Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

1.3 (1) [Repealed, SOR/2020-23, s. 1]

(2) In these Regulations,

• (a) “must” is imperative and “may” is permissive;

• (b) the words “on”, “in” or “by” are synonymous when they are associated with the defined terms road vehicle, railway vehicle, vessel or aircraft;

• (c) pressure expressed in kPa is gauge pressure unless designated as absolute pressure, except for vapour pressure, which is always absolute pressure;

• (d) shipping names listed in Schedule 1 may be

  • (i) written in the singular or plural,

  • (ii) written in upper or lower case letters, except that when the shipping name is followed by the descriptive text associated with the shipping name the descriptive text must be in lower case letters and the shipping name must be in upper case letters (capitals),

  • (iii) in English only, put in a different word order as long as the full shipping name is used and the word order is a commonly used one,

  • (iv) for solutions and mixtures, followed by the word “SOLUTION” or “MIXTURE”, as appropriate, and may include the concentration of the solution or mixture, and

  • (v) for waste, preceded or followed by the word “WASTE” or “DÉCHET”;

• (e) a symbol set out in column 1 of the following table represents the corresponding unit of measure set out in column 2:

  Column 1	Column 2
  Symbol	Unit of Measure
  Bq	becquerel
  °C	degree Celsius
  ft3	cubic feet
  g	gram
  h	hour
  Hz	hertz
  J	joule
  J/g	joules per gram
  kg	kilogram
  kBq/kg	kilobecquerels per kilogram
  km	kilometre
  km/h	kilometres per hour
  kPa	kilopascal
  L	litre
  L/kg	litres per kilogram
  LC	lethal concentration
  LD	lethal dose
  m	metre
  m3	cubic metre
  mg	milligram
  mg/kg	milligrams per kilogram
  mg/L	milligrams per litre
  mL	millilitre
  mL/m3	millilitres per cubic metre
  mm	millimetre
  mph	miles per hour
  MPa	megapascal
  mSv/h	millisieverts per hour
  psig	pounds per square inch, gauge
  µSv/h	microsieverts per hour
  µm	micrometre

• (f) when the word “placard” is used, it refers to a specific placard illustrated in the Appendix to Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks), but when a placard is required or permitted to be displayed, the singular includes the plural and it means the appropriate number of that placard required by Part 4;

• (g) the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense unless the associated text clearly indicates otherwise;

• (h) when a shipping document or a document is required, the requirement refers to

  • (i) the original shipping document or original document, or

  • (ii) a copy of the shipping document or document;

• (i) when it is necessary to convert between number of articles and net explosives quantity, one kilogram net explosives quantity must be counted as 100 articles and each 100 articles must be counted as one kilogram net explosives quantity;

• (j) when dangerous goods are in a means of containment, it is the minimum required means of containment if

  • (i) all other means of containment containing it are removed, the means of containment and the dangerous goods it contains would be in compliance with the Act and these Regulations for the purposes of handling, offering for transport or transporting, and

  • (ii) all other means of containment containing it and the means of containment itself are removed, some of the dangerous goods it contains would no longer be in a means of containment that is in compliance with the Act and these Regulations for the purposes of handling, offering for transport or transporting;

• (k) when the words “means of containment” are used, they refer to the minimum required means of containment unless the associated text clearly indicates otherwise; and

• (l) the words “gross mass of all dangerous goods” in sections 1.15, 1.16, 1.21 and 1.22 refer to dangerous goods that require shipping documents or that are intended to be transported in accordance with those sections.