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Consumer Product Safety (CPS) works closely with industry, partners and stakeholders to protect consumers from product-related hazards and to promote the safe use of products. The basis for the regulatory authority of CPS comes from the 
Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA).
CPS is actively involved in injury prevention through promoting consumer awareness of product-related hazards. CPS also encourages the design of safer products for the Canadian market by providing importers and manufacturers with hazard information and technical information on regulatory requirements. For assistance in importing, manufacturing or selling products in Canada contact your local regional Product Safety office.
CPS addresses the following hazards:
Research and tests performed by the Product Safety Laboratory support the development of standards and product safety regulations. These regulations, are enforced by Product Safety Officers who oversee inspections, investigations, seizures, recalls and prosecutions from the regional offices.
Child Care Equipment and Children's Furniture
Baby Bottles
Baby Bottle Nipples
Baby Gates
- Hazardous Products (Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures) Regulations (SOR/90-39)
- Test Method for Expansion Gates & Expandable Enclosures
Baby Walkers and Stationary Activity Centres
- Board of Review Inquiring into the Nature and Characteristics of Baby Walkers - Report and Recommendation, Overview
- Historical Documents Related to the Hazardous Products (Baby Walkers) Regulations
- Order Amending Part I of Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act (Baby Walkers)
Bath Seats
Bunk Beds
Carriages and Strollers
- Carriages and Strollers Regulations (SOR/85-379)
- Phthalates Regulations
- Test method for carriages and strollers
Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets
Pacifiers
- Determination of Volatile N-Nitrosamines in Infant Feeding Bottle Nipples, Pacifiers, and Other Similar Consumer Products
- Hazardous Products (Pacifiers) Regulations (C.R.C., c. 930)
- Test procedures for pacifiers and other similar consumer products
Playpens
- Phthalates Regulations
- Playpens Regulations (C.R.C., c. 932)
- Policy Statement for Playpen Accessories
- Test method for playpens
Clothing and Accessories
Clothing
- Children's Sleepwear: Flammability Requirement Guidelines
- Flammability of Textile Products in Canada
- Children’s Sleepwear Regulations (SOR/2011-15)
- Children's Bathrobes, Dressing Gowns, Housecoats, and Robes - Information for Manufacturers, Importers and Retailers
Costumes and Dress-up
Drawstrings
Jewellery
- Portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysers: Statement of Intent
- Children's Jewellery Regulations
- Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) Regulations
- Industry Guide to Canadian Requirements for Children's Jewellery
- Use of cadmium in children's jewellery products
Toys and Related Products
Balloons
Toys and Toy Boxes
- Portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysers: Statement of Intent
- Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) Regulations
- Consultation - Proposal for Part I of the Modernization of Canada's Safety Legislation for Children's Toys: Mechanical and Electrical Hazards - completed January 12, 2010
- Industry Guide to Canadian Safety Requirements for Children's Toys and Related Products, 2006
- Letter to Importers, Distributors, and Retailers of Infant Toys: Hazardous "Intelligence" Rattles and "Intelligence Funny Toys/Jouets amusants"
- Letter to Trade - Immediate Prohibition of Yo-yo Type Balls and Similar Products
- Notice Regarding Canada's Legislated Safety Requirements Related to Heavy Metal Content in Surface Coating Materials Applied to Children's Toys
- Notice Regarding Canada's Legislated Safety Requirements Related to the Security of Eye and Nose Attachments on Dolls, Plush Toys and Soft Toys
- Notice Regarding Canada's Legislated Safety Requirements Related to Lead Content in Children's Toys
- Phthalates Regulations (SOR/2010-298)
- Prohibition on the Advertisement, Sale or Import of Children's Toys with Plant Seeds as Stuffing (Hazardous Products Act)
- Test methods (including many for Toys)
Household Products
Blind and Curtain Cords
Household Chemicals
- Canadian Law for Consumer Chemicals: What Retailers Need to Know (Industry Bulletin)
- Canadian Safety Requirements for Decorative Outdoor Torches
- Chemical Test Methods
- Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations (CCCR) (SOR/2001-269)
- Surface Coating Material Regulations (SOR/2005-109)
Lighters and Matches
- Canadian Requirements for Lighters - Industry Checklist
- Industry Guide to Canadian Requirements for Lighters
- Test method for lighters
- Test method for matches
More industry information
- Information for Suppliers including Retailers, Distributors, Manufacturers and Importers: Requirements for Motor Vehicle Child Restraints and Booster Seats Manufactured, Imported, Advertised and Sold in Canada – Effective January 1, 2012
- For Industry: Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
- Information to Dealers of Second-hand Products (including children's products)
- Child and Youth Injury in Review, 2009 Edition, Spotlight on Consumer Product Safety
- Industry Guide to Canadian Requirements for Tents
- Legislation and Guidelines
- Letters, Notices and Information for Industry
- Reports and Publications for Industry and Health Professionals
- Subscribe to Consumer Product Safety News
Contact us for further information on manufacturing, importing or selling consumer products in Canada.
