Textile regulations in Canada

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  Canada Toys Regulations SOR/2011-17 CA

  The outer covering of a doll, plush toy or soft toy that is made of flat or raised fibre textile material or natural fur must, when tested in accordance with Schedule 5, have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  This is the test the Textile Flammability Regulations hand off to: that instrument excludes dolls and soft toys, and this is where they go. The criterion is a flame spread TIME with a floor, not a flame spread rate with a ceiling, so a result from the apparel test does not answer this question and neither does the reverse. The obligation is on the finished toy, so a mill supplying covering fabric, pile fabric or filling into that trade is answerable through its customer rather than directly.

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  Canada Toys Regulations SOR/2011-17 CA

  Where the exposed pile length is 51 mm or more and the covering is too small to yield a specimen for the Schedule 5 test, the covering must instead not ignite on a one-second impingement of the calibrated flame, or must self-extinguish within two seconds of the flame being removed, after being laundered where a flame-retarding finish is known or indicated by preliminary testing and then oven dried.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A substitute test rather than an exemption, and the laundering step inside it is the part with commercial consequences: a flame-retarding finish is washed before the flame is applied, so a finish that does not survive laundering does not survive this test. Section 32(2) covers the mirror case - pile under 51 mm on an article too small to test - and grants a true exemption rather than a substitute.

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  Canada Toys Regulations SOR/2011-17 CA

  Material used as stuffing in a doll, plush toy or soft toy must be clean and free from vermin, must be free of hard or sharp foreign matter, must not exceed the toxicity limits in Schedule 2, and must not be irritant when assessed in accordance with Schedule 3.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Four separate requirements on one material, and only two of them are laboratory questions. Clean and free from vermin, and free of hard or sharp foreign matter, are conditions on the fibre stream itself - which puts recycled and reclaimed filling under a scrutiny that virgin fibre does not attract, and puts the answer in the opening line rather than in the test house.

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  Canada Toys Regulations SOR/2011-17 CA

  An eye or nose, other than one made entirely of felt or another soft textile material, that measures 32 mm or less in its greatest dimension and is attached to a doll, plush toy or soft toy, must either not be capable of being gripped by the three-pronged claw hook illustrated in Schedule 4, or must not detach when tested in accordance with that Schedule.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The carve-out is the useful half: an eye or nose made entirely of felt or another soft textile material is outside this section altogether, which is why embroidered and felt features appear on toys for the youngest ages. The two limbs are alternatives - an attachment that the hook cannot grip need not also survive the pull.

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  Canada Textile Labelling Act R.S.C., 1985, c. T-10 CA

  No dealer may sell, import into Canada or advertise a prescribed consumer textile article unless it has applied to it a label containing a representation with respect to the textile fibre content of the article, or any consumer textile article carrying such a label unless the label is applied in accordance with and complies with all applicable provisions of the Act.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The prohibition has two limbs and the second reaches further than the first: a product that is not prescribed, and so needs no label, is still caught if it carries a fibre-content label that does not comply. Labelling voluntarily does not escape the Act. This is the Act under which the Textile Labelling and Advertising Regulations, C.R.C. c. 1551, are made, and those are already in this register.

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  Canada Textile Labelling Act R.S.C., 1985, c. T-10 CA

  Each label containing a representation with respect to the textile fibre content of the article it is applied to must be applied in the form and manner prescribed, and must show, in the form and manner prescribed, the generic name of each textile fibre comprising five per cent or more by mass of the total fibre mass of the article, and, subject to the regulations, the percentage by mass that each named fibre represents.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The five per cent threshold is by mass of total fibre mass, and it is the same figure the United States uses at 16 CFR 303.16, which is also in this register. The two are independent instruments that agree on this one number and not necessarily on anything else. The form and manner are left to the regulations, so the Act alone does not tell a reader what a compliant label looks like. Section 12(1) makes a contravention of sections 3, 4 or 5 an offence: a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars on summary conviction, or ten thousand on conviction on indictment. Section 12(2) covers a contravention of any other provision or of the regulations, at not more than one thousand dollars on summary conviction or imprisonment for up to six months.

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  Canada Textile Labelling Act R.S.C., 1985, c. T-10 CA

  No dealer may, in advertising a consumer textile article, make any representation with respect to the textile fibre content of the article except in accordance with the regulations.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Advertise is defined at section 2 as any representation to the public by any means whatever, expressly excluding a representation on a label, so this duty and the labelling duty do not overlap: the label is governed by sections 3 and 6, and everything else said publicly by this section. Section 12(1) makes a contravention of sections 3, 4 or 5 an offence: a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars on summary conviction, or ten thousand on conviction on indictment. Section 12(2) covers a contravention of any other provision or of the regulations, at not more than one thousand dollars on summary conviction or imprisonment for up to six months.

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  Canada Textile Labelling Act R.S.C., 1985, c. T-10 CA

  No dealer may apply to a consumer textile article a label containing any false or misleading representation relating to the article, nor sell, import or advertise an article carrying such a label, nor by any means make a false or misleading representation relating to a textile fibre product.

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  Subsection (3) defines a false or misleading representation to include one in which expressions, words, figures, depictions or symbols are arranged or shown in a manner that may reasonably be regarded as likely to deceive with respect to textile fibre content. Arrangement alone can offend, so a label whose individual statements are each true may still be caught by how they are laid out. Section 12(1) makes a contravention of sections 3, 4 or 5 an offence: a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars on summary conviction, or ten thousand on conviction on indictment. Section 12(2) covers a contravention of any other provision or of the regulations, at not more than one thousand dollars on summary conviction or imprisonment for up to six months.

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  Canada Textile Floor Coverings SOR/2016-176 CA

  A textile floor covering intended for indoor use only, or for indoor and outdoor use, that is a carpet tile or has a surface area greater than 2.16 square metres or any linear dimension greater than 1.8 metres, must not reach the cumulative number of specimen failures set out in the last column of Table 1, the Normal Sequential Sampling Plan, of the sampling plans standard when tested as the Regulations prescribe.

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  This is the only limb of the Regulations that is a performance requirement rather than a disclosure one. The definition at section 1 excludes a one-of-a-kind or Oriental rug, and an underlay, made of textile fibres. Made under section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, which is already in this register. Section 6 of that Act is what makes a breach of these requirements a prohibition rather than a specification.

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  Canada Textile Floor Coverings SOR/2016-176 CA

  A large textile floor covering intended for outdoor use only, and any textile floor covering with a surface area of 2.16 square metres or less and all linear dimensions of 1.8 metres or less whatever its intended use, may reach the failure threshold, but must then carry a label at the time it is advertised or sold warning that it is flammable and must not be used in locations exposed to open flame or sources of intense heat.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The two warnings differ by one sentence and it matters: the large outdoor-only warning at subsection (2) ends "Do not use indoors", and the small-covering warning at subsection (3) does not, because a small covering that fails may still be sold for indoor use. Both are prescribed in English and French. A small covering may carry either warning. Made under section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, which is already in this register. Section 6 of that Act is what makes a breach of these requirements a prohibition rather than a specification.

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  Canada Textile Floor Coverings SOR/2016-176 CA

  A textile floor covering that has not been treated with a flame retardant is tested on a sample of 48 specimens, in accordance with the Normal Sequential Sampling Plan of the sampling plans standard and the methenamine tablet test standard.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The standards are named in section 1: the methenamine tablet test is CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.6-2015, the sampling plans standard is CAN/CGSB-4.155-M88 published April 1988 and reaffirmed November 2013, and a separate standard, CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 30.2-M90, governs the removal of non-permanent flame-retardant treatments before a treated covering is tested. None of the four is in this site's standards register. Made under section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, which is already in this register. Section 6 of that Act is what makes a breach of these requirements a prohibition rather than a specification.

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  Canada Textile Floor Coverings SOR/2016-176 CA

  A required warning must be clearly and prominently displayed, printed in letters that are easily legible and of equal size and prominence, and set apart from any other information or visual images on the label. Where the covering is packaged, the label must be on the package unless it is affixed to the covering and the packaging leaves the warning clearly visible to the consumer.

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  Section 5 allows an unlabelled covering to be imported solely for resale, provided the importer notifies an inspector on or before the date of importation with their status as importer, the date and place of importation, the nature and quantity of the goods, and the address of the premises where labelling will be done. Made under section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, which is already in this register. Section 6 of that Act is what makes a breach of these requirements a prohibition rather than a specification.

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  Canada Tents Regulations SOR/2024-217 CA

  Fabric and other pliable material of a tent, or of its components and accessories, must meet the requirements set out in section 5.2.1 of CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020 when tested in accordance with that standard.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Components and accessories reach beyond the tent itself to side panels, curtains, footprints, flies and gear lofts, whether sold with the tent or separately. Four things are carved out and the carve-outs are where a supplier will look first: packaging, threads and zips and ropes and hook-and-loop and webbing, labels and logos of 1,000 square centimetres or less, and any fabric or pliable material of 1,000 square centimetres or less. The requirement itself is in CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020, which these Regulations incorporate as amended from time to time rather than at a fixed edition.

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  Canada Tents Regulations SOR/2024-217 CA

  Flooring materials of a tent, as defined in section 4.3 of CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020, that do not meet the requirements of section 5.2.1 of that standard must instead meet the requirements of section 5.3.1 of it.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A second route rather than an exemption: groundsheet material that fails the general fabric requirement is not thereby non-compliant, it is judged against a different clause of the same standard. Which clause applies turns on the standard's own definition of flooring, not on what the maker calls it.

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  Canada Tents Regulations SOR/2024-217 CA

  A tent must meet the labelling requirements set out in section 6 of CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020. For that purpose a children's tent means a tent intended to be used by a child under 14 years of age that is not intended to be used with a cooking or heating device, and an appliance means a cooking or heating device.

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  The two definitions are supplied by the Regulations rather than by the standard, so a reader working from the standard alone has them wrong. Note what makes a tent a children's tent: age plus the absence of any intention that it be used with a cooking or heating device. A tent for children that is sold for use with a stove is not a children's tent under this section.

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  Canada Tents Regulations SOR/2024-217 CA

  Where a new version of CAN/CGSB-182.1 is published, a tent that meets the requirement as it read immediately before that day may continue to meet that earlier requirement for one year from that day in the case of manufacture or import, and for two years from that day in the case of advertisement or sale.

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  The counterweight to an incorporation that moves. Because the standard is adopted as amended from time to time, a new CGSB edition changes what these Regulations require without any further instrument being made; this section is what stops that being immediate. The two clocks differ by a year, and both start on the day the new version is published rather than on the day it is noticed, so the period is shorter than it looks for anyone who finds out late.

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  Canada Playpens SOR/2018-186 CA

  Any part of a playpen or accessory that is made of a textile or other pliable material and is permanently affixed to a rigid structural component must not tear, or become detached from that component, when tested in accordance with Schedule 1.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The duty is on the attachment as much as on the cloth: a panel that holds but pulls away from its frame fails this section exactly as a panel that tears does. Schedule 1 is the named method.

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  Canada Playpens SOR/2018-186 CA

  Any mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of a playpen or accessory must not tear or become detached when tested in accordance with Schedule 2.

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  Separate from section 6 because it reaches mesh whether or not the mesh is permanently affixed to a rigid component, and it carries its own test schedule.

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  Canada Playpens SOR/2018-186 CA

  The openings in mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of a playpen or accessory must be sized so that the hemispherical tip of the probe described in Schedule 3 cannot pass through them when tested in accordance with that schedule.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A construction specification rather than a performance one: it is decided at the knit or weave, so it is a duty the fabric supplier can fail before the playpen exists. The pass condition is the probe failing to pass, not a stated aperture in millimetres — the regulation defines the limit by the instrument.

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  Canada Playpens SOR/2018-186 CA

  Any part of a playpen or accessory made of a textile or other pliable material must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds when tested in accordance with CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time. The requirement applies where the material either has no raised fibre surface, or has a raised fibre surface and exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres when tested.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The two limbs are not alternatives a supplier may choose between: a plain surface is tested outright, while a raised-fibre surface is caught only once it ignites or its base fibres fuse. Reading limb (b) as an exemption for pile fabrics is the error this wording invites. The test method is incorporated by reference "as amended from time to time", so the duty follows the current edition of CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5 rather than the edition in force when the regulation was made. That standard is not linkable from this register: CGSB publishes no per-standard page that answers — scc.ca returns 404 to its own search and publications.gc.ca returns 404 and disallows its search paths — so the citation is recorded without a resolving URL rather than pointed at a plausible one.

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  Canada Phthalates Regulations SOR/2016-188 CA

  The vinyl in a toy or child care article must not contain more than 1,000 mg/kg of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), when tested by a method conforming to good laboratory practices.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  This limit reaches all the vinyl in the article, not only the parts a child might mouth - which is what separates it from section 3. What counts as vinyl is not defined anywhere in these Regulations, so whether a plastisol print or a PVC-coated face fabric falls inside it is a question the text leaves open. The Regulations define a toy as a product intended for use by a child under 14 years of age in learning or play, and a child care article as a product intended to facilitate the relaxation, sleep, hygiene, feeding, sucking or teething of a child under four - which reaches bibs, changing mats and cot articles that are textile products before they are anything else.

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  Canada Phthalates Regulations SOR/2016-188 CA

  The vinyl in any part of a toy or child care article that can, in a reasonably foreseeable manner, be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age must not contain more than 1,000 mg/kg of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) or di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), when tested by a method conforming to good laboratory practices.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A different list of three phthalates against a narrower scope, at the same numerical limit. Testing a component against the section 2 list when section 3 governs it, or the reverse, is the wrong test rather than a conservative one: the two lists share no substance.

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  Canada Phthalates Regulations SOR/2016-188 CA

  A part can be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age, for the purpose of the DINP, DIDP and DNOP limit, if it can be brought to the child's mouth and kept there so that it can be sucked or chewed, and one of its dimensions is less than 5 cm. Where the part is inflatable, its dimensions are determined in its deflated state.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A mechanical test rather than a judgement about how a child plays, and both limbs must be satisfied - a part that can be sucked but has no dimension under 5 cm is outside the section. The deflated-state rule matters to inflatable and padded articles whose dimensions in use would put them outside it.

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  Canada Mattresses SOR/2016-183 CA

  When a mattress is tested in accordance with CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.7-2023, Textile test methods — Combustion resistance of mattresses — Cigarette test, published in January 2023, no more than one test specimen may exhibit either melting or charring of the surface extending more than 50 mm in any horizontal direction from the nearest point of the original location of the test cigarette, or continuing combustion in the mattress assembly 10 minutes after the cigarette has extinguished.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Two independent failure conditions — the 50 mm spread and the 10-minute continuing combustion — and the allowance is at most ONE specimen exhibiting either. The cited standard is a FIXED EDITION, No. 27.7-2023 published in January 2023, unlike the "as amended from time to time" incorporation used by SOR/2016-194 and the playpen and crib rules in this register. One duty moves with the standard and this one does not. CGSB standards cannot be linked from this register: there is no per-standard page that resolves — scc.ca returns 404 to its own search and publications.gc.ca returns 404 and disallows its search paths.

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  Canada Mattresses SOR/2016-183 CA

  A mattress means an item intended, promoted or normally used for the purpose of being slept on that contains resilient material enclosed within a ticking. Mattress pads are excluded from the definition.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The test is "resilient material enclosed within a ticking", and the purpose limb is written three ways — intended, promoted OR normally used — so marketing can bring a product in even where the maker did not design it to be slept on. Note the contrast with the US treatment: 16 CFR 1632 covers mattresses AND mattress pads together, while this definition excludes pads.

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  Canada Expansion Gates SOR/2016-179 CA

  Any part of an expansion gate or an expandable enclosure that is made of a textile fibre must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds when tested in accordance with the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time, where it either has no raised fibre surface, or has a raised fibre surface and exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  SEVEN seconds — the same figure SOR/2016-194 sets for bedding and double the 3.5 seconds it sets for general textiles. A general-textile pass carried onto a gate panel is short by a factor of two. Note also the wording: this reaches a part made of a TEXTILE FIBRE, where the playpen, crib and general rules reach a part made of "a textile or other pliable material" — narrower on its face, and a coated or plastic-sheet panel may sit outside it. Quoted as written rather than harmonised with its neighbours. The method is incorporated as amended from time to time, so the duty follows the current edition; CGSB publishes no per-standard page that resolves, so it cannot be linked from here.

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  Canada Expansion Gates SOR/2016-179 CA

  Information appearing on an expansion gate or expandable enclosure, accompanying one, or in any advertisement for one, must not make any direct or indirect reference to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act or to these Regulations.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The mirror of 16 CFR § 1608.6 in this register, and the constructions differ in a way worth seeing side by side: the US rule bars suggesting that the Act or the Government GUARANTEES conformity, while this bars the reference outright — direct or indirect, on the product, with it, or in advertising. A line reading "meets SOR/2016-179" is lawful marketing in neither country, but only Canada forbids naming the instrument at all.

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  Canada Expansion Gates SOR/2016-179 CA

  Every expansion gate and expandable enclosure must carry, indelibly printed on it or permanently affixed to it, a prescribed warning in English and French — or visual images conveying the same meaning — clearly and prominently displayed and contrasting sharply with the background by colour, projection or indentation. The headings "WARNING" and "MISE EN GARDE" must be upper-case block letters at least 5 mm high, and the body text at least 2.5 mm. The packaging in which the product is sold must carry the same information, clearly and prominently displayed.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Bilingual and dimensioned: 5 mm headings, 2.5 mm text, both languages, permanent. For a fabric-panelled product that constrains the label construction, not just its wording — an indelible print or permanent affixation on textile has to survive the life of the product. The duty is repeated on the PACKAGING, so a compliant product in a silent carton still fails.

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  Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets SOR/2016-152 CA

  When a crib is tested under Schedule 2, there must be no completely bounded opening through which a solid rectangular block of 60 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm can pass in any orientation. Which procedure applies depends on the side: section 1 of that Schedule for a crib with a rigid side, and section 2 for a crib with a side made of a textile or other pliable material.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The limit is the same for both constructions; the test is not. Reading the block dimension and stopping is the error here — a textile-sided crib is assessed under Schedule 2 section 2, and a rigid-sided one under section 1.

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  Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets SOR/2016-152 CA

  When a cradle, bassinet or sleep accessory is tested under Schedule 2, there must be no completely bounded opening through which a solid rectangular block of 60 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm can pass in any orientation — under section 3 of that Schedule where the product has a rigid side, and section 4 where it has a side made of a textile or other pliable material.

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  Recorded separately from 10(1) because it reaches different products under two further Schedule 2 procedures. Four test sections across the two subsections, and which one applies is decided by the product AND by whether the side is cloth.

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  Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets SOR/2016-152 CA

  Any mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of the sides or bottom of a crib, cradle, bassinet or accessory must not tear, or become detached from its supporting structure or anything it is attached to, when tested in accordance with Schedule 3.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Wider than the equivalent duty in the Playpens Regulations (SOR/2018-186 s.7(1)): this one names the bottom as well as the sides, and names detachment from "anything to which it is attached" rather than from a supporting structure alone.

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  Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets SOR/2016-152 CA

  The openings in mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of the sides or bottom of a crib, cradle, bassinet or accessory must be sized so that the hemispherical tip of the probe described in Schedule 4 cannot pass through them when tested in accordance with that Schedule.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Decided at the knit or weave, so it is a duty a fabric supplier can fail before the finished product exists. As in the playpen rule, the limit is defined by the instrument rather than by a stated aperture in millimetres.

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  Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets SOR/2016-152 CA

  Any part of a crib, cradle, bassinet, accessory or stand made of a textile or any other pliable material must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds when tested in accordance with CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time. It applies where the material either has no raised fibre surface, or has a raised fibre surface and exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres when tested.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Word-for-word the same duty as section 8 of the Playpens Regulations, and it carries the same trap: the two limbs are not a choice. A plain surface is tested outright; a raised-fibre surface is caught only once it ignites or its base fibres fuse. Reading limb (b) as an exemption for pile fabrics is the error the wording invites. This section also reaches the STAND, which the playpen rule does not. Incorporated "as amended from time to time", so the duty follows the current edition of CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5 rather than the edition in force when the regulation was made. That standard cannot be linked from this register: CGSB publishes no per-standard page that resolves — scc.ca returns 404 to its own search and publications.gc.ca returns 404 and disallows its search paths — so the citation is recorded without a URL rather than pointed at a plausible one.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  A reachable cord with one free end must not exceed 22 cm in length, and a reachable cord with no free end must not exceed 22 cm between two consecutive contact points, in each case when pulled in any direction by the gradual application of force attaining 35 N.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Two geometries, one limit. Reachable is defined as any part of the cord a person can touch once the covering is installed, in any position from fully open to fully closed - so the test is run against the installed article, not the component. The length is measured while the cord is pulled in any direction by the gradual application of force attaining 35 N, not at rest. A braid that elongates under that load spends part of its 22 cm on stretch.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  If a reachable cord is pulled in any direction by the gradual application of force attaining 35 N, the perimeter of any loop - whether it already existed, was created by the pull, or was enlarged by it - must not exceed 44 cm.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A loop is defined as a shape the majority of which is formed by a reachable cord and which creates a completely bounded opening. Created or enlarged by the pull is the operative phrase: an assembly with no loop at rest can fail this section if one appears under load.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  Where two reachable cords each having one free end can be connected to one another end to end after each has been pulled in any direction by force attaining 35 N, the resulting cord must not exceed 22 cm in length and the perimeter of the loop created must not exceed 44 cm.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Two cords that each pass sections 5 and 7 on their own can fail here together. The section anticipates the article being defeated rather than merely used, which is why it asks what happens if somebody ties two compliant cords into one.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  A cord that is not reachable must remain unreachable, whether the covering is fully opened, fully closed or in any position in between, throughout the useful life of the covering.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A durability requirement rather than a dimensional one, and the only clause here with a time horizon. A cord concealed behind a component that wears, fatigues or is removed in service has not remained unreachable, so the enclosure is part of the specification and not packaging.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  Every part of a corded window covering that is accessible to a child and small enough to be totally enclosed in the small parts cylinder illustrated in Schedule 1 must be affixed so that it does not become detached when subjected to a force of 90 N applied in any direction.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Reaches cord ends, tassels, toggles, beads and any trim on the assembly. The 90 N here is a detachment force and is unrelated to the 35 N used for the cord length tests; the two are easy to confuse and answer different questions.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  Every external component of a corded window covering must not contain more than 90 mg/kg of lead, when tested in accordance with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  External component, not surface coating, so a dyed or pigmented cord is within scope on its own account. The limit happens to share the number 90 with the detachment force in section 2 and has nothing to do with it.

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  Canada Corded Window Coverings SOR/2019-97 CA

  Information appearing on a corded window covering, accompanying one, or in any advertisement for one must not make any direct or indirect reference to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act or to these Regulations.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A prohibition on the compliance claim itself, and the reverse of what every labelling instrument in this register otherwise rewards. Indirect reference is included, so a phrase that gestures at federal approval without naming the Act is caught. Section 10 separately requires the information that IS mandated to appear in both English and French, legibly, in a colour contrasting sharply with its background.

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  Canada Lead in Consumer Products SOR/2018-83 CA

  Each accessible part of a consumer product containing lead must not contain more than 90 mg/kg of lead when tested in accordance with good laboratory practices. Clothing and clothing accessories intended for use by a child under 14 years of age are within the definition of such a product, so the limit reaches every part of a children's garment that may be touched, licked, mouthed or swallowed in reasonably foreseeable use.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The limit is a CONTENT limit, not a migration limit, and it applies part by part rather than to the garment as a whole. In practice that puts it on trims, fasteners, zips, prints and appliqué rather than on the cloth. "Accessible part" is defined by what may be touched, licked, mouthed or swallowed during reasonably foreseeable use, which for childrenswear is a wide reading. Nothing in the regulation's title or operative text says textile: it reaches childrenswear only through the definition.

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  Canada Lead in Consumer Products SOR/2018-83 CA

  An accessible part may exceed 90 mg/kg of lead only where all three conditions are met: lead is necessary to produce an essential characteristic of the part; no alternative part containing less lead is available; and the part, tested in accordance with good laboratory practices, does not release more than 90 mg/kg of lead.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The three conditions are cumulative, not alternatives — the section joins (a) and (b) to (c) with "and". This is where the rule switches from content to RELEASE: a part relying on the exception is measured on what it gives up, not on what it holds. A supplier claiming the exception is asserting all three, including that no lower-lead alternative part exists, which is a sourcing claim rather than a test result and is the limb least likely to be evidenced.

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  Canada Textile Labelling C.R.C., c. 1551 CA

  Every representation label applied to a consumer textile article that is sold, imported into Canada or advertised by a dealer must meet the requirements for a disclosure label, unless the article is exempted by the regulations.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  A prescribed consumer textile article is one included in Schedule I; Schedule II lists what is exempt. Second-hand articles clearly labelled as such are exempt, and so are articles made up for an individual. The record carries the general duty the instrument imposes. It does not enumerate the exemptions, schedules and test conditions, which are in the instrument itself.

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  Canada Textile Labelling C.R.C., c. 1551 CA

  A disclosure label must show the textile fibre content of the article in the manner prescribed in Part III of the regulations, together with the name and postal address of the dealer.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Part III governs how fibre content is expressed, including generic names, fibres with no prescribed generic name, and how pile, coated and sectioned articles are handled. The record carries the general duty the instrument imposes. It does not enumerate the exemptions, schedules and test conditions, which are in the instrument itself.

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  Canada Textile Flammability SOR/2016-194 CA

  These Regulations do not apply to children's sleepwear in sizes up to and including 14X; dolls, plush toys, soft toys and toys intended to be entered by a child; cribs, cradles and bassinets; playpens; expansion gates and expandable enclosures for children; textile floor coverings; tents; or mattresses.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  This is the RESIDUAL rule: it governs whatever is not carved out. Seven of the eight excluded categories have their own instrument, several of which this register already holds — playpens SOR/2018-186, cribs cradles and bassinets SOR/2016-152, mattresses SOR/2016-183, tents SOR/2024-217. A supplier who finds this general rule first and stops has skipped the specific one that actually governs their product.

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  Canada Textile Flammability SOR/2016-194 CA

  The flame spread time for textile products without a raised fibre surface must be greater than 3.5 seconds. For textile products with a raised fibre surface that exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres, the flame spread time must be greater than 4 seconds.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The raised-surface limb is conditional in the same way as 16 CFR 1610: it bites only where the surface ignites or the base fibres fuse. The structure mirrors the US rule and the NUMBERS DO NOT — the US Class 1 limits are 3.5 and 7.0 seconds where Canada sets 3.5 and 4. A US test result carried north on the assumption the tests agree is relying on figures that differ.

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  Canada Textile Flammability SOR/2016-194 CA

  The flame spread time for bedding without a raised fibre surface, or bedding with a raised fibre surface that exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres, must be greater than 7 seconds. Flame spread time must be determined according to the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Bedding is held to a single 7-second threshold across both surface conditions, where general textiles are split 3.5 / 4 — so bedding is the stricter case and the surface distinction stops mattering. The method is incorporated "as amended from time to time", so the duty follows the current edition. CGSB standards cannot be linked from this register: there is no per-standard page that resolves — scc.ca returns 404 to its own search and publications.gc.ca returns 404 and disallows its search paths.

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  Canada CCPSA S.C. 2010, c. 21 CA

  No person may manufacture, import, advertise or sell a consumer product that does not meet the requirements set out in the regulations made under the Act.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  This is the section that makes the Textile Flammability Regulations and the Children's Sleepwear Regulations enforceable rather than advisory; both are made under this Act and both are already in this register. The Act is horizontal and reaches consumer products generally; it is recorded here for the textile articles that fall within it.

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  Canada CCPSA S.C. 2010, c. 21 CA

  No manufacturer or importer may manufacture, import, advertise or sell a consumer product that is a danger to human health or safety, that is the subject of a recall order or a voluntary recall in Canada made because the product is such a danger, or that is the subject of a required measure they have not carried out.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Section 8 places a parallel prohibition on any person who advertises or sells such a product and who knows of the danger, recall or outstanding measure, so the knowledge qualifier separates the two sections rather than the conduct. Section 5 separately prohibits any product listed in Schedule 2 outright. The Act is horizontal and reaches consumer products generally; it is recorded here for the textile articles that fall within it.

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  Canada CCPSA S.C. 2010, c. 21 CA

  No person may package or label a consumer product in a manner, including one that is false, misleading or deceptive, that may reasonably be expected to create an erroneous impression that the product is not a danger to human health or safety, or in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive about its safety certification or its compliance with a safety standard or the regulations.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The second limb reaches a claim about certification or about compliance with a standard, which is the limb a textile label is most likely to touch. Section 10 carries the same prohibition for advertising and selling. The Act is horizontal and reaches consumer products generally; it is recorded here for the textile articles that fall within it.

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  Canada CCPSA S.C. 2010, c. 21 CA

  A person who manufactures, imports, advertises, sells or tests a consumer product for commercial purposes must prepare and maintain documents identifying, for a retailer, the person from whom the product was obtained and where and when it was sold, and for anyone else, the person from whom it was obtained or to whom it was sold. The documents must be kept until six years after the end of the year to which they relate, at the person's place in Canada, and provided to the Minister on written request.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Subsection (4) lets the Minister exempt a person from keeping the documents in Canada where that is unnecessary or impractical, on terms the Minister specifies. Subsection (5) requires an importer to provide prescribed documents no later than the time of importation. The Act is horizontal and reaches consumer products generally; it is recorded here for the textile articles that fall within it.

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  Canada CCPSA S.C. 2010, c. 21 CA

  A person who manufactures, imports or sells a consumer product for commercial purposes must give the Minister, and the person from whom they received the product, all the information in their control about an incident related to it within two days of becoming aware of the incident. The manufacturer, or the importer where the manufacturer carries on business outside Canada, must then give the Minister a written report within ten days, covering the incident, the product, any other product of theirs that could be involved in a similar incident, and the measures they propose.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Incident is defined at subsection (1) and is wider than an injury: it covers an occurrence in Canada or elsewhere that resulted or might reasonably have been expected to result in death or serious adverse health effects, a defect or characteristic that might reasonably be expected to do so, and incorrect, insufficient or absent labelling or instructions that might reasonably be expected to do so. A label defect is an incident under this Act. The ten-day period may be replaced by a period the Minister specifies in writing. The Act is horizontal and reaches consumer products generally; it is recorded here for the textile articles that fall within it.

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  Canada Children's Sleepwear SOR/2016-169 CA

  Tight-fitting children's sleepwear, tested to CGSB standard CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5 (45° angle test, one-second flame impingement), must have a flame spread time of more than seven seconds.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  The regulations distinguish tight-fitting from loose-fitting sleepwear and set a different test for each, which is the distinction a supplier has to get right before choosing a fabric. The record carries the general duty the instrument imposes. It does not enumerate the exemptions, schedules and test conditions, which are in the instrument itself.

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  Canada Children's Sleepwear SOR/2016-169 CA

  Loose-fitting children's sleepwear, tested in accordance with Schedule 1, must have an average char length across five specimens not exceeding 178 mm, with no more than one specimen charred over its full length.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

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  Canada Children's Sleepwear SOR/2016-169 CA

  Loose-fitting children's sleepwear treated with a flame retardant must carry a permanently affixed label displaying the words "flame retardant" and "ignifugeant" clearly and legibly, with care instructions in English and French.

  Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law

  Both languages are required on the label, not either one.