Municipalities along the Northlander Corridor cannot license rideshare operators or drivers covered by provincial pilot rules

A new section added to this licensing-powers regulation blocks municipalities identified in the Northlander Corridor rideshare pilot from using business licensing by-laws to impose licence requirements on rideshare op…

New road-safety provisions of the Safer Roads and Communities Act take effect, amending the Highway Traffic Act

Specific sections of the Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 have been officially proclaimed into force, meaning they now carry the weight of law rather than simply existing as passed legislation. The provisions in…

Ontario activates new road rules from the Safer Streets Act — certain Highway Traffic Act changes now in force

Specific sections of Schedule 8 of the Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 have been proclaimed into force, meaning they are now active law rather than just passed legislation. Proclamation is the formal ste…

Metrolinx Act amendments from Ontario's 2026 housing and transit law take effect July 1

Specific provisions of the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 that amend the Metrolinx Act, 2006 are now legally in force following a formal proclamation. Proclamation means the gover…

Conduct Review Program suspensions now trigger the same administrative penalties as HTA licence suspensions

Drivers whose licences are suspended under Part VIII of Ontario Regulation 287/08 (the Conduct Review Programs regulation) are now expressly subject to the same administrative penalty schedule as suspensions under the…

Licence reinstatement fees now triggered by Conduct Review Program suspensions; out-of-province driving credit rules updated

Two practical changes have been made to Ontario's driver's licence regulation. First, a licence reinstatement fee is now owed whenever a suspension arose under Part VIII of the Conduct Review Programs regulation (cove…

Ontario activates commercial vehicle safety rules and conduct-review licence conditions that were previously pending

Several provisions of the Highway Traffic Act that were previously noted as future amendments have now been formally brought into force and incorporated into the consolidated text. For commercial vehicle operators hol…

New consumer credit report rights take effect: key provisions of Ontario's 2018 access law now active

Sections of Ontario's Access to Consumer Credit Reports and Elevator Availability Act that amend the Consumer Reporting Act are now coming into force. These provisions cover consumers' rights to access their credit re…

NAFTA references removed from Canada's Customs Act as the old trade deal is formally replaced by CUSMA

The Customs Act has been updated to strip out all remaining references to NAFTA and 'NAFTA country' across definitions, schedules, marking rules, origin verification procedures, and refund provisions. These terms are…

Selected tenancy-law amendments from Ontario's 2025 building legislation now have a confirmed start date

Three specific sections of Schedule 12 of the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 — which amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — have been officially proclaimed and will come into force on a set date by Or…

New parcel of land added to Niagara Escarpment Area of Development Control

A third parcel of land has been formally added to the designated Area of Development Control under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act. The new area is described in a plan called the "Plan of the Bound…

Ministry notice rules for subdivision approvals updated: electronic filing added, certified-copy requirement dropped

Three types of notices that approval authorities must send to the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing — notices of new applications, decisions on applications, and changes to draft-approval conditions…

Key child welfare provisions of the Supporting Children's Futures Act take effect July 2026

Sections 27, 28, and 33 of the Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 have been proclaimed into force, meaning they now carry the full weight of law rather than sitting dormant on the books. These three provisions am…

Part of Ontario's Putting Student Achievement First Act now has legal effect, amending the Education Act

A specific provision of the Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 (Schedule 2, section 25) has been formally proclaimed into force by Ontario Cabinet order, meaning it now carries full legal weight. Proclamation…

Future-amendment notes removed as provisions now in force for child and family services providers

Two 'Note' markers that flagged upcoming changes scheduled for July 1, 2026 have been removed from the regulation text. This means the provisions they referenced — requirements for societies and licensees to display i…

Child care centre rules updated: inspectors added to reporting chain, medication rules expanded, and sexual abuse explicitly prohibited

Several practical changes have been made to the rules governing licensed child care centres and home child care agencies. Licensees must now send copies of health or fire authority directions and serious occurrence re…

BC school calendar rules updated: Indigenous perspectives requirement extended to 2026/2027 school year

The School Calendar Regulation has been amended in two ways. First, a provision that previously applied to the 2025/2026 school year has been extended to cover the 2026/2027 school year. Second, a requirement that pre…

A specific amendment to Ontario's Planning Act takes legal effect, triggering new planning rules

Proclamation means the government has officially 'turned on' a provision that was passed by the legislature but not yet active. Schedule 7, section 9 of the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure A…

Official plan amendment notices and records no longer require certified copies; Ministry notice can now be sent via Ontario government website

Several procedural requirements for official plan and plan amendment processes have been updated. Documents submitted in records to the Ontario Land Tribunal and approval authorities no longer need to be certified cop…

Consent application notices to the Ministry no longer need certified copies, and can now be sent via a government website

Three practical changes apply to consent applications under the Planning Act. First, notices and records sent to the Ministry's regional director no longer need to be "certified copies" — plain copies are now sufficie…

Key sections of the Halton/Burlington planning regulation will be revoked and converted into a deemed City of Burlington zoning by-law

A future amendment revokes sections 1 to 39 of this provincial planning regulation and replaces them with a provision that deems the substantive zoning sections (sections 1, 2, and 14 to 39) to have always been a by-l…

Provincial zoning regulation for former Halton County lands to be converted into municipal by-laws

A provincial regulation that has governed land use and zoning for parts of what are now the Towns of Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hills, and the City of Mississauga will be wound down. The bulk of the regulation's pro…

Markham zoning regulation converts to a city by-law and is then revoked on July 1, 2026

A future amendment will transform the bulk of this provincial regulation — specifically sections 1 to 88 and most of the associated Schedules — into a deemed zoning by-law of the City of Markham, as if the city counci…

Three provincial parks gain boundary additions or adjustments effective July 1, 2026

Starting July 1, 2026, the official legal boundary descriptions for three Ontario provincial parks are being updated. Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park (Waterway Class) in the Kenora District gains new land designated in…

Municipalities can now notify the province electronically via a government website when giving notice of zoning by-law proceedings

The regulation has been updated to allow municipalities and planning boards to give notice to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing electronically through a Government of Ontario website, as an alternative to…

Sex offender registry rules updated: specific provision of Safer Streets Act takes effect July 2026

A specific provision of the Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 that amends Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry), 2000 has been formally proclaimed into force. Proclamation means the provision now has a…

B.C. Supreme Court application procedures overhauled: serve first, file later, with new timelines

The rules governing how applications are made in B.C. Supreme Court civil and family proceedings have been significantly restructured. The core change is a shift from a "file then serve" model to a "serve then file" m…

Ontario liquor licensing rules updated: grocery/convenience store transfers, delivery licence classes, and drafting notes removed

Several previously announced changes have now been formally incorporated into the consolidated regulation text, removing the transitional "future amendment" notes that were pointing to July 1, 2026 changes. Grocery st…

Ontario Consumer Reporting Act updated: consumer score rules, security freezes, and Registrar powers consolidated into force

A large set of amendments to Ontario's Consumer Reporting Act that were previously listed as 'not in force' have now been consolidated into the active text of the law, taking effect together. The definition of 'consum…

Administrative metadata update to the CUSMA Implementation Act consolidated text

The consolidated text of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act has received a minor administrative update. The change appears limited to internal version or publication identifiers in the docume…

Pending-amendment notice removed as new child welfare privacy rules take effect

A notice that had flagged upcoming privacy restrictions as 'not yet in force' has been removed from the regulation, meaning the underlying rules are now active consolidated text rather than prospective changes. The ne…

Privacy protections for children's care records get a firm effective date under Ontario's child welfare law

Three provisions that were previously passed but held pending proclamation now have a confirmed effective date. The changes restrict how child welfare societies and other prescribed entities may use or disclose person…

B.C. expands permitted roles for correctional staff to include assisting inmate medical treatment

This order brings into force sections 28 to 32 of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026, and amends the Correction Act Regulation. The amendment adds a new permitted activity for correctional staff: they may…

BC disability assistance eligibility expanded to include federally designated Indigenous persons with disabilities

The regulation now adds a new category of person who qualifies for BC's Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation without going through the province's full assessment process. Specifically, someone who already holds…

BC disability and income assistance rules updated to exempt new child disability benefit payments and remove outdated family bonus provisions

Payments made under the new BC Children and Youth Disability Benefit are being added as exempt income for people receiving disability assistance, meaning those payments will not reduce assistance amounts or count agai…

Ontario wildlife-in-captivity rules updated with plain-language and licensing clarifications

A series of housekeeping amendments have been consolidated into the wildlife-in-captivity regulation. The main practical changes are: zoo and reptile/amphibian keepers must retain the log book itself (not just copies)…

Ontario source protection plan amendments: previously undated provisions now have confirmed effective dates

Several amendments to Ontario's source protection planning rules that were previously listed as coming into force 'on a day to be named' now have confirmed dates. A set of changes affecting how source protection plans…

French-language term labels added to definitions; new fire safety duties and future definition changes flagged

The regulation's definitions section now includes French-language equivalents for each defined term (e.g., "véhicule tout-terrain" for all-terrain vehicle). No substantive meaning has changed in the existing definitio…

Canada's toxic substances lists expanded and clarified with new chemicals and more precise identifiers

The federal government has updated Schedule 3 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, which lists prohibited, restricted, and controlled substances. Several existing entries have been sharpened by adding C…

The Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 have been formally repealed

The entire Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (SOR/2012-285) have been repealed. All of the rules in that instrument — including the prohibitions on manufacturing, using, selling, importing or o…

Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2025 — consolidation date updated

The only visible change in this amendment is an update to the regulation's internal consolidation or currency date, moving it from a December 2025 date to a date in mid-2026. No substantive rules, prohibitions, or def…

B.C. replaces Sustainable Environment Fund Revenue Regulation with updated version listing prescribed revenue sources

The 2011 Sustainable Environment Fund Revenue Regulation has been repealed and replaced by a new Sustainable Environment Fund Regulation. The new regulation specifies which government revenue streams must flow into th…

Hazardous waste transport licence applications now require a $500 fee, plus a $200 annual renewal fee

Businesses applying for a hazardous waste transport licence in B.C. must now submit a $500 application fee along with their completed Form 2 (Schedule 5). The director will not process the application until both the f…

B.C. Contaminated Sites Regulation overhauls fee structure for ministry reviews and services

The Contaminated Sites Regulation has been significantly amended to replace the old fee provisions with a detailed new fee schedule (Schedule 3) covering three categories of charges. Flat fees now apply to common mini…

FortisBC exempted from utility commission approval for two Kelowna-area substation projects

A new provincial regulation exempts FortisBC Inc. from the requirement under the Utilities Commission Act to obtain prior commission approval before proceeding with two specific electrical infrastructure projects: upg…

Temporary mineral land reserve restrictions extended on two existing protected areas

The Chief Gold Commissioner has extended the expiry dates on two existing temporary mineral land reserves in British Columbia. Areas previously protected from new mineral claim registrations (under one regulation) and…

New rules require source protection authorities to overhaul drinking-water threat policies tied to regulated instruments

A new regulation sets out how source protection plans must handle policies that govern decisions to issue, create, or amend prescribed instruments (such as permits or approvals) in areas where significant drinking wat…

Upcoming rules expand source-protection permit requirements for municipal drinking water systems

Starting in mid-2026, owners of municipal residential drinking water systems in source protection areas will face broader obligations when seeking permit or licence amendments. The changes extend existing source-prote…

Ontario drinking water source protection rules streamlined: online publication replaces physical inspection requirements, new amendment pathways added

A series of changes to the Clean Water Act general regulation reduce the administrative burden on source protection committees and authorities by removing requirements to make draft documents (terms of reference, asse…

Ontario trapping regulation updated with gender-neutral language and minor firearm rule clarifications

This amendment replaces gendered pronouns ('he or she', 'his or her') with gender-neutral equivalents ('they', 'their', 'them') throughout the trapping regulation. A transitional provision that allowed pre-2019 class…

Ontario wildlife possession and fur-trade rules updated: online Registry replaced, record-keeping extended, and beaver castoreum trade added

The Ministry of Natural Resources has replaced the requirement to use its online Registry when reporting possession of wildlife carcasses and pelts. People who acquire a bear, deer, elk, moose, raptor or furbearing ma…

Ontario hunting regulation updated: expanded family definitions, outdoors card rules, guide requirements, and language modernization

Ontario's hunting regulation has been amended in a wide-ranging update. The definition of 'immediate family member' now includes step-grandparents, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, and step-grandchildren. T…

Quebec chicken marketing levy raised from 2.27 cents to 2.35 cents per kilogram

The federal levy that Quebec chicken producers must pay on every kilogram of live-weight chicken they sell in interprovincial or export trade has increased from 2.27 cents to 2.35 cents per kilogram. This change affec…

BC Chicken Marketing Board composition rules updated: new chair appointment and non-grower seat added

The British Columbia Chicken Marketing Scheme, 1961 has been amended to restate the composition of the BC Chicken Marketing Board. Going forward, the board will consist of a chair appointed by the Lieutenant Governor…

Future-law annotation removed as section 6.1 has now come into force

The regulation previously contained an editor's note flagging that section 6.1 would come into force on a future date. That note has been removed because the provision is now in effect and forms part of the live regul…