PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURY REGULATIONS (FEDERAL)
Lighting Products
Maximum mercury levels in lighting products are regulated in Canada. Manufacturers must comply with these levels in addition to labeling products in accordance with the regulations and reporting the quantities marketed to the authorities.
CLICK HERE FOR THE TEXT OF THE REGULATION: Products Containing Mercury Regulations (justice.gc.ca)
Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations
On June 19, 2024, the final amendments to the Products Containing Mercury Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. View the publication here.
As a summary, the amendments will:
Phase out between 2026 and 2030 the import, manufacture and finally the sale of the most common types of lamps containing mercury used for general lighting purposes, including compact fluorescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, and high-intensity discharge lamps.
Timelines:
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has established timelines by categories for the phase-out. Details about the affected products and their effective dates can be found in the Ministry’s factsheet: ECCC Factsheet on Mercury-Containing Products.
ECCC will Continue to exempt lamps used for specialized purposes. (examples: lamps to grow plants, to sanitize air or surfaces, to treat water, lamps used in projectors…)
RECYCLING REGULATIONS
Lighting Products and Batteries
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requires the producers of products, which are designated under provincial regulations, to provide a recycling program that is accessible to consumers of the products.
Click on the following links for the recycling regulation in place in a province:
The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority is the regulator mandated by the Government of Ontario to enforce the province’s circular economy laws.
Click on the links below for more detailed information on Ontario regulations targeting lighting products and batteries under the Circular Economy laws:
Lighting Products: https://rpra.ca/programs/lighting/
Batteries: https://rpra.ca/programs/batteries/
Find here a guide designed by an Electro Federation Task Force, to help distributors and retailers maneuver the currently unique ONTARIO system.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
Stanpro is keeping its customers updated about its products which are affected by a legislation currently in place or in effect in the future.
With an ongoing effort to protect the world’s energy resources, legislations are passed, setting important energy efficiency standards. Because the legislations could affect lighting products and systems you currently use, Stanpro helps you decipher what they mean and what your lighting system options are.
Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE SECTION ON LAMPS AND LAMP BALLASTS
Click on the following links for more information on a specific category:
- Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)
- General Service Lamps
- Modified Spectrum Incandescent Lamps
- General Service Incandescent Reflector Lamps
- General Service Fluorescent Lamps
- Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
- Metal Halide Lamp Ballasts
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE SECTION ON LIGHTING FIXTURES
Click on the following link to access a specific product category:
Consult our Traditional products Quick Ship Catalog to find the products covered by the federal and provincial energy efficiency regulations.
Each product concerned, which is still available, is marked in this document. The rating indicates whether production has stopped or the product is no longer available in a specific province.
Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
Interference-Causing Equipment Standard (ICES)
Lighting Equipment
This Interference-Causing Equipment Standard (ICES) sets out limits and methods of measurement of radiated and conducted radio frequency emissions produced by lighting equipment. Click here to review the regulatory standard.
All lighting equipment sold in Canada that are targeted by this regulatory standard, must meet the Canadian requirements and be identified as such.
Please refer to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) for more information on this regulatory standard.