Acts and regulations: Environment and Climate Change Canada

The department is responsible for administering certain federal acts and regulations.

Access these federal acts and regulations at the following link(s):

• Acts administered by the department
• Regulations administered by the department

The Forward Regulatory Plan lists ECCC’s planned or anticipated federal regulatory changes over 24 months.

The Regulatory Stock Review Plan is a review of ECCC's entire regulatory stock over a set period of time. It includes:

• regulations to be reviewed, prioritized in a way that makes sense to the regulator and stakeholders
• a time frame for the review(s)

ECCC participated in the Government of Canada’s 2019-2021 Targeted Regulatory Reviews (Round 2) to identify and address regulatory barriers to economic growth and innovation. These reviews resulted in Roadmaps on the following three themes:

• Digitalization and Technology-Neutral Regulations
• Clean Technology
• International Standards

Updates on progress in implementing these roadmaps were released:

• latest updates on Digitalization and Technology-Neutral Regulations Roadmap and initiatives
• latest updates on Clean Technology Roadmap and Initiatives
  • ECCC Foresight Exercise Summary
• latest updates on the International Standards Roadmap and initiatives

Additional information on updates can be found on the Treasury Board Secretariat Regulatory Reviews webpage.

Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes timeliness service standards and performance information for its services, including services for regulated parties to obtain regulatory authorization such as a permit or license to engage in a regulated activity.

View timeliness service standards and performance information.

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Policy on Providing Guidance on Regulatory Requirements:

• outlines the commitments, practices and tools that Environment and Climate Change Canada applies when providing Canadians and businesses with information and guidance on regulatory obligations to be met
• identifies the conditions under which written responses to questions will be provided

View the department’s Policy on Providing Guidance on Regulatory Requirements.

The Administrative Burden Baseline initiative requires departments and agencies to:

• establish a baseline count of federal regulatory requirements that impose administrative burden on business
• annually update and report publicly on the count of baseline requirements

View the number of administrative burden requirements in regulations administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• Permits issued by the department for a variety of commercial, industrial and recreational activities
• Canadian Environmental Protection Act Registry: Current information related to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
• Species at Risk Public Registry: Current information related to the Species at Risk Act
• Environmental Agreements: list of agreements with other levels of government, or international partners
• Policy on Scientific Integrity: upholds integrity in applying science and designing, conducting, reviewing, and using research
• Offshore oil and gas scientific research authorizations issued for in-field scientific research projects related to environmental emergencies