Lentil grading table corrected: 'Contrasting Classes' renamed 'Contrasting Colours' for Canada Red lentils

The grading table for Lentils, Canada Red (Can) has been updated to replace the column heading 'Contrasting Classes' with 'Contrasting Colours.' This is a terminology correction in the official grade standard table. G…

Quebec turkey marketing levy raised from 3.53 to 3.88 cents per kilogram

The Schedule 1 levy that turkey producers or licensees in Quebec must remit to the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency has increased from 3.53 cents per kilogram to 3.88 cents per kilogram. Levies for all other provinces…

FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket-sales exemptions removed from Ontario regulation

A section that gave named FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket businesses special exemptions from Ontario's ticket-resale price cap and disclosure rules has been revoked. The businesses previously covered — including FIFA and s…

Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations updated for the 2026–2027 loan year with higher grant limits, a raised borrowing cap, and new rules on private for-profit schools

The regulations have been rolled forward to the 2026–2027 loan year with several practical changes for students. The enhanced weekly loan limit of $300 per week, and the elevated grant amounts for part-time students (…

New regulation sets fees, forms and deadlines for Metrolinx building-code compliance notices to chief building officials

A new regulation spells out the procedural rules that apply when Metrolinx (the Corporation) must notify a chief building official about construction on its properties. It requires Metrolinx to pay whatever fees a mun…

New 25% surtax on imported wood cabinets and vanities for 200 days

Canada has imposed a 25% surtax on imported wood cabinets, bathroom vanities, and their subassemblies for a 200-day period, based on a finding that these imports threaten serious injury to Canadian producers. The surt…

Future rule change: paper prints of architectural and structural plans will no longer be required for condo registration

A set of amendments scheduled to take effect at the end of 2026 will remove the requirement to submit and retain paper prints of architectural and structural plans when registering a condominium description or a phase…

Reference plans must be filed electronically starting end of 2026

A future amendment is now embedded in the regulation signalling that, as of a specific upcoming date, the current allowance to deposit reference plans in non-electronic (paper) format will be removed. After that point…

New formatting and deposit rules for surveyed land plans take effect in 2027

Starting in early 2027, land plans filed for registration or deposit in Ontario must meet updated physical and notation standards. Every plan must include a specific notation below the scale bar stating its intended p…

Hwy 401 left-lane ban for commercial vehicles updated between Windsor and Chatham-Kent

The restricted zone on Highway 401 where commercial motor vehicles are prohibited from using left lanes in the Windsor-to-Chatham-Kent corridor has been redrawn. The previous single segment covering both directions be…

Regulation text will be updated to reflect renamed Part II designation categories starting January 2027

A future amendment to this transit and rail project assessment regulation will replace every reference to '(Part II.3 Projects — Designations and Exemptions)' with '(Designation of Part II.3 and Part II.4 Projects)' t…

Private security firms will face a per-occurrence cap on general liability insurance claims

Licensed private security and investigative business entities are currently required to carry at least $2,000,000 in general liability insurance. A future amendment will clarify that this $2,000,000 limit applies to a…

New rules set out how Part II.4 environmental assessment projects must be started and managed in Ontario

A brand-new regulation establishes the full procedural framework that project proponents must follow to commence and proceed with "Part II.4" projects under Ontario's Environmental Assessment Act. Proponents must comp…

Ontario adds sweeping transition rules for environmental assessments moving to a new Part II.4 regime

A major set of future-dated amendments (taking effect when a specific COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act provision is proclaimed, noted as January 1, 2027) rewrites how Ontario's Environmental Assessment Act applies to pr…

New emergency exemption added for certain environmental assessment projects under Part II.4

A new section is being added to Ontario's environmental assessment exemptions regulation, effective January 1, 2027. Certain projects designated under Part II.4 of the Environmental Assessment Act will be exempt from…

Ontario adds new environmental assessment requirements for water, sewage, stormwater, shoreline and road projects, effective January 2027

Starting January 1, 2027, a new regulation (O. Reg. 257/26) significantly expands the types of projects that must go through Ontario's environmental assessment process. Municipalities, water and wastewater public corp…

Air-emissions registry rules will extend to a new category of environmental assessment projects

Amendments scheduled to take effect in early 2027 will expand the registration hold requirement in Ontario's air-emissions activity registry to cover a new class of environmental assessment projects (referred to as "P…

Regulation name update for environmental screening reference takes effect January 1, 2027

A future amendment will update the name of a referenced environmental assessment regulation within the rules governing alternative low-carbon fuel approvals. Specifically, the citation to 'Part II.3 Projects — Designa…

Definition of Ontario Reg. 50/24 will be renamed in the Renewable Energy Approvals regulation

A future amendment will update the name of Ontario Regulation 50/24 as it appears in the Renewable Energy Approvals regulation. The title referenced in the definition will change from

Upcoming rule change expands and refines the hearing exemption for waste and sewage works under the Environmental Assessment Act

Starting in early 2027, the rule that exempts certain waste disposal sites, waste management systems, and sewage works from Environmental Protection Act hearings will be updated. The exemption will be broadened to cov…

Whitecap Dakota Nation added to fiscal management regulations, bringing the rules into force

An amendment to Schedule 2 of these adaptation regulations adds Whitecap Dakota Nation (La Nation dakota de Whitecap) as an eligible Indigenous group under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act framework. This addit…