Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

16.3 (1) At every workplace at which six or more employees are working at any time, the employer shall ensure that there is a first aid attendant.

(2) At every remote workplace at which two or more employees are working at any time, the employer shall ensure that there is a first aid attendant.

(3) At every workplace at which an employee is working on live high voltage electrical equipment, the employer shall ensure that

• (a) a first aid attendant is readily available; or

• (b) at least one of the employees has the training necessary to provide resuscitation by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or an equivalent direct method.

(4) At every workplace that is required to have a first aid attendant, the employer shall ensure that the first aid attendant at the workplace is qualified by having at least

• (a) if the workplace is an office workplace for which the ambulance response time is

  • (i) up to two hours, a basic first aid certificate, or

  • (ii) more than two hours, a standard first aid certificate;

• (b) if the workplace is any other workplace, other than a workplace in a wilderness area, and the ambulance response time for the workplace is

  • (i) less than twenty minutes, a basic first aid certificate, or

  • (ii) twenty minutes or more but not more than two hours, a standard first aid certificate; and

• (c) if the workplace is in a wilderness area, a standard first aid certificate and wilderness first aid training that is specially designed to meet the first aid needs of persons who work, live or travel in such an area.