Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

3.5 (1) The following information must be included on a shipping document:

• (a) the name and address of the place of business in Canada of the consignor;

• (b) the date on which the shipping document or an electronic copy of it was prepared or was first given to a carrier;

• (c) a description of each of the dangerous goods to which the shipping document relates that includes the following elements in the following order, without any additional information interspersed unless otherwise provided in these Regulations:

  • (i) the UN number,

  • (ii) the shipping name and, unless it is already part of the shipping name,

    • (A) the word “WASTE” before the shipping name or the word “DÉCHET” before or after the shipping name, if the dangerous goods are waste,

    • (B) the word “HOT” before the shipping name or the words “À HAUTE TEMPÉRATURE” after the shipping name, if the dangerous goods are transported in a liquid state at a temperature greater than or equal to 100°C or in a solid state at a temperature greater than or equal to 240°C and if the shipping name does not include words that convey the elevated temperature of the dangerous goods, such as “MOLTEN”, “ELEVATED TEMPERATURE”, “FONDU” or “TEMPÉRATURE ÉLEVÉE”, and

    • (C) the words “NON-ODOURIZED”,
      “NONODORIZED”, “NOT ODOURIZED” or “SANS ODORISANT” before or after the shipping name, if the dangerous goods are a liquified petroleum gas that has not been odorized,

  • (iii) the number of the primary class in which the dangerous goods are included after or under the word “Class”, “Classe” or “Division”,

  • (iv) the compatibility group letter, if the dangerous goods are included in Class 1,

  • (v) any subsidiary class numbers, between parentheses after or under the words “subsidiary class”, “classe subsidiaire”, “Class”, “Classe” or “Division”, and

  • (vi) the packing group Roman numeral after or under the letters “PG” or “GE” or the words “Packing Group” or “Groupe d’emballage”;

• (d) for each shipping name, the quantity of dangerous goods and the unit of measure used to express the quantity which, if the shipping document prepared in Canada, must

  • (i) be included in the International System of Units or acceptable for use under that system,

  • (ii) expressed in net explosives quantity, in the case of dangerous goods in Class 1, and

  • (iii) expressed in number of articles or net explosives quantity, in the case of explosives with UN numbers subject to special provision 85 or 86;

• (e) for dangerous goods in one or more small means of containment that requires a label to be displayed on it in accordance with Part 4, the number of small means of containment for each shipping name;

• (f) for dangerous goods in transport by vessel,

  • (i) in the case of dangerous goods included in Class 3, the flash point, and

  • (ii) in the case of dangerous goods that are marine pollutants, the words “marine pollutant” or “polluant marin” and, if the marine pollutants are pesticides, the technical name and concentration of the most active substance in each pesticide between parentheses;

• (g) the control and emergency temperatures, for any of the following dangerous goods that are stabilized by temperature control:

  • (i) self-reactive substances and polymerizing substances included in Class 4.1,

  • (ii) organic peroxides included in Class 5.2,

  • (iii) dangerous goods that include the word “STABILIZED” or “STABILISÉ” as part of the shipping name;

• (h) for dangerous goods included in Class 7, the information that a consignor must include in the transport documents under section 29 of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015;

• (i) for dangerous goods for which an approved ERAP is required under subsection 7(1) of the Act,

  • (i) the ERAP reference number issued by Transport Canada, preceded or followed by the letters “ERAP” or “PIU”, and

  • (ii) the ERAP telephone number required under paragraph 7.3(2)(f) of these Regulations, preceded or followed by the letters “ERAP” or “PIU”; and

• (j) the words “24-Hour Number” or “Numéro 24 heures”, an abbreviation of these words or words with an equivalent meaning, followed by a telephone number, including the area code, at which the consignor can be reached immediately for technical information about the dangerous goods that are being handled or are in transport without breaking the telephone connection made by the caller.

(2) The telephone number referred to in paragraph (1)(j) may, instead of being a telephone number at which the consignor can be reached, be the telephone number of an organization or agency, such as CANUTEC, that is capable of providing the technical information, in English or French, required by that paragraph without breaking the telephone connection made by the caller, if

• (a) in the case of CANUTEC, the consignor receives permission, in writing, from CANUTEC; and

• (b) in the case of an organization or agency other than CANUTEC, the consignor ensures that the organization or agency has current and accurate information about the dangerous goods that the consignor offers for transport and, if the organization or agency is located outside Canada, the consignor includes the country code and the area code.

(3) In the case of a means of containment containing a residue of dangerous goods, other than a residue of dangerous goods included in Class 2 contained in a small means of containment or a residue of dangerous goods included in Class 7, paragraph (1)(d) does not apply and the words “Residue – Last Contained” or “Résidu – dernier contenu” may be added before or after the description of the dangerous goods.

(4) If the quantity of dangerous goods included on the shipping document under paragraph (1)(d) or the number of small means of containment included on the shipping document under paragraph (1)(e) changes during transport, the carrier must write those changes on the shipping document or on a document attached to the shipping document.