There are fourteen jurisdictions in Canada - each having its own occupational health and safety legislation. For most people in Canada, the agency that you would contact is the provincial or territorial agency in the area where you work. There are some exceptions to this. Federal legislation covers employees of the federal government and Crown agencies and corporations across Canada.

With so many jurisdictions, each supporting many agencies and safety associations there tends to be a fragmentation and lack of clear direction for Canadian health and safety policy. For example, there may be several jurisdictions doing research and review of fall protection regulations at the same time and in the end, most of the regulations say the same thing. There is no doubt that Canada needs to review its approach to safety regulation. Why should a worker in Alberta have to follow a different set of occupational health and safety regulations than a worker in any other part of the country. We need a natonal system or code of regulations that apply across the country.

 

 

 

Here is a link to access current regulations:   Federal, provincial territorial