Federal regulations

These regulations modernize Canada's Enhanced Feed Ban (EFB) by allowing certain lower-risk cattle parts — previously classified as specified risk material (SRM) related to BSE (mad cow disease) — to be repurposed in non-ruminant livestock feed, fertilizer, and pet food, aligning Canada's rules with less restrictive U.S. standards while maintaining bans on these materials in human food and ruminant feed.

This regulation repeals Canada's Electric Vehicle Availability Standard (EVAS), which had required automakers to ensure that 20% of new light-duty vehicles offered for sale in 2026 be zero-emission vehicles, rising to 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2035. The repeal removes all ZEV sales quota obligations from manufacturers and importers, replacing them with a commitment to develop new technology-neutral greenhouse gas emission standards aimed at achieving 75% EV sales by 2035 and 90% by 2040.

These regulations implement the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act (UFPBA), requiring federally regulated private businesses in Quebec and designated regions with a strong Francophone presence to serve customers in French and allow employees to work in French. The regulations define which businesses are covered, set employee thresholds, identify the specific geographic regions that qualify, and establish compliance procedures including registration, committee requirements, and available exemptions.

These regulations repeal and replace the existing Vancouver International Airport Zoning Regulations to protect land around YVR from incompatible development by imposing height limits on buildings and structures, prohibiting land uses that attract wildlife near flight paths, and banning interference with aircraft communications — while also adding new zoning protections for two potential future runway sites.

This is a correction (erratum) to the Official Languages Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, fixing errors in the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement published on March 7, 2026, specifically clarifying violation categories and penalty ranges.

This regulation establishes a system of administrative monetary penalties for unauthorized or fraudulent immigration and citizenship consultants who provide representation or advice in connection with citizenship proceedings or applications. It sets out the rules for inspections, notices, penalties, and public disclosure of violations.

This regulation updates the rules for who can serve as an independent director on Payments Canada's Board of Directors, expanding the eligible pool of candidates and shortening the required waiting period before former industry insiders can qualify.

These regulations replace the outdated 1981 Vancouver International Airport Zoning Regulations to protect airspace around YVR by imposing height limits on buildings and structures in surrounding municipalities, prohibiting land uses that attract wildlife near flight paths, and banning activities that interfere with aircraft communication signals — all to preserve the airport's ability to add a future runway within the next 30+ years.

These amendments to the Accessible Canada Regulations require federally regulated organizations to make their websites, mobile apps, and downloadable documents accessible to people with disabilities by conforming to the CAN/ASC-EN 301 549 standard — Canada's national digital accessibility standard. They also require organizations to train relevant staff, publish accessibility statements, and assess the accessibility of digital products they purchase.

This regulation establishes the application requirements and permit conditions for building and operating international power lines crossing the Canada-U.S. border, replacing the old National Energy Board Electricity Regulations under the updated Canadian Energy Regulator Act.

This regulation caps non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees charged by Canadian banks at $10, down from the current $45–$48, and introduces new rules limiting when these fees can be charged, including a mandatory alert-and-grace-period system and annual public reporting requirements.

These regulations replace Canada's 1987 railway employee training rules, modernizing training and certification standards for workers in safety-critical positions by adding new job categories, requiring experienced employees to be paired with newer workers, and mandating crew resource management (CRM) training across all training types.

This regulation applies the Pay Equity Act to Ministers' Offices by grouping them together and treating them as a single employer for the purpose of creating and maintaining a pay equity plan, with special rules for transitions when a new Prime Minister or minister is appointed.

This regulation amends Canada's General Import Permit No. 83 to require aluminum importers to declare where their aluminum was smelted and cast (country of smelt and cast, or CSC) when importing aluminum products into Canada, enhancing transparency in the aluminum supply chain.

This regulation consolidates Canada's three separate vessel traffic reporting rules (VTSZR, ECAREG, and NORDREG) into a single, modernized set of requirements that all vessels of 300 gross tonnes or more must follow when entering, leaving, or travelling within Canadian coastal and northern waters. It standardizes reporting formats to match international standards, requires 24-hour advance notice nationwide (including the Arctic), and legally incorporates the Canadian Coast Guard's Radio Aids to Marine Navigation document so reporting details can be updated quickly without going through a full regulatory amendment.

These amendments eliminate the controlled migratory bird hunt program and entrance fees at the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area (near Québec City), since biological monitoring shows the marsh the hunt was designed to protect is now healthy, and free access aligns the area with all other National Wildlife Areas across Canada.

These amendments tighten Canada's rules around chemical precursors used to make illegal drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine, requiring businesses that handle these chemicals to report suspicious transactions to Health Canada within 72 hours, screen employees for drug-related criminal records, and restricting where cold/decongestant products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine can be sold. The changes also require importers of pill press component parts (punches, moulds, and dies) to register those parts with Health Canada before bringing them into Canada.

This regulation adds seven new categories of sensitive dual-use technologies to Canada's Export Control List, requiring export permits for quantum computing components, advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, metal 3D printers, and high-temperature coating technology before they can be shipped to any country except the United States.

These regulations ban the use and carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) as fuel by vessels operating in Arctic and Antarctic waters, bringing Canadian domestic law into line with international MARPOL treaty obligations that have been in force globally since 2011 (Antarctic) and 2024 (Arctic). They also add administrative monetary penalties for non-compliance.

These regulations modernize Canada's insolvency system by updating the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Regulations to allow digital communications and recordkeeping, raise fee thresholds for Licensed Insolvency Trustees (LITs), and increase the asset and debt limits that qualify debtors for streamlined insolvency proceedings.