UN3096, UN3098, UN3099, UN3101 to UN3120, UN3122 to UN3126, UN3128 to UN3132, UN3134, UN3135, UN3139 to UN3144, UN3146 to UN3148, UN3156 to UN3158, UN3160 to UN3163, UN3172, UN3175 to UN3210, UN3212 to UN3214, UN3219, UN3221 to UN3240, UN3243, UN3244, UN3248, UN3249, UN3256 to UN3267, UN3271 to UN3290, UN3301, UN3303 to UN3312, UN3334 to UN3336, UN3345 to UN3355, UN3361, UN3362, UN3379 to UN3400, UN3439, UN3440, UN3448, UN3462, UN3464 to UN3467, UN3488 to UN3491, UN3500 to UN3505, UN3510 to UN3518, UN3531 to UN3535, UN3537 to UN3548

  • 17 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 197]

  • 18 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to UN1845, CARBON DIOXIDE, SOLID, or DRY ICE that is in a means of containment that is transported by a road vehicle or a railway vehicle if the means of containment is designed and constructed to permit the release of carbon dioxide in order to prevent the build-up of pressure that could rupture the means of containment.

    UN1845

  • 19 A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport chemically unstable mixtures of these dangerous goods.

    UN1826, UN1832

  • 20 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to ferrocerium, stabilized against corrosion, that contains at least 10% iron.

    UN1323

    • 21 (1) A life-saving appliance may be offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN2990, LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, SELF-INFLATING or UN3072, LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES NOT SELF-INFLATING, as applicable, only if the appliance contains one or more of the dangerous goods referred to in subsection (2).

    • (2) The dangerous goods are

      • (a) signal devices included in Class 1 that are contained in a means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained to prevent them from being inadvertently activated under normal conditions of transport;

      • (b) non-flammable, non-toxic gases included in Class 2.2;

      • (c) first aid kits or repair kits that contain dangerous goods in quantities that are less than or equal to the quantity limits referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (c) of special provision 65;

      • (d) electric storage batteries included in Class 8 and lithium metal or lithium ion batteries included in Class 9;

      • (e) “strike anywhere” matches contained in one or more means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained to prevent them from being inadvertently activated under normal conditions of transport; and

      • (f) for UN2990 only, cartridges, power devices, included in Class 1.4 and compatibility group S, to activate the self-inflating appliance, if the net explosive quantity in an appliance is less than or equal to 3 200 mg.

    • (3) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport of a life-saving appliance on a road vehicle or a railway vehicle if

      • (a) the life-saving appliance is contained in a means of containment that is 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) the means of containment has a gross mass less than or equal to 40 kg;

      • (c) the life-saving appliance contains only dangerous goods included in Class 2.2 with no subsidiary class;

      • (d) the dangerous goods are contained in a cylinder with a capacity less than or equal to 120 mL; and

      • (e) the cylinder is installed in the life-saving appliance for the purpose of activating the appliance.

        UN2990, UN3072

    • 22 (1) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to dry cotton bales that are imported, offered for transport, handled or transported by vessel in a closed cargo transport unit and have a density of 360 kg/m3 or more, as determined in accordance with ISO 8115.

    • (2) For the purposes of this special provision, closed means a cargo transport unit which totally encloses the contents by permanent structures with complete and rigid surfaces and does not include cargo transport units with fabric sides or tops.

      UN3360

    • 23 (1) A person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods unless

      • (a) they are contained in a means of containment that is marked in accordance with section 4.23, or, for UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, in a large means of containment, in accordance with section 4.18.2; and

      • (b) they are accompanied by a shipping document that includes the words “toxic by inhalation”, “toxic — inhalation hazard”, “poison — inhalation hazard”, “toxique par inhalation” or “toxicité par inhalation” immediately after the information required under subparagraph 3.5(1)(c)(vi).

    • (2) This special provision does not apply to a person who transports these dangerous goods in accordance with an exemption set out in section 1.15, 1.17, 1.17.1 or 1.24.

      UN1005, UN1008, UN1016, UN1017, UN1023, UN1026, UN1040, UN1045, UN1048, UN1050 to UN1053, UN1062, UN1064, UN1067, UN1069, UN1071, UN1076, UN1079, UN1082, UN1092, UN1098, UN1135, UN1143, UN1163, UN1182, UN1185, UN1238, UN1239, UN1244, UN1251, UN1259, UN1380, UN1510, UN1541, UN1560, UN1569, UN1580 to UN1582, UN1589, UN1595, UN1605, UN1612, UN1613, UN1647, UN1660, UN1670, UN1672, UN1695, UN1722, UN1741, UN1744 to UN1746, UN1749, UN1752, UN1754, UN1809, UN1810, UN1829, UN1831, UN1834, UN1838, UN1859, UN1892, UN1911, UN1953, UN1955, UN1967, UN1975, UN1994, UN2032, UN2186, UN2188 to UN2192, UN2194 to UN2199, UN2202, UN2204, UN2232, UN2334, UN2337, UN2382, UN2407, UN2417, UN2418, UN2420, UN2421, UN2438, UN2442, UN2474, UN2477, UN2480 to UN2488, UN2521, UN2534, UN2548, UN2605, UN2606, UN2644, UN2646, UN2668, UN2676, UN2692, UN2740, UN2743, UN2826, UN2901, UN3023, UN3057, UN3079, UN3083, UN3160, UN3162, UN3168, UN3169, UN3246, UN3294, UN3300, UN3303 to UN3310, UN3318, UN3355, UN3381 to UN3390, UN3488 to UN3491, UN3494, UN3512, UN3514 to UN3526, UN3550

    • 24 (1) Lead compounds are considered to be insoluble if they exhibit a solubility of 5% or less when they are mixed in a ratio of 1:1 000 with 0.07 molar hydrochloric acid and stirred for one hour at a temperature of 23°C ± 2°C.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to lead compounds considered to be insoluble unless they meet the criteria for inclusion in a class other than Class 6.1.

      UN2291

    • 25 (1) These dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported under this shipping name as component parts of vehicle air bags or seat belt pretensioners if they are tested in accordance with the Series 6 type (c) test in Section 16 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria and show no explosion of the device, no fragmentation of device casings and no projection danger or thermal effect that could hinder fire fighting or other emergency response efforts. If the air bag inflator unit passes the Series 6 type (c) test, the test does not have to be repeated on the air bag module itself.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to safety devices, electrically initiated, or safety devices, pyrotechnic, installed in road vehicles, vessels or aircraft or in completed components such as steering columns, door panels and seats.

      UN0503, UN3268

  • 26 Nitrocellulose solutions containing 20% or less of nitrocellulose may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under UN1210, UN1263, UN1266, UN3066, UN3469 or UN3470, as applicable.

    UN2059

  • 27 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the dihydrated sodium salt of dichloroisocyanuric acid unless the salt meets the criteria for inclusion in a class other than Class 5.1.

    UN2465

  • 28 These dangerous goods must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported unless they are stabilized and their temperature is maintained below the control temperature, if any, set out in the applicable row of the tables to paragraphs 2.4.2.3.2.3 and 2.5.3.2.4 of the UN Recommendations that corresponds to the appropriate organic peroxide formulation.

    UN3101 to UN3120, UN3231 to UN3240

  • 29 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to hydrogen peroxide aqueous solutions that contain less than 8% hydrogen peroxide.

    UN2984

    • 30 (1) The label or placard for Classes 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 must be displayed on the means of containment for these dangerous goods in accordance with Part 4.

    • (2) The subsidiary class of Class 1 must be shown on the shipping document for these dangerous goods in accordance with subparagraph 3.5(1)(c)(v).

      UN3101, UN3102, UN3111, UN3112, UN3221, UN3222, UN3231, UN3232

  • 31 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to dangerous goods transported under this shipping name if the dangerous goods contain 10% or less ammonium nitrate and at least 12% water.

    UN1454

  • 32 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 to 3, do not apply to these dangerous goods if they are transported by road vehicle or railway vehicle in a large means of containment and

    • (a) the large means of containment is in standard with CSA B621 for transport by road vehicle or with TP 14877 for transport by railway vehicle; and

    • (b) the road vehicle or railway vehicle is marked on each side, in letters and numerals that are at least 6 mm wide and 100 mm high, with

      • (i) the letters and numerals UN2448, or

      • (ii) the numerals 2448 and the words “MOLTEN SULPHUR”, “MOLTEN SULFUR” or “SOUFRE FONDU”.

        UN2448

  • 33 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to these dangerous goods if the dangerous goods

    • (a) are in a quantity less than or equal to 400 kg per means of containment; or

    • (b) have been formed to a specific shape such as prills, granules, pellets, pastilles or flakes.

      UN1350

    • 34 (1) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of lithium cells and batteries if

      • (a) for a lithium metal or lithium alloy cells, the lithium content of each cell is 1 g or less, and, for lithium ion cells, the watt-hour rating of each cell is 20 Wh or less;

      • (b) for lithium metal or lithium alloy batteries, the aggregate lithium content of each battery is 2 g or less and, for a lithium ion batteries, the watt-hour rating of each battery is 100 Wh or less;

      • (c) for lithium ion batteries, except those manufactured before January 1, 2009, they are marked with the watt-hour rating on the outside casing;

      • (d) the cells and batteries are protected against damage and short circuit, including protection against contact with electrically conductive materials within the same packaging that could lead to a short circuit;

      • (e) the cells and batteries, except those installed in equipment, are packed in an inner means of containment that encloses the cells and batteries and is contained in an outer means of containment capable of withstanding a 1.2 m drop test in any orientation without damage to the cells or batteries, without the contents shifting so as to allow cell-to-cell or battery-to-battery contact and without release of contents;

      • (f) for cells and batteries that are not installed in or packed with equipment, the gross mass of the means of containment that contains the cells and batteries is 30 kg or less;

      • (g) for cells and batteries installed in equipment,

        • (i) they are installed in a manner as to prevent activation, and

        • (ii) unless they are afforded equivalent protection by the equipment in which they are installed, the equipment is packed in a means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there is no release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety; and

      • (h) each means of containment that contains the cells or batteries, other than the following means of containment, displays the lithium battery mark in accordance with section 4.24 and, in the case of a small means of containment inside an overpack, the small means of containment or the overpack, as the case may be, meets the requirements of section 4.10.1:

        • (i) a means of containment that contains button cell batteries installed in equipment, including circuit boards, and

        • (ii) a means of containment that contains no more than four cells or two batteries installed in equipment, when there are not more than two means of containment in the consignment.

    • (2) Subparagraph (1)(g)(i) does not apply to cells and batteries installed in devices that are intentionally active during transport, such as radio frequency identification transmitters, watches and sensors, and that are not capable of generating a dangerous evolution of heat.

    • (3) Despite subsection 2.43.1(1), cells and batteries that meet the applicable conditions of subsection (1) are not required to meet the conditions set out in paragraphs 2.43.1(2)(c) and (d).

      UN3090, UN3091, UN3480, UN3481

  • 35 Despite special provision 97, these Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the handling or transporting of the following cells and batteries on a vessel on a domestic voyage:

    • (a) nickel-metal hydride button cells;

    • (b) nickel-metal hydride cells and batteries packed with or contained in equipment; and

    • (c) nickel-metal hydride cells and batteries that are

      • (i) protected against short circuit,

      • (ii) in a means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there is no release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, and

      • (iii) accompanied by a document that includes the information required by section 3.5, if the total mass of the cells and batteries is 100 kg or more.

        UN3496

  • 36 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of solvent-extracted soya bean meal by road vehicle or railway vehicle if the soya bean meal

    • (a) contains 1.5% or less oil and 11% or less moisture; and

    • (b) is substantially free of flammable solvent.

      UN2217

  • 37 Part 3 (Documentation), Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks) and Part 6 (Training), do not apply to these dangerous goods or mixtures or solutions of them if they are transported by road vehicle and are

    • (a) purchased by retail sale and are being transported between any of the following places:

      • (i) the place of purchase,

      • (ii) the place of use or consumption, and

      • (iii) the purchaser’s place of residence;

    • (b) in a quantity less than or equal to 13.6 tonnes; and

    • (c) accompanied by a record sheet that includes the shipping name, the UN number and the quantity of the dangerous goods or mixtures or solutions of them.

      UN1942, UN2067

  • 38 A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods in a large means of containment if they are in direct contact with the large means of containment.

    UN1001, UN1045, UN1050, UN1058, UN1081, UN1194, UN1204, UN1222, UN1259, UN1261, UN1308, UN1310, UN1320 to UN1322, UN1324, UN1336, UN1337, UN1344, UN1347 to UN1349, UN1354 to UN1357, UN1360, UN1364, UN1378, UN1380, UN1383, UN1389, UN1391, UN1392, UN1396, UN1404, UN1407, UN1409 to UN1411, UN1413 to UN1415, UN1418, UN1419, UN1421, UN1426, UN1427, UN1432, UN1433, UN1436, UN1472, UN1491, UN1504, UN1510, UN1517, UN1556, UN1557, UN1569, UN1571, UN1575, UN1582, UN1589, UN1612, UN1614, UN1660, UN1693, UN1697 to UN1701, UN1714, UN1748, UN1749, UN1854, UN1855, UN1859, UN1865, UN1868, UN1870, UN1889, UN1911, UN1913, UN1953, UN1955, UN1957, UN1959, UN1967, UN1970, UN1975, UN1982, UN1994, UN2006, UN2008, UN2010 to UN2013, UN2036, UN2186, UN2188 to UN2190, UN2192, UN2194 to UN2199, UN2202 to UN2204, UN2417, UN2418, UN2420, UN2421, UN2451, UN2463, UN2466, UN2471, UN2480, UN2545 to UN2548, UN2555 to UN2557, UN2591, UN2626, UN2627, UN2676, UN2741, UN2806, UN2813, UN2814, UN2846, UN2852, UN2870, UN2881, UN2900, UN2901, UN2907, UN2956, UN2988, UN3048, UN3064, UN3083, UN3094 to UN3096, UN3101 to UN3108, UN3111 to UN3118, UN3124, UN3125, UN3129 to UN3132, UN3134, UN3135, UN3148, UN3160, UN3162, UN3221 to UN3241, UN3248, UN3249, UN3303 to UN3310, UN3317, UN3355, UN3364 to UN3370, UN3373, UN3376, UN3379, UN3380, UN3401, UN3402, UN3417, UN3448, UN3450, UN3474, UN3482, UN3485, UN3512, UN3514 to UN3518, UN3521 to UN3526

    • 39 (1) These dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported under this shipping name if the dangerous goods are

      • (a) protected from short circuits; and

      • (b) capable of withstanding, without leakage of battery fluid, the following tests:

        • (i) a vibration test, in which

          • (A) the battery is rigidly clamped to the platform of a vibration machine and a simple harmonic motion having an amplitude of 0.8 mm (1.6 mm maximum total excursion) is applied,

          • (B) the frequency is varied in steps of 1 Hz each minute between the limits of 10 Hz and 55 Hz,

          • (C) the entire range of frequencies and return is traversed in 95 ± 5 minutes with 2 minutes spent at each frequency for each mounting position (direction of vibration) of the battery, and

          • (D) the battery is tested in three mutually perpendicular positions (to include testing with fill openings and vents, if any, in an inverted position) for equal time periods, and

        • (ii) after the vibration test, a pressure differential test, in which

          • (A) the battery is stored for 6 hours at 24°C ± 4°C while subjected to a pressure differential greater than or equal to 88 kPa, and

          • (B) the battery is tested in three mutually perpendicular positions (to include testing with fill openings and vents, if any, in an inverted position) for at least 6 hours in each position.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the dangerous goods referred to in subsection (1) if

      • (a) at a temperature of 55°C, electrolyte will not flow from a ruptured or cracked battery case and there is no free liquid to flow; and

      • (b) when the battery is prepared for transport, the battery’s terminals are protected from short circuits.

        UN2800

  • 40 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to these articles if each article

    • (a) has a gas space capacity less than or equal to 1.6 L and a charge pressure less than or equal to 28 000 kPa and, when the capacity (litres) is multiplied by the charge pressure (kilopascals) and then divided by 100, the result is less than or equal to 80;

    • (b) has a minimum burst pressure that is 4 times the charge pressure at 20°C for an article that has a gas space capacity less than or equal to 0.5 L and 5 times the charge pressure at 20°C for an article that has a gas space capacity greater than 0.5 L;

    • (c) is manufactured from material that will not fragment if ruptured; and

    • (d) is protected from rupture by means of a fire degradable seal or a pressure relief device to relieve internal pressure.

      UN3164

    • 41 (1) A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport UN3356, OXYGEN GENERATOR, CHEMICAL, that contains dangerous goods included in Class 5.1, unless

      • (a) the oxygen generator is capable of withstanding a 1.8 m drop test onto a rigid, non-resilient, flat and horizontal surface, in the position that is most likely to cause damage, without loss of its contents and without its activation;

      • (b) if the oxygen generator is equipped with an activating device, it has at least two positive means to prevent an unintentional activation; and

      • (c) the oxygen generator is transported in a means of containment designed and constructed in such a way that, if the generator is activated,

        • (i) it will not activate other oxygen generators being transported in the same means of transport,

        • (ii) the means of containment will not ignite, and

        • (iii) the outside surface temperature of the outer means of containment will not exceed 100°C.

    • (2) A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport an oxygen generator under this shipping name if it is equipped with an activating device that meets the criteria for inclusion in Class 1.

      UN3356

  • 42 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to these dangerous goods if they contain 50% or less of magnesium.

    UN1869

  • 43 Despite section 2.1, this classification is assigned to these dangerous goods based on human experience.

    UN1230, UN1547, UN1577, UN1578, UN1590, UN1591, UN1661 to UN1663, UN1671, UN1673, UN1708, UN2023, UN2078, UN2311, UN2432, UN2474, UN2512, UN3409, UN3441, UN3442, UN3451, UN3458, UN3495

  • 44 [Reserved]

    • 45 (1) Maneb or a maneb preparation may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN2968, MANEB, STABILIZED or MANEB PREPARATION, STABILIZED only if the maneb or the preparation has been stabilized against self-heating within the meaning of subsection (2).

    • (2) Maneb or a maneb preparation is considered to be stabilized against self-heating if it can be demonstrated that, when a 1 m3 sample of the maneb or the preparation is kept in a storage area maintained at a temperature of not less than 75°C ± 2°C for a period of 24 hours,

      • (a) the sample does not self-ignite; and

      • (b) the temperature at the centre of the sample does not exceed 200°C.

    • (3) If the maneb or maneb preparation is not stabilized against self-heating within the meaning of subsection (2), it must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN2210, MANEB or MANEB PREPARATION.

      UN2210

  • 46 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to p-bromobenzyl cyanide.

    UN1694, UN3449

  • 47 Aluminum phosphide pesticide must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number if, when in contact with water,

    • (a) it is combustible and shows a likelihood of self-ignition; and

    • (b) the gases evolved from it are flammable.

      UN3048

  • 48 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to barium sulphate.

    UN1564

  • 49 Crotonaldehyde must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported if it is in a concentration of 99% or less, unless it is stabilized.

    UN1143

  • 50 Toxins extracted from a plant, animal or bacterial source that contain infectious substances, and toxins contained in infectious substances, must be included in Class 6.2.

    UN3172, UN3462

  • 51 Despite subsection 5.1.1(1) and sections 5.12 and 5.14, these dangerous goods may be packed in a means of containment referred to in Packing Instruction IBC07 of the UN Recommendations that meets the applicable requirements of that Packing Instruction.

    UN3550

  • 52 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to antimony sulphides and oxides that contain 0.5% or less of arsenic, by mass.

    UN1549, UN3141

  • 53 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to ferricyanides and ferrocyanides.

    UN1588

  • 54 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to cinnabar.

    UN2024, UN2025

  • 55 Aqueous solutions of inorganic nitrate substances do not meet the criteria for inclusion in Class 5.1 if the concentration of the inorganic nitrate substances in the aqueous solution at the minimum temperature that may be encountered in transport is not more than 80% of the saturation limit of the inorganic nitrate substance in solution.

    UN3218

    • 56 (1) A mixture of one or more solids that are not dangerous goods and one or more liquids included only in Class 3 may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number without the tests and criteria for including substances in Class 4.1 first being applied to it if

      • (a) there is no visible liquid at the time the mixture is loaded into a means of containment or at the time the means of containment is closed; and

      • (b) each means of containment is leakproof.

    • (1.1) Despite subparagraphs 5.14(1)(a)(ii) and (c)(ii), soils contaminated by a liquid included only in Class 3 may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in a flexible IBC of type 13H3 or 13H4, as described in paragraphs 6.5.1.3, 6.5.1.4 and 6.5.5.2 of the UN Recommendations, if

      • (a) there is no liquid visible at the time the soils are loaded into the flexible IBC or at the time the flexible IBC is closed; and

      • (b) in the case of soils transported on board a vessel on a domestic voyage or in an open road vehicle, the flexible IBC is constructed and closed so that neither rain nor road spray can come into contact with the soils during transport.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to a sealed packet or article containing less than 10 mL of dangerous goods included only in Class 3, Packing Group II or III, if there is no liquid in the packet or article.

      UN3175

  • 57 A mixture of one or more solids that are not dangerous goods and one or more liquids included only in Class 6.1 may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number without the tests and criteria for including substances in Class 6.1 first being applied to it if

    • (a) the mixture is included in Packing Group II or III;

    • (b) there is no free liquid visible at the time the mixture is loaded into a means of containment or at the time the means of containment is closed; and

    • (c) each means of containment is leakproof.

      UN3243

  • 58 A mixture of one or more solids that are not dangerous goods and one or more liquids included only in Class 8 may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number without the tests and criteria for including substances in Class 8 first being applied to it if

    • (a) there is no free liquid visible at the time the mixture is loaded into a means of containment or at the time the means of containment is closed; and

    • (b) each means of containment is leakproof.

      UN3244

  • 59 Substances that are listed by name in Schedule 1 must not be transported under this shipping name. Substances transported under this shipping name may contain not more than 20% nitrocellulose if the nitrocellulose contains not more than 12.6% nitrogen (by dry mass).

    UN1210, UN1263, UN1266, UN3066, UN3469, UN3470

    • 60 (1) Azodicarbonamide may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if it is a technically pure substance, or a formulation derived from it, that has a self-accelerating decomposition temperature greater than 75°C.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to a homogeneous azodicarbonamide mixture that contains the following proportions of substances, unless the mixture meets the criteria for inclusion in a class other than Class 4.1:

      • (a) 35% or less, by mass, of azodicarbonamide; and

      • (b) at least 65% of an inert substance.

      UN3242

  • 61 This substance may be offered for transport, handled or transported under a class other than Class 1 if it is packed so that the percentage of water that it contains will not, at any time during transport, fall below the percentage stated in the descriptive text associated with the shipping name. When phlegmatized with water and inorganic inert material the content of urea nitrate must not exceed 75% by mass and the mixture must not be capable of being detonated by the Test Series 1 type (a) test referred to in section 11 of Part I in the Manual of Tests and Criteria.

    UN1357, UN3370

  • 62 These dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported under Class 4.1 if they are packed in a means of containment so that the percentage of diluent in them will not, at any time during transport, fall below the percentage stated for the diluent in the descriptive text associated with the shipping name.

    UN1310, UN1320 to UN1322, UN1336, UN1337, UN1344, UN1347 to UN1349, UN1354 to UN1357, UN1517, UN1571, UN2852, UN3317, UN3364 to UN3370, UN3376

  • 63 These Regulations do not apply to these dangerous goods unless they are to be transported by aircraft.

    UN1910, UN2807, UN2812, UN3334, UN3335

    • 64 (1) These Regulations do not apply to these dangerous goods unless they are to be transported by vessel.

    • (2) These dangerous goods must not be transported by vessel when they are wet, damp or contaminated with oil.

      UN1327

    • 65 (1) A chemical kit or first aid kit may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if

      • (a) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods in the kit does not exceed either

        • (i) the applicable excepted quantity limits as determined, subject to subsection (2), in accordance with column 6(b) of Schedule 1 and the table to subsection 1.17.1(2), or

        • (ii) the lesser of

          • (A) the applicable limited quantity limit set out in column 6(a) of Schedule 1, and

          • (B) 250 mL or 250 g;

      • (b) in the case of a kit that contains two or more dangerous goods, the goods are packed so as to prevent them from reacting with one another in a way that causes

        • (i) combustion or the evolution of considerable heat,

        • (ii) the evolution of a flammable, toxic or asphyxiant gas,

        • (iii) the formation of a corrosive substance, or

        • (iv) the formation of an unstable substance; and

      • (c) the total quantity of dangerous goods in the kit is less than or equal to 1 L or 1 kg.

    • (2) In the case of dangerous goods included in Class 5.2, the excepted quantity limits must be determined using the alphanumeric code E2.

    • (3) The chemical kit or first aid kit may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with the exemptions set out in subsection 1.17(2) if

      • (a) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods in the kit does not exceed the limited quantity limit referred to in clause (1)(a)(ii)(A);

      • (b) the applicable conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) are met;

      • (c) each of the dangerous goods in the kit meets the requirements of paragraph 1.17(1)(a); and

      • (d) the kit meets the applicable requirements of subsections 1.17(2) to (5).

    • (4) The chemical kit or first aid kit may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with the exemptions set out in section 1.17.1 if

      • (a) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods in the kit does not exceed the excepted quantity limit referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(i);

      • (b) the applicable conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) are met;

      • (c) each of the dangerous goods in the kit meets the requirements of paragraph 1.17.1(1)(a); and

      • (d) the kit meets the applicable requirements of subsections 1.17.1(3) to (8).

    • (5) A chemical kit or first aid kit must be included in the packing group with the lowest Roman numeral of the packing groups assigned to the dangerous goods in the kit.

      UN3316

  • 66 These dangerous goods are forbidden for transport by vessel.

    UN1347, UN1512

  • 67 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 216]

  • 68 These dangerous goods are forbidden for transport by vessel if they contain one or more of the following substances:

    • (a) AMMONIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

    • (b) AMMONIUM NITRATE liable to self-heating sufficient to initiate decomposition;

    • (c) AMMONIUM NITRITES and mixtures of an inorganic nitrite with an ammonium salt;

    • (d) CHLORIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, with more than 10% chloric acid;

    • (e) ETHYL NITRITE, pure;

    • (f) HYDROCYANIC ACID, AQUEOUS SOLUTION (HYDROGEN CYANIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION) with more than 20% hydrogen cyanide;

    • (g) HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID;

    • (h) HYDROGEN CYANIDE, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with more than 45% hydrogen cyanide;

    • (i) MERCURY OXYCYANIDE, pure;

    • (j) METHYL NITRITE;

    • (k) PERCHLORIC ACID with more than 72% acid, by mass;

    • (l) SILVER PICRATE, dry or wetted with less than 30% water, by mass; or

    • (m) ZINC AMMONIUM NITRITE.

      UN1194, UN1347, UN1479, UN1512, UN1613, UN1642, UN1873, UN2067, UN2186, UN2455, UN2626, UN2627, UN3212, UN3219, UN3294

  • 69 The following definitions apply to matches:

    • (a) fusee matches are matches the heads of which are prepared with a friction-sensitive igniter composition and a pyrotechnic composition that burns with little or no flame but with intense heat;

    • (b) safety matches are matches that are combined with or attached to the box, book or card and that can be ignited by friction only on a prepared surface;

    • (c) “strike anywhere” matches are matches that can be ignited by friction on a solid surface; and

    • (d) Wax Vesta matches are matches that can be ignited by friction either on a prepared surface or on a solid surface.

      UN1331, UN1944, UN1945, UN2254

    • 70 (1) These dangerous goods must be formulated so that during transport they remain homogeneous and do not separate.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to formulations of these dangerous goods when they have a low nitrocellulose content and

      • (a) are not capable of detonating or deflagrating when tested using the Test Series 1 type (a) test referred to in section 11 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria;

      • (b) do not explode when heated under confinement when tested using the Test Series 1 type (b) test and Test Series 1 type (c) test referred to in section 11 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria; and

      • (c) are not flammable solids when tested using Test N.1 referred to in section 33.2.1.4 of Part III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria; to perform this test, the particle size of the nitrocellulose must be less than 1.25 mm or the nitrocellulose must be crushed and sieved to this size.

        UN2557

  • 71 Ammonium nitrites and mixtures of an inorganic nitrite with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN2627, UN3219

  • 72 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 218]

  • 73 During transport, these dangerous goods must be protected from direct sunlight and stored away from all sources of heat in a cool and well-ventilated place.

    UN2956, UN3241

    • 74 (1) If these dangerous goods have one or more subsidiary classes, the goods must be included in the packing group with the lowest Roman numeral of the packing groups assigned to those subsidiary classes.

    • (2) A label or placard for each subsidiary class of these dangerous goods must be displayed on the means of containment in accordance with Part 4.

    • (3) The information relating to each subsidiary class on the shipping document for these dangerous goods must meet the requirements of subparagraphs 3.5(1)(c)(v) and (vi).

    • (4) The name of the constituents that predominantly contribute to each subsidiary class must appear in parentheses after the shipping name on the shipping document and on the small means of containment.

      UN2912 to UN2919, UN3321 to UN3333

    • 75 (1) If these excepted packages contain dangerous goods that meet the criteria for inclusion in a class other than Class 7, the excepted packages must be classified as

      • (a) Class 7, with no subsidiary classes, if the quantity of dangerous goods does not exceed the applicable excepted quantity limits as determined in accordance with column 6(b) of Schedule 1 and the table to subsection 1.17.1(2); or

      • (b) if the quantity of dangerous goods exceeds the applicable excepted quantity limits as determined in accordance with column 6(b) of Schedule 1 and the table to subsection 1.17.1(2),

        • (i) the class that corresponds to the predominant subsidiary class of the dangerous goods, or

        • (ii) Class 7, with no subsidiary classes, if a special provision exempts the other classes from the application of Parts 3 to 8.

    • (2) For excepted packages classified under subparagraph (1)(b)(i), the shipping document must include the classification for the predominant subsidiary class, followed by the shipping name of the applicable radioactive excepted package.

      UN2908 to UN2911

  • 76 Despite section 5.7, any combination of these dangerous goods included in Class 1 may be offered for transport, handled or transported in a road vehicle if

    • (a) the total quantity of all the dangerous goods included in Class 1, expressed in net explosives quantity, is less than or equal to 5 kg;

    • (b) the total number of articles of dangerous goods subject to special provision 86 is less than or equal to 100 articles; and

    • (c) the operator of the road vehicle has a valid Pyrotechnic Card that has been issued to the operator by the Explosives Regulatory Division of Natural Resources Canada.

      UN0027, UN0066, UN0094, UN0101, UN0105, UN0161, UN0197, UN0255, UN0305, UN0325, UN0335, UN0336, UN0337, UN0349, UN0430, UN0431, UN0432, UN0454, UN0499, UN0512

  • 77 [Repealed, SOR/2008-34, s. 115]

  • 78 These dangerous goods do not include ammonium permanganate which is forbidden for transport.

    UN1482

  • 79 These dangerous goods are forbidden for transport if they contain less alcohol, water or phlegmatizer than specified in the descriptive text associated with the shipping name.

    UN0072, UN0074, UN0075, UN0113, UN0114, UN0129, UN0130, UN0133, UN0135, UN0143, UN0150, UN0159, UN0226, UN0391, UN0433

  • 80 Despite section 1.17 of Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases), a person must not offer for transport or transport these dangerous goods unless they are in a means of containment that is in compliance with the requirements for transporting gases in Part 5 (Means of Containment).

    UN1950, UN2037

  • 81 [Repealed, SOR/2014-152, s. 49]

  • 82 [Repealed, SOR/2014-306, s. 68]

  • 83 [Repealed, SOR/2014-152, s. 50]

  • 84 An approved ERAP is required for the dangerous goods referred to in paragraph 7.2(1)(g) of Part 7 (Emergency Response Assistance Plan).

    UN2814

  • 85 Despite the index number in column 6(a) of Schedule 1, these dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with section 1.31 when they are in a quantity that is less than or equal to 15 000 articles.

    UN0044

  • 86 Despite the index number in column 6(a) of Schedule 1, these dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with section 1.31 when they are in a quantity that is less than or equal to 100 articles.

    UN0029, UN0030, UN0121, UN0131, UN0255, UN0267, UN0315, UN0325, UN0349, UN0360, UN0361, UN0367, UN0368, UN0454 to UN0456, UN0500, UN0511, UN0512, UN0513

  • 87 Despite the word “Forbidden” in column 9 of Schedule 1, these dangerous goods may be transported on a passenger carrying road vehicle or a passenger carrying railway vehicle in accordance with section 1.15 when they are used for medical purposes during transport and are in a means of containment with a capacity less than or equal to 1 L.

    UN1073

  • 88 Despite the quantity limits in column 9 of Schedule 1 for these dangerous goods, a road vehicle is not a passenger carrying road vehicle unless the passengers in it are transported for hire or reward.

    UN1202, UN1203, UN1978

  • 89 [Repealed, SOR/2014-152, s. 51]

  • 90 These Regulations, except for Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases) and Part 2 (Classification) do not apply to the handling, offering for transport or transporting of these dangerous goods on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if

    • (a) these dangerous goods are contained in small means of containment that

      • (i) are constructed of metal or robust, electrically conductive plastic,

      • (ii) are designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of these dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, and

      • (iii) each have a capacity that is less than or equal to 500 g;

    • (b) the gross mass of all these dangerous goods is 12 kg or less;

    • (c) the gross mass of all the dangerous goods, including that of these dangerous goods,

      • (i) is less than or equal to 150 kg for dangerous goods transported on the road vehicle or the railway vehicle, and

      • (ii) is less than or equal to 150 kg for dangerous goods transported on the vessel, excluding dangerous goods in a road vehicle or railway vehicle being transported on the vessel; and

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

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

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

        UN0027, UN0028

  • 91 [Repealed, SOR/2017-137, s. 146]

    • 92 (1) The consignor must classify these dangerous goods on the basis of samples.

    • (2) The consignor must make available to the Minister, on reasonable notice given by the Minister, a document that explains the sampling method and includes the following information:

      • (a) the scope of the method;

      • (b) the sampling apparatus;

      • (c) the sampling procedures;

      • (d) the frequency and conditions of sampling; and

      • (e) a description of the quality control management system in place.

        UN1267, UN1268, UN1288, UN3494

  • 93 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 224]

  • 94 When these dangerous goods are in transport, they must be kept out of direct sunlight and away from all sources of heat, and must be placed in adequately ventilated areas.

    UN1748, UN2208, UN2880, UN3485 to UN3487

  • 95 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 225]

  • 96 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 225]

  • 97 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to these dangerous goods unless they are transported by vessel.

    UN1372, UN1387, UN1856, UN1857, UN2216, UN3166, UN3171, UN3360, UN3496

  • 98 Gasoline, motor spirits and petrol must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number if they are composed of 10% or less ethanol and are intended for use as fuel in spark-ignition engines, regardless of variations in volatility.

    UN1203

    • 99 (1) Mixtures of solids that are not dangerous goods and liquids or solids that are UN3077, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S., or UN3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S., may be offered for transport, handled or transported as UN3077 if there is no visible liquid when the dangerous goods are loaded into a means of containment and during transport.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport of less than 450 kg of UN3077, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S., or less than 450 L of UN3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S., on a road vehicle or a railway vehicle. The dangerous goods must be contained 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.

      UN3077, UN3082

  • 100 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to magnesium nitrate hexahydrate.

    UN1474

    • 101 (1) This shipping name applies to fuel cell cartridges, including fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment or packed with equipment. Fuel cell cartridges installed in or integral to a fuel cell system are considered as contained in equipment. Fuel cell cartridges, including fuel cell cartridges contained in equipment, must be designed and constructed to prevent fuel leakage under normal conditions of transport.

    • (2) Fuel cell cartridge design types must pass the following tests:

      • (a) an internal pressure test at a pressure of 100 kPa (gauge) without leakage, if the fuel cell cartridge design type uses liquids as fuels; and

      • (b) a 1.2 m drop test onto an unyielding surface, in the orientation most likely to result in failure of the containment system, with no loss of contents.

    • (3) A fuel cell system that contains a lithium metal or lithium ion battery must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this shipping name and under one of the following corresponding UN numbers and shipping names:

      • (a) UN3091, LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT; or

      • (b) UN3481, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT.

        UN3473, UN3476 to UN3479

    • 102 (1) Fuel cell cartridges that contain hydrogen in a metal hydride and that are transported under this shipping name must have a capacity less than or equal to 120 mL. The fuel cell cartridges must be designed and constructed to prevent fuel leakage under normal conditions of transport.

    • (2) The pressure in the fuel cell cartridge must not exceed 5 MPa at 55°C. The design type must be capable of withstanding, without leakage or bursting, a pressure of at least two times the design pressure of the cartridge at 55°C or 200 kPa more than the design pressure of the cartridge at 55°C, whichever is greater.

    • (3) Fuel cell cartridges must be filled in accordance with procedures specified by the manufacturer and the manufacturer must provide, with each fuel cell cartridge, the following information:

      • (a) inspection procedures to be carried out before initial filling and before refilling of the fuel cell cartridge;

      • (b) safety precautions and potential dangers;

      • (c) method for determining when the rated capacity has been achieved;

      • (d) minimum and maximum pressure range;

      • (e) minimum and maximum temperature range; and

      • (f) any other requirements to be met for initial filling and refilling, including the type of equipment to be used for these operations.

    • (4) Each cartridge design type, including cartridges integral to a fuel cell, must

      • (a) withstand a 1.8 m drop test onto an unyielding surface in the four following orientations:

        • (i) vertically, on the end containing the shut-off valve,

        • (ii) vertically, on the end opposite to the shut-off valve,

        • (iii) horizontally, onto a steel apex with a diameter of 38 mm, with the steel apex in the upward position; and

        • (iv) at a 45° angle on the end containing the shut-off valve;

      • (b) show no leakage, determined by using a soap bubble solution or other equivalent means on all possible leak locations, when the cartridge is charged to its rated charging pressure; and

      • (c) be hydrostatically pressurized to destruction with a recorded burst pressure that exceeds 85% of the minimum shell burst pressure.

    • (5) Each cartridge design type, including the design types for cartridges integral to a fuel cell, must pass a fire engulfment test using a fuel cell cartridge filled to rated capacity with hydrogen. The cartridge design type, which may have a vent feature integral to it, is deemed to have passed the fire engulfment test if

      • (a) the internal pressure vents to zero pressure without rupture of the cartridge; or

      • (b) the cartridge withstands the fire for a minimum of 20 minutes without rupture.

    • (6) Each cartridge design type, including the design types for cartridges integral to a fuel cell, must pass a hydrogen cycling test in which the fuel cell cartridge is cycled, for at least 100 cycles, from not more than 5% rated hydrogen capacity to not less than 95% rated hydrogen capacity and then back to not more than 5% rated hydrogen capacity. The rated charging pressure must be used for charging, and temperatures must be held within the operating temperature range.

    • (7) Following the hydrogen cycling test, the fuel cell cartridge must be charged, and the water volume displaced by the cartridge must be measured. The cartridge design type is deemed to have passed the hydrogen cycling test if the water volume displaced by the cycled cartridge does not exceed the water volume displaced by an uncycled cartridge charged to 95% rated capacity and pressurized to 75% of its minimum shell burst pressure.

    • (8) Each cartridge design type, including the design types for cartridges integral to a fuel cell, must pass a production leak test in which the fuel cell cartridge is tested for leaks at 15ºC ± 5ºC while pressurized to its rated charging pressure. There must be no leakage, determined by using a soap bubble solution or other equivalent means on all possible leak locations.

    • (9) Each fuel cell cartridge must be permanently marked with the following information:

      • (a) the rated charging pressure, in MPa;

      • (b) the manufacturer’s serial number or the unique identification number of the fuel cell cartridge; and

      • (c) the date of expiry, based on the maximum service life (four digits for the year, two digits for the month).

        UN3479

  • 103 Each fuel cell designed to contain a liquefied flammable gas and transported under this shipping name must

    • (a) be capable of withstanding, without leakage or bursting, a pressure of at least two times the equilibrium pressure of the contents at 55ºC;

    • (b) contain a liquefied flammable gas that is in a quantity less than or equal to 200 mL and that has a vapour pressure less than or equal to 1 000 kPa at 55ºC; and

    • (c) pass the hot water bath test described in section 6.2.4.1 of the UN Recommendations.

      UN3478

    • 104 (1) Flammable liquefied gases must be contained within refrigerating-machine components. These components must be designed to withstand at least three times the working pressure of the machinery and must be tested to ensure they meet that requirement. The refrigerating machines must be designed and constructed to contain the liquefied gas and to preclude the risk of the pressure-retaining components bursting or cracking during normal conditions of transport.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport, on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage, of refrigerating machines and refrigerating-machine components transported that contain less than 12 kg of gas.

      UN3358

  • 105 This shipping name must not be used unless the results of Test series 6(d) in Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria have demonstrated that any dangerous effects arising from functioning are confined within the means of containment.

    UN0323, UN0349, UN0366, UN0367, UN0384, UN0441, UN0445, UN0455, UN0456, UN0460, UN0481, UN0500, UN0513

  • 106 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 230]

    • 107 (1) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport of UN1950, AEROSOLS, and UN2037, GAS CARTRIDGES, that contain dangerous goods included in Class 2.1 or Class 2.2 and that are transported on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage, if the aerosols or gas cartridges have a capacity less than or equal to 50 mL.

    • (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to self-defence spray.

      UN1950, UN2037

  • 108 These dangerous goods must, at the time the containment system is closed, be at a pressure that corresponds to atmospheric pressure and that does not exceed 105 kPa absolute.

    UN3167 to UN3169

  • 109 The following fire extinguishers may be equipped with actuating cartridges included in Class 1.4C or 1.4S, without changing the classification of Class 2.2, if the total quantity of deflagrating (propellant) explosives in each fire extinguisher does not exceed 3.2 g:

    • (a) portable fire extinguishers for manual handling and operation;

    • (b) fire extinguishers for installation on board aircraft;

    • (c) fire extinguishers mounted on wheels for manual handling;

    • (d) fire extinguishing equipment or machinery mounted on wheels, on wheeled platforms or on units of transport similar to trailers; and

    • (e) fire extinguishers composed of a pressure drum and of equipment without wheels, and handled by fork lift or crane, for example, whether loaded or unloaded.

      UN1044

    • 110 (1) If these dangerous goods contain at least 90%, by mass, of phlegmatizer, then lactose, glucose or similar substances may be used as a phlegmatizer. The mixture of the dangerous goods and the phlegmatizer may be classified in Class 4.1 in accordance with Test Series 6(c) of Section 16 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria. The tests in the Test Series 6(c) must be performed on at least three means of containment prepared as if for transport.

    • (2) A person is not required to display a Class 6.1 label on a means of containment that contains a mixture of the dangerous goods and the phlegmatizer if the mixture contains not less than 90%, by mass, of phlegmatizer.

    • (3) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to a mixture of the dangerous goods and the phlegmatizer if the mixture contains not less than 98%, by mass, of phlegmatizer.

      UN0143

  • 111 This shipping name must not be used for the transport of non-activated batteries unless they contain dry potassium hydroxide and are intended to be activated prior to use by the addition of an appropriate amount of water to each cell.

    UN3028

  • 112 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 231]

  • 113 An ammonium nitrate based fertilizer that meets the classification requirements for UN2067 set out in section 39 of Part III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN2067, AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER.

    UN2067

  • 114 An ammonium nitrate based fertilizer that meets the classification requirements for UN2071 set out in section 39 of Part III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under the UN number and shipping name UN2071, AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER.

    UN2071

  • 115 If these dangerous goods meet the inhalation toxicity criteria for Packing Group I under subparagraph 2.29(2)(d)(i), they must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under UN3381, UN3382, UN3383, UN3384, UN3385, UN3386, UN3387, UN3388, UN3389, UN3390, UN3488, UN3489, UN3490 or UN3491, as applicable.

    UN1583, UN2810, UN2927, UN2929, UN3122, UN3123, UN3275, UN3276, UN3278 to UN3281, UN3287, UN3289

  • 116 This shipping name applies only to calcium hypochlorite, dry, when transported in non-friable tablet form.

    UN1748 (PG III)

  • 117 When transported in non-friable tablet form, these dangerous goods are included in Packing Group III.

    UN2880, UN3487

  • 118 Mixtures of a hypochlorite with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN3212

  • 119 Ammonium bromate and its aqueous solutions and mixtures of a bromate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN1450, UN3213

  • 120 Ammonium chlorate and its aqueous solutions and mixtures of a chlorate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN1461, UN3210

  • 121 Ammonium chlorite and its aqueous solutions and mixtures of a chlorite with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN1462

  • 122 Ammonium permanganate and its aqueous solutions and mixtures of a permanganate with an ammonium salt are forbidden for transport.

    UN1482, UN3214

  • 123 Despite subsection 2.43.1(1), the condition set out in paragraph 2.43.1(2)(a) does not apply to the following dangerous goods:

    • (a) pre-production prototypes of cells and batteries transported for the purpose of testing; and

    • (b) cells and batteries of production runs of 100 or fewer cells or batteries.

    UN3090, UN3091, UN3480, UN3481

    • 124 (1) This shipping name applies to electric double layer capacitors if the energy storage capacity of each capacitor, calculated using the nominal voltage and capacitance, is greater than 0.3 Wh.

    • (2) A capacitor must

      • (a) be transported in an uncharged state, if it is not installed in equipment;

      • (b) be transported in an uncharged state or be protected against short circuit, if it is installed in equipment; and

      • (c) be marked with the energy storage capacity in Wh, if it was manufactured after December 31, 2013.

    • (3) When the energy storage capacity of a capacitor is less than or equal to 10 Wh, the capacitor must, when it is in transport and when it is in a module in transport, be protected against short circuit or fitted with a metal strap connecting the terminals.

    • (4) When the energy storage capacity of a capacitor is greater than 10 Wh, the capacitor must, when it is in transport and when it is in a module in transport, be fitted with a metal strap connecting the terminals.

    • (5) A capacitor containing dangerous goods must be designed to withstand a 95 kPa pressure differential.

    • (6) A capacitor must be designed and constructed so that any pressure that may build up in use may be safely relieved through a vent or a weak point in the capacitor casing. Any liquid that is released upon venting must be contained by the means of containment containing the capacitor or by the equipment in which the capacitor is installed.

    • (7) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to

      • (a) a capacitor that contains an electrolyte that does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any class of dangerous goods;

      • (b) a capacitor that contains an electrolyte that meets the criteria for inclusion in a class of dangerous goods, that has an energy storage capacity of 10 Wh or less, and that is capable of withstanding a 1.2 m drop test on an unyielding surface, unpackaged, without loss of contents; or

      • (c) a capacitor that is installed in equipment and contains an electrolyte that meets the criteria for inclusion in a class of dangerous goods, if the equipment is in a means of containment that is designed, constructed, filled, closed and secured so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental functioning of the capacitor or release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety.

    • (8) Large equipment that contains a capacitor may be transported without a means of containment or on pallets if the capacitor is afforded equivalent protection by the equipment in which it is contained.

      UN3499

  • 125 These dangerous goods may be handled, offered for transport or transported in accordance with subsections 1.17(2) to (4) of Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases) on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if

    • (a) the dangerous goods are classified and authorized in accordance with the Explosives Regulations, 2013;

    • (b) the dangerous goods are contained in inner means of containment that are placed in a strong outer means of containment 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;

    • (c) each inner means of containment has a gross mass less than or equal to 5 kg;

    • (d) the outer means of containment has a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg; and

    • (e) the outermeans of containment, as presented for transport, is capable of passing a test in accordance with Test Series 6(d) of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria.

      UN0012, UN0014, UN0055

  • 126 Manufactured instruments and articles containing mercury may be offered for transport, handled or transported under UN3506, MERCURY CONTAINED IN MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

    UN2809

  • 127 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport of articles containing a quantity of mercury that is less than or equal to 1 kg that are transported on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage.

    UN3506

  • 128 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to decontaminated medical or clinical wastes that previously contained infectious substances, unless the decontaminated medical or clinical wastes meet the criteria for inclusion in another class.

    UN3291

  • 129 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 235]

    • 130 (1) This shipping name applies to chemicals under pressure, including liquids, pastes or powders that are pressurized with a propellant that meets the criteria set out in section 2.2.1.2 of the UN Recommendations for a compressed gas or a liquefied gas.

    • (2) These dangerous goods must be assigned to

      • (a) a primary class of Class 2.1, if one of the components, which may be a pure substance or a mixture, is classified as a flammable component under subsection (3); and

      • (b) a subsidiary class

        • (i) of Class 6.1, if one of the liquid or solid components is included in Class 6.1, Packing Group II or III, or

        • (ii) of Class 8, if one of the liquid or solid components is included in Class 8, Packing Group II or III.

    • (3) A flammable component is

      • (a) a liquid that has a flashpoint of 60°C or less;

      • (b) a solid that meets the criterion set out in subparagraph 2.21(1)(a)(i); and

      • (c) a gas that meets the criteria set out in paragraph 2.14(a).

    • (4) This shipping name must not be used to transport

      • (a) a gas included in Class 2.3 or a gas with a subsidiary class of Class 5.1;

      • (b) a substance included in Class 6.1, Packing Group I, or in Class 8, Packing Group I;

      • (c) a liquid desensitized explosive included in Class 3;

      • (d) a self-reactive substance or solid desensitized explosive included in Class 4.1; or

      • (e) dangerous goods included in Class 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2 or 7.

    • (5) Dangerous goods to which special packing provision PP86 or TP7 is assigned in Column 9 and Column 11 of the Dangerous Goods List in Chapter 3.2 of the UN Recommendations, and that therefore require air to be eliminated from the vapour space, must not be transported under this shipping name, but must be transported under their respective shipping names as listed in the Dangerous Goods List of Chapter 3.2 of the UN Recommendations.

      UN3500 to UN3505

  • 131 These dangerous goods must not be transported if the temperature of the dangerous goods at the time of loading exceeds the higher of 35°C or 5°C above the ambient temperature.

    UN1374, UN2216, UN3497

  • 132 These dangerous goods must not be transported by vessel if, at the time of consignment, they contain less than 50 mg/kg of ethoxyquin, 100 mg/kg of butylated hydroxytoluene or 250 mg/kg of tocopherol-based antioxidant.

    UN2216

  • 133 This shipping name must not be used to transport UN3155, PENTACHLOROPHENOL.

    UN2020

  • 134 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to nitrocellulose membrane filters, each with a mass not exceeding 0.5 g, if they are contained individually in an article or a sealed packet.

    UN3270

  • 135 This shipping name applies to articles that contain dangerous goods included in Class 1, Explosives, and that may also contain dangerous goods included in other classes.

    UN0503

  • 136 This shipping name applies to safety devices for road vehicles, railway vehicles, vessels or aircraft, such as air bag inflators, air bag modules, seat-belt pretensioners and pyromechanical devices, that are transported as component parts and that, before being presented for transport, have been tested in accordance with the Series 6 type (c) test in Section 16 of Part I of the Manual of Tests and Criteria, with no explosion of the device tested, no fragmentation of the device casing or pressure vessel, and no projection danger or thermal effect that could hinder fire fighting or other emergency response.

    UN3268

    • 137 (1) Lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries that are damaged or defective and that may not meet the conditions set out in subsections 2.43.1(2) and (3) must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of these UN numbers.

    • (2) Lithium metal or lithium ion cells or batteries that are damaged or defective, include, but are not limited to, cells or batteries that have leaked or vented, or have sustained physical or mechanical damage, and cannot be diagnosed prior to transport, or that have been identified as being defective for safety reasons.

    • (3) The words “Damaged/Defective” or “endommagées/défectueuses” must be displayed legibly and visibly on a contrasting background on the outer means of containment that contains the cells or batteries and, if the outer means of containment is in an overpack and the words are not visible, on the overpack.

    • (4) [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 239]

    • (5) It is forbidden to transport lithium ion cells or batteries and lithium metal cells or batteries that are damaged or defective and that, under normal conditions of transport, are liable to disassemble rapidly, react dangerously, produce a flame or a dangerous evolution of heat, or produce a dangerous emission of toxic, corrosive or flammable gases or vapours.

    • (6) [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 239]

      UN3090, UN3091, UN3480, UN3481

    • 138 (1) When transported for disposal or recycling, lithium ion cells or batteries and lithium metal cells or batteries, or equipment containing those cells or batteries,

      • (a) are not subject to the conditions set out in subsections 2.43.1(2) and (3); and

      • (b) [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 240]

      • (c) must be in a means of containment or an overpack that is marked legibly and visibly on a contrasting background with the words “Lithium batteries for disposal”, “Piles au lithium destinées à l’élimination”, “Lithium batteries for recycling” or “Piles au lithium destinées au recyclage ”, as appropriate.

      • (d) [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 240]

    • (2) Damaged or defective cells and batteries must be offered for transport or transported under special provision 137.

      UN3090, UN3091, UN3480, UN3481

    • 139 (1) Asbestos that is immersed or fixed in a natural or artificial binder in such a way that no release of dangerous quantities of respirable asbestos fibres can occur during transport is not subject to these Regulations.

    • (2) Manufactured articles containing asbestos that is not immersed or fixed in accordance with subsection (1) are not subject to these Regulations when packed so that no release of dangerous quantities of respirable asbestos fibres can occur during transport.

      UN2212, UN2590

    • 140 (1) This shipping name applies to

      • (a) ammonium nitrate with more than 0.2% combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance; and

      • (b) ammonium nitrate that contains not more than 0.2% combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance, and that gives a positive result for acceptance into Class 1, Explosives, when tested in accordance with Test Series 2 of Part 1 of the Manual of Tests and Criteria, Part I.

    • (2) Ammonium nitrate to which another UN number applies must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number.

      UN0222

  • 141 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 242]

  • 142 The following shipping names may be used to meet the requirements of Part 3 (Documentation) and Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks) when these dangerous goods are offered for transport in the same means of containment:

    • (a) “PAINT RELATED MATERIAL” may be used for a means of containment containing both paint and paint related material;

    • (b) “PAINT RELATED MATERIAL, CORROSIVE, FLAMMABLE” may be used for a means of containment containing both paint, corrosive, flammable, and paint related material, corrosive, flammable;

    • (c) “PAINT RELATED MATERIAL, FLAMMABLE, CORROSIVE” may be used for a means of containment containing both paint, flammable, corrosive, and paint related material, flammable, corrosive; and

    • (d) “PRINTING INK RELATED MATERIAL” may be used for a means of containment containing both printing ink and printing ink related material.

      UN1210, UN1263, UN3066, UN3469, UN3470

    • 143 (1) This shipping name also applies to articles containing a small pressure receptacle with a release device if

      • (a) the water capacity of the pressure receptacle does not exceed 0.5 L and the working pressure does not exceed 2 500 KPa at 15°C;

      • (b) the minimum burst pressure of the pressure receptacle is at least four times the pressure of the gas at 15°C;

      • (c) each article is manufactured in such a way that unintentional firing or release is avoided under normal conditions of handling, packing, transport and use;

      • (d) each article is manufactured in such a way as to prevent dangerous projections of the pressure receptacle or its parts;

      • (e) each pressure receptacle is manufactured from material that will not fragment upon rupture;

      • (f) the design type of each article is subjected to a fire test; and

      • (g) the design type of each article must be subjected to a single package test.

    • (2) For the purposes of the fire test referred to in paragraph (1)(f), the provisions of section 16.6.1.2, with the exception of paragraph (g), and sections 16.6.1.3.1 to 16.6.1.3.6, 16.6.1.3.7 (b) and section 16.6.1.3.8 of the Manual of Tests and Criteria must be applied. It must be demonstrated that the article relieves its pressure by means of a fire degradable seal or other pressure relief device in such a way that the pressure receptacle will not fragment and that the article or fragments of the article do not rocket more than 10 m.

    • (3) For the purposes of the single package test referred to in paragraph (1)(g), a stimulating mechanism must be used to initiate one article in the middle of the means of containment. There must be no dangerous effects outside the means of containment, such as bursting of the means of containment, or projection of metal fragments or the receptacle itself through the means of containment.

    • (4) The manufacturer must keep technical documentation on the design type and its manufacture, as well as on the tests and their results, and must apply procedures to ensure that articles manufactured in series conform to the design type and meet the conditions set out in subsection (1).

      UN3164

    • 144 (1) All asymmetric capacitors assigned to this shipping name must meet the following conditions:

      • (a) capacitors or modules are protected against short circuit;

      • (b) capacitors are designed and constructed so that any pressure that may build up in use may be safely relieved through a vent or a weak point in the capacitor casing, and any liquid that is released upon venting is contained by packaging or by the equipment in which the capacitors are installed;

      • (c) capacitors manufactured after December 31, 2015 are marked with the energy storage capacity in Wh; and

      • (d) capacitors that contain an electrolyte meeting the classification criteria of any class of dangerous goods are designed to withstand a 95 kPa pressure differential.

    • (2) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to

      • (a) capacitors with an energy storage capacity less than or equal to 0.3 Wh;

      • (b) capacitors that contain an electrolyte not included in at least one of the nine classes of dangerous goods, including when configured in a module or when installed in equipment;

      • (c) capacitors that contain an electrolyte not included in at least one of the nine classes of dangerous goods, with an energy storage capacity less than or equal to 20 Wh, including when configured in a module if the capacitors are capable of withstanding a 1.2 m drop test on an unyielding surface, unpackaged, without loss of contents; and

      • (d) capacitors that are installed in equipment and contain an electrolyte included in at least one of the nine classes of dangerous goods, if the equipment is contained in a strong outer means of containment that is 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 or accidental functioning of capacitors that could endanger public safety.

    • (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), nickel-carbon asymmetric capacitors containing Class 8 alkaline electrolytes must be transported as UN2795, BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ALKALI, electric storage.

      UN3508

    • 145 (1) Neutron radiation detectors containing non-pressurized boron trifluoride gas may transported under this shipping name if

      • (a) the absolute pressure in each detector does not exceed 105 kPa at 20°C;

      • (b) the amount of gas does not exceed 13 g per detector;

      • (c) each detector is manufactured under a quality assurance program;

      • (d) each detector is of welded metal construction with brazed metal to ceramic feed through assemblies;

      • (e) each detector has a minimum burst pressure of 1 800 kPa, demonstrated by design type qualification testing; and

      • (f) each detector is tested to a 1 × 10-10 cm3/s leaktightness standard before being filled.

    • (2) Neutron radiation detectors containing non-pressurized boron trifluoride gas transported as individual components must be offered for transport and transported as follows:

      • (a) they must be packed in a sealed intermediate plastics liner with sufficient absorbent material to absorb the entire gas contents;

      • (b) they must be packed in a strong outer means of containment;

      • (c) in their outer means of containment, they must be capable of withstanding a 1.8 m drop test without any leakage of the gas contained in the detectors; and

      • (d) the total amount of gas contained in all the detectors in each outer means of containment must not exceed 52 g.

    • (3) Completed neutron radiation detection systems containing detectors that meet the requirements of subsection (1) must be offered for transport and transported as follows:

      • (a) the detectors must be housed in a strong sealed outer casing;

      • (b) the casing must contain sufficient absorbent material to absorb the entire gas contents of the detectors; and

      • (c) unless the outer casing affords equivalent protection, the completed systems must be packed in a strong outer means of containment capable of withstanding a 1.8 m drop test without any leakage of the gas contained in the detectors.

    • (4) The shipping document must include the statement “Transported in accordance with special provision 145” or “Transporté conformément à la disposition particulière 145”.

    • (5) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to

      • (a) neutron radiation detectors, including those with solder glass joints, containing not more than 1 g of boron trifluoride gas, if they may be transported under this shipping name under subsection (1) and are packed in accordance with subsection (2); and

      • (b) radiation detection systems containing detectors described in paragraph (a) if the systems are packed in accordance with subsection (3).

        UN1008

    • 146 (1) This shipping name may be used only for small means of containment, large packagings or IBC, or parts of them, that

      • (a) are transported for disposal, recycling or recovery of their material, other than for the purpose of reconditioning, repair, routine maintenance, remanufacturing or reuse; and

      • (b) have been emptied to the extent that only residues of dangerous goods adhering to parts of the means of containment are present.

    • (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), residues must not be from:

      • (a) dangerous goods that are included in Class 1, 2, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 6.2 or 7 or Packing Group I or that have “0” assigned in column 6(a) of Schedule 1;

      • (b) desensitized explosives included in Class 3 or 4.1;

      • (c) self-reactive substances included in Class 4.1; or

      • (d) any of the following dangerous goods:

        • (i) UN2212, ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE,

        • (ii) UN2315, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID,

        • (iii) UN2590, ASBESTOS, CHRYSOTILE,

        • (iv) UN3151, POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID or HALOGENATED MONOMETHYLDIPHENYLMETHANES, LIQUID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, LIQUID,

        • (v) UN3152, POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID or HALOGENATED MONOMETHYLDIPHENYLMETHANES, SOLID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, SOLID, or

        • (iv) UN3432, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID.

    • (3) If the residues referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are from dangerous goods included in Class 5.1, the means of containment, or the parts of it, in which the residues are present must be packed only in a means of containment that contains dangerous goods included in Class 5.1.

      UN3509

  • 147 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 244]

    • 148 (1) Part 5 (Means of Containment) does not apply to radiation detectors that contain these dangerous goods in non-refillable pressure receptacles if

      • (a) the working pressure in each receptacle is less than 5 000 KPa;

      • (b) the capacity of each receptacle is less than 12 L;

      • (c) each receptacle has a minimum burst pressure of

        • (i) at least 3 times the working pressure, when the receptacle is fitted with a relief device, or

        • (ii) at least 4 times the working pressure, when the receptacle is not fitted with a relief device;

      • (d) each receptacle is manufactured from material that will not fragment upon rupture;

      • (e) each detector is manufactured under a quality assurance program;

      • (f) the detectors are transported in strong outer means of containment; and

      • (g) a detector in its outer means of containment is capable of withstanding a 1.2 m drop test without breakage of the detector or rupture of the outer means of containment.

    • (2) Part 5 (Means of Containment) does not apply to radiation detectors that contain these dangerous goods in non-refillable pressure receptacles and that are included in equipment, if

      • (a) the conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) are met; and

      • (b) the equipment is contained in a strong outer means of containment or the equipment affords the detectors with protection that is equivalent to that provided by a strong outer means of containment.

    • (3) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to radiation detectors that contain these dangerous goods in non-refillable pressure receptacles, including detectors in radiation detection systems, if the detectors meet the requirements of subsection (1) or (2), as applicable, and the capacity of the receptacles that contain the detectors is less than 50 mL.

      UN1006, UN1013, UN1046, UN1056, UN1065, UN1066, UN1956, UN2036

  • 149 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 245]

  • 150 An approved ERAP is required for the dangerous goods referred to in paragraph 7.2(1)(f) of Part 7 (Emergency Response Assistance Plan).

    UN1170, UN1202, UN1203, UN1267, UN1268, UN1863, UN1987, UN1993, UN3295, UN3475, UN3494

  • 151 If these dangerous goods are intended for use as fuel in spark-ignition engines, they must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number, regardless of variations in volatility.

    UN3475

  • 152 Plastic moulding compounds that are made from polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate) or other polymeric material may be offered for transport, handled or transported under this shipping name.

    UN3314

    • 153 (1) A polyester resin kit must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of these UN numbers if it consists of

      • (a) a base material included in Class 3 or 4.1 and in Packing Group II or III; and

      • (b) an activator of type D, E or F that is included in Class 5.2 and does not require temperature control.

    • (2) A polyester resin kit may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with the exemptions set out in subsection 1.17(2) if

      • (a) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods in the kit does not exceed the applicable limited quantity limit set out in column 6(a) of Schedule 1;

      • (b) the conditions set out in subsection (1) are met;

      • (c) each of the dangerous goods in the kit meets the requirements of paragraph 1.17(1)(a); and

      • (d) the kit meets the applicable requirements of subsections 1.17(2) to (5).

    • (3) Despite paragraph (2)(a), the limited quantity limit of the base material must be 5 L or 5 kg.

    • (4) A polyester resin kit may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with the exemptions set out in section 1.17.1 if

      • (a) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods in the kit does not exceed the applicable excepted quantity limits as determined in accordance with column 6(b) of Schedule 1 and the table to subsection 1.17.1(2);

      • (b) the conditions set out in subsection (1) are met;

      • (c) the dangerous goods in the kit meet the requirements of paragraph 1.17.1(1)(a); and

      • (d) the kit meets the applicable requirements of subsections 1.17.1(3) to (8).

    • (5) Despite paragraph (4)(a), the excepted quantity limit of the activator must be determined using the alphanumeric code E2.

      UN3269, UN3527

    • 154 (1) An engine or piece of machinery, including an internal combustion engine, generator, compressor, turbine or heating unit, that contains internal combustion systems or fuel cells that run on and contain fuels that are dangerous goods, must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of these UN numbers.

    • (2) An engine or piece of machinery that contains a fuel included in Class 3 must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of the following UN numbers and shipping names:

      • (a) UN3528, ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED;

      • (b) UN3528, ENGINE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED;

      • (c) UN3528, MACHINERY, INTERNAL COMBUSTION, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED; or

      • (d) UN3528, MACHINERY, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE LIQUID POWERED.

    • (3) An engine or piece of machinery that contains a fuel included in Class 2.1, and an engine or piece of machinery powered by both a flammable gas and a flammable liquid, must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of the following UN numbers and shipping names:

      • (a) UN3529, ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED;

      • (b) UN3529, ENGINE, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED;

      • (c) UN3529, MACHINERY, INTERNAL COMBUSTION, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED; or

      • (d) UN3529, MACHINERY, FUEL CELL, FLAMMABLE GAS POWERED.

    • (4) If an engine or piece of machinery contains a liquid fuel that is a marine pollutant and if that fuel does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any of Classes 1 to 8, the engine or piece of machinery must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of the following UN numbers and shipping names:

      • (a) UN3530, ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION; or

      • (b) UN3530, MACHINERY, INTERNAL COMBUSTION.

    • (5) An engine or piece of machinery must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of these UN numbers unless

      • (a) it is oriented to prevent inadvertent leakage of the fuel it contains;

      • (b) it is secured by means that will prevent any movement during transport that would change its orientation or cause it to be damaged;

      • (c) all valves and openings, including venting devices, are closed during transport;

      • (d) the engine or a piece of machinery that contains a liquid fuel included in Class 3 or 9 has a fuel tank that

        • (i) has a capacity greater than 450 L and meets the applicable requirements of Part 5 for that fuel, or

        • (ii) has a capacity of 450 L or less and is designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there is no release of fuel that could endanger public safety; and

      • (e) the engine or piece of machinery that contains a fuel that is a flammable gas and is included in Class 2.1 has a fuel tank that meets the applicable requirements of Part 5 for that fuel.

        UN3528 to UN3530

    • 155 (1) If these dangerous goods are stabilized by temperature control, they must be offered for transport, handled or transported in accordance with section 7.1.5 of the UN Recommendations.

    • (2) If chemical stabilization is employed, the person offering for transport the means of containment must ensure that the level of stabilization prevents a dangerous polymerization of the dangerous goods at a bulk mean temperature of 50°C, in the case of a small means of containment or an IBC, or at a bulk mean temperature of 45°C, in the case of a large means of containment that is not an IBC.

    • (3) If chemical stabilization may become ineffective at lower temperatures within the anticipated duration of transport, temperature control is required. In determining whether chemical stabilization may become ineffective at lower temperatures, the person offering the means of containment for transport must take at least the following the factors into consideration:

      • (a) the capacity and geometry of the means of containment and the effect of any insulation;

      • (b) the temperature of the dangerous goods when offered for transport;

      • (c) the duration of the transport and the seasonal ambient temperature conditions typically encountered during transport; and

      • (d) the effectiveness and other physical or chemical properties of the stabilizer employed.

        UN1010, UN1051, UN1060, UN1081, UN1082, UN1085 to UN1087, UN1092, UN1093, UN1143, UN1167, UN1185, UN1218, UN1246, UN1247, UN1251, UN1301 to UN1304, UN1545, UN1589, UN1614, UN1724, UN1829, UN1860, UN1917, UN1919, UN1921, UN1991, UN2055, UN2200, UN2218, UN2227, UN2251, UN2277, UN2283, UN2348, UN2352, UN2396, UN2452, UN2521, UN2522, UN2527, UN2531, UN2607, UN2618, UN2838, UN3022, UN3073, UN3079, UN3302, UN3531 to UN3534

  • 156 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 249]

  • 157 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 249]

    • 158 (1) These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply in respect of anhydrous ammonia that is adsorbed or absorbed on a solid material that is contained in an ammonia dispensing system or in a pressure receptacle that is intended to form part of an ammonia dispensing system if

      • (a) the adsorption or absorption presents the following properties:

        • (i) the pressure at a temperature of 20°C in the receptacle is less than 60 kPa (0.6 bar),

        • (ii) the pressure at a temperature of 35°C in the receptacle is less than 100 kPa (1 bar), and

        • (iii) the pressure at a temperature of 85°C in the receptacle is less than 1.2 MPa (12 bar);

      • (b) the adsorbent or absorbent material does not meet the criteria in Part 2 (Classification) for inclusion in any of Classes 1 to 8;

      • (c) the pressure receptacle

        • (i) does not contain more than 10 kg of ammonia,

        • (ii) is made of a material that, as specified in special provision 379 of the UN Recommendations, is compatible with ammonia,

        • (iii) is hermetically sealed and able to contain the generated ammonia,

        • (iv) has a means of closure that hermetically seals the pressure receptacle and is able to contain the generated ammonia,

        • (v) is able to withstand the pressure generated at 85°C with a volumetric expansion of 0.1% or less,

        • (vi) is fitted with a pressure release device that allows for gas evacuation without violent rupture, explosion or projection once pressure exceeds 1.5 MPa (15 bar), and

        • (vii) is able to withstand a pressure of 2 MPa (20 bar) without leakage when the pressure relief device is deactivated; and

      • (d) in the case of a pressure receptacle that is contained in an ammonia dispensing system, the pressure receptacle is connected to the system in such a way that the whole system has the same strength as a pressure receptacle that is not contained in an ammonia dispensing system.

    • (2) The mechanical strength properties set out in subsection (1) must be tested

      • (a) using a prototype of a pressure receptacle that is filled to nominal capacity or a prototype of a pressure receptacle that is filled to nominal capacity and is contained in an ammonia dispensing system; and

      • (b) by increasing the temperature until the pressures specified in subsection (1) are reached.

        UN1005, UN3516

  • 159 [Repealed, SOR/2026-112, s. 250]

  • 160 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply in respect of the offering for transport, handling or transport of table tennis balls that are manufactured from celluloid if the net mass of each table tennis ball is less than or equal to 3 g and the total net mass of table tennis balls is less than or equal to 500 g per package.

    UN2000

    • 161 (1) Before loading, these dangerous goods must be cooled to ambient temperature, unless they have been calcined to remove moisture.

    • (2) During transport, a large means of containment containing bulk loads of these dangerous goods must be ventilated and protected against ingress of water.

      UN3170

    • 162 (1) These dangerous goods must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number unless the requirements of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 are met.

    • (2) Despite subsection 4.10(1), only a Class 6.1 label and a Class 8 label must be displayed on a means of containment that contains these dangerous goods.

      UN3507

  • 163 These Regulations, except for Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage of safety matches and wax “Vesta” matches if the outer packaging has a gross mass less than or equal to 25 kg.

    UN1944, UN1945

    • 164 (1) Other dangerous goods must not be packed in the same small means of containment as these dangerous goods unless

      • (a) the other dangerous goods are necessary for maintaining the viability of these dangerous goods or for stabilizing them, for preventing their degradation or for neutralizing the hazards that they may present;

      • (b) the other dangerous goods are UN1230, METHANOL or are included only in Class 3, 8 or 9; and

      • (c) the quantity of other dangerous goods packed in a primary receptacle that meets the requirements of CGSB-43.125 does not exceed 30 mL.

    • (2) Parts 3 to 5 do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of the other dangerous goods if the requirements set out in subsection (1) are met.

      UN2814, UN2900, UN3373

  • 165 Despite section 4.2 and paragraph 4.5(1)(d) of these Regulations and section 6.1 of the Act, an empty Type P650 means of containment may display the compliance mark set out in CGSB-43.125.

    UN3373

  • 166 If these dangerous goods meet the inhalation toxicity criteria for any packing group under paragraph 2.28(c), they must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under UN3381, UN3382, UN3383, UN3384, UN3385, UN3386, UN3387, UN3388, UN3389, UN3390, UN3488, UN3489, UN3490 or UN3491, as applicable.

    UN1614, UN1828, UN2285, UN2478, UN2742, UN2983

    • 167 (1) An article, such as a piece of machinery or an apparatus, may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if

      • (a) it contains one or more dangerous goods as integral elements;

      • (b) the quantity of each of the dangerous goods contained in the article

        • (i) does not exceed the applicable limited quantity limit set out in column 6(a) of Schedule 1,

        • (ii) in the case of explosives subject to special provision 85, is less than or equal to 15 000 articles, and

        • (iii) in the case of explosives subject to special provision 86, is less than or equal to 100 articles;

      • (c) in the case where the article contains two or more dangerous goods, the dangerous goods are not liable to react with one another in a way that causes

        • (i) combustion or the evolution of considerable heat,

        • (ii) the evolution of a flammable, toxic or asphyxiant gas,

        • (iii) the formation of a corrosive substance, or

        • (iv) the formation of an unstable substance; and

      • (d) no other shipping name exists in Schedule 1 that more precisely describes the article.

    • (2) Parts 3 to 5 do not apply to the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of an article under this UN number if

      • (a) the article is not designed exclusively to contain dangerous goods; and

      • (b) the dangerous goods contained in the article are not intended to be discharged from it.

        UN3363

  • 168 Section 4.23, Part 7 and special provision 23 do not apply to these dangerous goods if they contain less than 30% free sulfur trioxide.

    UN1831

    • 169 (1) A mixture of hydrogen peroxide and peroxyacetic acid may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if

      • (a) in laboratory testing, it does not

        • (i) detonate in the cavitated state or deflagrate,

        • (ii) show any effect when heated under confinement, or

        • (iii) exhibit any explosive power; and

      • (b) it is thermally stable with a self-accelerating decomposition temperature of 60°C or higher for a 50 kg package.

    • (2) A mixture of hydrogen peroxide and peroxyacetic acid that does not meet the criteria set out in subsection (1) must have a primary class of Class 5.2 and be transported under the appropriate generic entry found in the list of currently assigned organic peroxides in paragraph 2.5.3.2.4 of the UN Recommendations.

      UN3149

  • 170 Despite paragraph 2.5(d), the subsidiary classes, if any, of an article imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under one of these UN numbers must be determined in accordance with subsections 2.8.1(2) and (3).

    UN3537 to UN3548

  • 171 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to isosorbide-5 mononitrate if it contains 30% or more of non-volatile, non-flammable phlegmatizer.

    UN3251

  • 172 An elevated temperature liquid must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under these UN numbers if the substance meets the criteria for inclusion in a class other than Class 9.

    UN3257, UN3258

  • 173 A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if it contains

    • (a) at least 19.5% but not more than 23.5% oxygen by volume; and

    • (b) no other oxidizing gas.

      UN1002

  • 174 These dangerous goods must be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number if the cell or battery

    • (a) does not contain dangerous goods, other than sodium, sulphur or sodium compounds;

    • (b) is not at a temperature at which the elemental sodium contained in the cell or battery becomes a liquid; and

    • (c) consists of one or more hermetically sealed metal casings that are constructed, closed and designed to fully enclose the sodium, sulphur or sodium compounds so as to prevent their release under normal conditions of transport, including handling.

      UN3292

  • 175 Solid medical waste included in Category A may be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under this UN number only if the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting is for the purpose of disposing of the waste.

    UN3549

  • 176 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to castor beans, castor flake, castor meal or castor pomace if they have undergone sufficient heat treatment so that they do not present a hazard during transport.

    UN2969

  • 177 Polychlorinated biphenyls must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported under these UN numbers.

    UN3151, UN3152

  • 178 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to these dangerous goods when in concentrations of 50 mg/kg or less.

    UN2315, UN3151, UN3152, UN3432

  • 179 These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to expandable polymeric beads if

    • (a) three samples of the expandable polymeric beads are tested in accordance with test U.1 (Test method for substances liable to evolve flammable vapours), as set out in subsection 38.4.4 of Part III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria; and

    • (b) the test results for each sample indicate a concentration of flammable vapours of 20% or less of the lower explosive limit of the flammable vapour.

      UN2211

    • 180 (1) Despite sections 4.15 and 4.15.3, subsection 5.1.1(1) and section 5.14, these dangerous goods may be offered for transport, handled or transported in non-standardized packaging if

      • (a) they are, or are intended to be, on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage;

      • (b) the outer packaging is rigid, is a wooden slatted crate or is a pallet;

      • (c) the conditions set out in section 1 of Packing Instruction 801 of CGSB-43.150 are met; and

      • (d) the UN number and either a placard or the shipping name and label are displayed on two opposite sides of the packaging in accordance with Part 4.

    • (2) In the case where the dangerous goods are used batteries, the outer packaging may be a metal or plastic bin if the conditions set out in section 2 of Packing Instruction 801 of CGSB-43.150 are also met.

      UN2794, UN2795, UN3028

  • 181 These dangerous goods must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported if the substances they contain

    • (a) are included in Class 2.3, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 or 5.2;

    • (b) are included in Class 6.1 due to their inhalation toxicity and in Packing Group I; or

    • (c) consist of more than one of the following dangerous goods:

      • (i) a gas included in Class 2,

      • (ii) a liquid desensitized explosive included in Class 3, and

      • (iii) a self-reactive substance or solid desensitized explosive included in Class 4.1.

        UN3537 to UN3548

  • 182 These articles must be contained in a means of containment in compliance with Packing Instruction P006 or LP03 of the UN Recommendations.

    UN3537, UN3538, UN3540, UN3541, UN3546 to UN3548

    • 183 (1) If these articles contain a lithium metal battery that contains an aggregate lithium content of 2 g or less or a lithium ion or sodium ion battery with a watt-hour rating of 100 Wh or less, a lithium battery mark must be displayed, in accordance with subsections 4.24(3) and (4), on the packaging that contains the articles or, if there is no packaging, on the articles themselves.

    • (2) If these articles contain a lithium metal battery that contains an aggregate lithium content of more than 2 g or a lithium ion or sodium ion battery with a watt-hour rating of more than 100 Wh, the label for Class 9 specific to lithium batteries must be displayed, in accordance with Part 4, on the packaging that contains the articles or, if there is no packaging, on the articles themselves.

      UN3537 to UN3548

 

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