Federal regulations

These regulations provide the detailed operational framework for the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants to fully govern Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors, including establishing a compensation fund for clients harmed by dishonest consultants, creating new oversight committees, and defining disciplinary powers.

This regulation creates a new administrative penalties and consequences (APC) regime allowing Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to directly fine and publicly name individuals who provide paid immigration or citizenship advice without authorization, or who counsel or commit misrepresentation on client applications.

These amendments overhaul Canada's Air Passenger Protection Regulations to simplify and strengthen passenger rights by replacing the old three-category disruption system with clearer rules on when airlines must pay compensation, provide meals and hotels, rebook passengers, and issue refunds — including new obligations to seat children under 14 beside their parents at no extra charge.

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 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 order repeals the old Railway Employee Qualification Standards Regulations (in place since 1987), replacing them with the new Railway Personnel Training and Qualifications Regulations, which will come into force at the same time.

These regulations require energy companies that charge tolls (pipeline and related infrastructure companies regulated by the Canadian Energy Regulator) to submit quarterly and monthly financial and traffic reports to the Regulator, replacing the previous Toll Information Regulations from 1979.

These regulations replace outdated National Energy Board rules with updated Export and Import Reporting Regulations under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, modernizing what oil, gas, and electricity exporters and natural gas importers must report to the Canada Energy Regulator on a monthly basis.

This regulation establishes new application requirements for Canadian companies seeking licences or permits to export oil, gas, or electricity under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, replacing outdated National Energy Board rules with streamlined requirements focused only on the criteria the CER is legally required to consider.

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.

These regulations expand Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF) framework by bringing factoring companies, cheque-cashing businesses, and financing/leasing entities under federal oversight for the first time, while also requiring traders to declare goods at the border for money laundering purposes, enabling voluntary information sharing between financial institutions, and requiring regulated entities to report discrepancies in corporate beneficial ownership records.

This regulation establishes reporting, record-keeping, and penalty rules for the cross-border movement of goods under Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing framework, requiring importers, exporters, producers, suppliers, and warehouse operators to declare certain goods and maintain detailed records for six years.

This regulation replaces outdated National Energy Board rules with a new framework under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, updating the rules for who needs approval to export or import oil, gas, and electricity, and what conditions apply to those approvals.

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.

This regulation requires the federal pension regulator (OSFI) to publicly publish standardized investment information for large federally regulated private pension plans with $500 million or more in assets, broken down by asset class and geographic location.

These amendments update the Old Age Security Regulations to clarify the documents and procedures the Minister can use to verify an applicant's identity, age, marital status, and common-law partnership when processing OAS benefit applications.

These regulations modernize the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations (VORR) by moving the eight schedules of waterway restrictions into a Transport Canada publication (TP 15587E) that is incorporated by reference, allowing the Minister of Transport to add or update local waterway restrictions without going through the full Governor in Council regulatory amendment process. The amendments also streamline enforcement officer designations, clarify ambiguous wording around engine power limits, and update the application requirements for local authorities seeking new restrictions.

These regulations create solvency reserve accounts (SRAs) for federally regulated defined benefit pension plans, allowing employers to set aside contributions they can later withdraw under certain conditions, and reduce the required solvency funding ratio for federally regulated multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs) that are not negotiated contribution plans from 100% to 85%.

These amendments modernize the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) application processes by allowing applicants to submit uncertified or electronic copies of supporting documents (birth, marriage, and death certificates) through their My Service Canada Account, and by permitting the Minister to verify key information through third-party government data sources instead of requiring original or certified paper documents.

These regulations amend Canada's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules to add new reporting and record-keeping requirements for title insurers, private automated banking machine (ATM) operators, real estate brokers dealing with unrepresented parties, and casinos, while also expanding the definition of 'listed person or entity' to include those subject to Special Economic Measures Act and Magnitsky Law sanctions.