Environmental regulations
Check these sources for Canadian environmental guidelines, regulations and agreements.
- Acts, regulations and agreements – Environment
When you operate a business, you need to obey laws and regulations that protect the water, land, air, birds and animals that are around it. Learn about the environmental rules that apply to your business. - Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
Does your business use chemicals that can pollute your land and the water nearby? This website can show you how much you can safely use. - Compliance Assurance Program
Find out which rules and obligations put in place to protect the environment apply to your business. - Ontario Environmental Certificate of Approval
Does your Ontario business require a Certificate of Approval from the Ministry of Environment? - Permits to take water - (Ontario)
If your business needs more than 50,000 litres of water a day, you will need a permit. - Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board
Find out if your project needs to undergo an environmental assessment and learn about the guidelines for submitting your project proposal.