Guidance Documents Relating to WHMIS Supplier Requirements

• Guidance Documents - overview
• Guidance Documents
  • Application / general requirements
  • Acts and Regulations
  • Classification related
  • Label related
  • MSDS related
  • Trade Secret related
  • Posters

Guidance Documents - Overview

This page provides a listing of selected guidance documents relating to the WHMIS requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and associated Controlled Products Regulations including the WHMIS trade secret mechanism established under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act. Additional related publications and references are listed on the relevant main pages of this site; i.e., under "CLASSIFICATION", "LABELs" and "MSDSs".

Guidance Documents

Application / General Requirements

• Health Canada Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations
• Information sheet - "WHMIS - A National Standard"

Acts and Regulations

•  Supplier requirements
  • Hazardous Products Act;
  • Controlled Products Regulations;
  •  Ingredient Disclosure List
    • items #s 1 to 999 (PDF Version - 117 K)
    • items #s 1000 to 1736 (PDF Version - 92 K)
• Employer requirements are established under provincial, territorial and federal occupational safety and health legislation and regulations
•  Trade secret provisions
  • Hazardous Materials Information Review Act,
  • Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations;
  • Hazardous Materials Information Review Act Appeal Board Procedures Regulations

Classification related publications

• Acute Oral Toxicity - OECD Fixed Dose Method
• Professional Judgement, Use of in Classification

Label related documents

Other than what is provided in the Health Canada WHMIS Reference Manual, no publications dedicated specifically to WHMIS supplier labelling requirements have been issued to date.

MSDS related documents

• Template: Hazardous Waste Profile Sheet
• Guidelines for the Disclosure of Toxicological Information on a Material Safety Data Sheet
•  Infectious material, data sheets for
•  Radionuclides (radioisotopes), Radiation Safety Data Sheets
• Personal protective equipment - Guideline

Trade Secret related documents

•  Information Bulletin 1, This bulletin is intended to provide approaches to developing a generic chemical identity for a confidential business information (CBI) controlled product or ingredient.
•  Information Bulletin 2, This bulletin is intended to provide assistance in understanding the requirements of the relevant legislation, often by listing commonly asked questions and problems experienced with claim applications, and focuses on a number of areas where claimants appear to have difficulty including claim withdrawals, change in product ownership and its impact on claims for exemption.
•  Information Bulletin 3, This issue addresses questions respecting the legislative requirements for maintaining the protection of CBI upon the expiration of the 3-year exemption period for a valid claim for exemption. It also provides information which will assist claimants with their reapplications to the Commission after the three-year trade secret exemption and reapplying for a trade secret exemption (re-filing of previous claims).
•  Information Bulletin 4, This issue is intended to provide assistance in understanding the requirements of the relevant legislation, often by listing commonly asked questions and problems experienced with claim applications, and focuses on a number of areas where claimants appear to have difficulty. Also to offer background information, security measures, procedures for filing claims, reminders and common questions and answers.

Posters

• General - "Risk versus Hazard" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• General - "What is WHMIS?" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• General, roles - "WHMIS - A shared responsibility ..." (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Classification - "Classes of WHMIS Controlled Products" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Classification - "Classes of WHMIS Controlled Products" #2 (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Labels - "Supplier Labels" (21.6 × 27cm)
  
  
• Label, symbols - "The Hazard Symbols of WHMIS" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• MSDSs - "MSDS Checklist" (21.6 × 27cm)
  
  
• Employer - "Education and Training Requirements" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Employer, label - "Workplace Labels" (21.6 × 27cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Carcinogens, Mutagens, Teratogens and Reproductive Toxins" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Compressed Gases" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Corrosive Materials" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Dangerously Reactive Materials" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Hazard-specific - "Flammable Gases" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Flammable and Combustible Liquids" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Oxidizing Materials" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Very Toxic and Toxic Materials" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Hazard-specific - "Sensitizers" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Workplace - "Control Measures" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Workplace - "Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Workplace - "Routes of Exposure" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
  
• Workplace - "Spill or Leak - Emergency Preparedness" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Workplace - "Storage Requirements" (21.6 × 27 cm)
  
• Workplace - "Substitution" (21.6 × 27 cm)