Increasing Challenges
Canada’s regulatory development process is growing and getting more complex.
Increased Data Requirements
Increased Risk Management
Increased VOC Regulations
Increased Use Restrictions
Increased Regulations
The Canada CoatingsHUB provides access to the relevant resources outlining the current and potential impacts these challenges will present for the CASE industry and how CPCA is working toward better outcomes in all cases. Be part of the solution for better outcomes to sustain your business in the CASE industry in Canada!
As one of Canada’s most heavily regulated industries, there are dozens of federal Acts and regulations a company must fully analyze, respond to under strict regulatory deadlines, and eventually comply with to operate in Canada. The burden is real and the risks for non-compliance are high.
These will all present regulatory challenges in Canada, but none more than recent amendments to CEPA that seem to question the current risk-based approach to chemical assessment. The extent to which this will impact the CASE industry will only become clear in the months and several years ahead. Industry-government consultations have already begun.
Chemicals Management Framework
Regulations governing the Coatings, Adhesives, Sealant and Elastomer (CASE) industry have more than doubled over the past several years and very likely to increase further without serious engagement by industry.
Canadian Legislation & Regulations
Governing the CASE Industry
Federal Legislation for
the CASE Industry
- Strengthening Enviromental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (formerly CEPA)
- Pest Control and Products Act — PCPA
- Hazardous Products Act — HPA
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act — TDGA
- Canada Consumer Product Safety Act – CCPSA
- Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act - CPLA
- Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act - EVAMPA
- Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
- Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council — RCC
- Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
- Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act — DFATDA
- Competition Act
- Copyright Act
- Penalties Act
- Patent Act
- Action Plan for the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council — RCC
- Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Federal CASE
Regulations in Canada
- 2-Butoxyethanol Regulations
- Environmental Emergency Regulations
- Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations
- Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations
- Masked Name Regulations
- Multi-sector Air Pollutants Regulations
- National Pollution Release Index (NPRI)
- New Substances Fees Regulations
- New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers)
- New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms)
- Perflurooctane Sulfanote and its Salts and Certain Other Compounds Regulations
- Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations
- Phosphorus Concentration Regulations
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Regulations
- Products Containing Mercury Regulations
- Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012
- Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
- Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations
- Solvent Degreasing Regulations
- Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations
- Surface Coatings Materials Regulations
- Fisheries Act Regulations
- Virtual Elimination List
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulations
- Regulations Amending the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2011