Reporting template for the Products Containing Mercury Regulations
Version 3.0
June 2025
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To keep track of your activities related to the Products Containing Mercury Regulations, you can download the optional Excel spreadsheet. When it is time to report, you can simply copy and paste your information from the spreadsheet into the online reporting system within the Single Window Information Manager (SWIM).
Important: Please make sure to use the table with the correct drop-down menu, as the list of exemptions under the Regulations changed in June 2025.
For instructions on how to create an account or to fill out and submit your report, please read the following guidance:
Download the spreadsheet
Sample reporting tables
You will find these tables in the Excel spreadsheet and in the online reporting system.
Table 1. Products listed under the schedules of the Regulations
| Product category* (by item number) and common or generic name |
Trade name (if any) |
Quantity of mercury in each product (in mg) |
Quantity of imported products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
Quantity of manufactured products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
Quantity of exported products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* In the Regulations' online reporting platform, you can select the product category from a dropdown menu. For their descriptions, please refer to the schedules of the Regulations.
Table 2. Product(s) subject to a permit
| Permit number* | Common or generic name |
Trade name (if any) |
Quantity of mercury in each product (in mg) |
Quantity of imported products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
Quantity of manufactured products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
Quantity of exported products during the calendar year (in total amount of units) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* If a product is listed under any schedule of the Regulations, it does not have a permit.
Dropdown menus for the products listed in the schedules of the Regulations
You will find these dropdown menus in the Excel spreadsheet and in the online reporting system.
Note that the new list of exempted products under the Regulations come into force in June 2025. Regulatees will therefore have to report on the new list of exempted products. Please refer to the new Schedule of the Regulations for the complete list of exemptions.
Drop-down menu for products exempted in 2025
*** Do not modify
1 - Encapsulated dental amalgam
2(a) - Screw-base CFL, <= 25 watts
2(b) - Screw-base CFL, > 25 watts
3 - Pin-base CFL
4(a) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T5, < 25,000 hours
4(b) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T8, 4-foot or less, < 25,000 hours
4(c) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T5, >= 25,000 hours
4(d) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T8, 4-foot or less, >= 25,000 hours
4(e)(i) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 4-foot or less, halo phosphate phosphor
4(e)(ii) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 4-foot or less, tri-band phosphor
4(e)(iii) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 4-foot or less, any other lamp
4(f)(i) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 8-foot, halo phosphate phosphor ≤ 40 W
4(f)(ii) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 8-foot, tri-band phosphor < 60 W
4(f)(iii) - Straight fluorescent lamp, T12, 8-foot, any other lamp
5 - Non-linear fluorescent lamp
6 - Induction fluorescent lamp
7 - High pressure sodium vapour lamp
8(a) - Metal halide lamp, <= 300 watts
8(b) - Metal halide lamp, > 300 watts and <= 500 watts
8(c) - Metal halide lamp, > 500 watts and <= 700 watts
8(d) - Metal halide lamp, > 700 watts and <= 1000 watts
9 - Bulb for automobile headlamp
10 - Fluorescent or discharge lamp used for growing plants
11 - Fluorescent or discharge lamp used for air or surface treatment or disinfection
12 - Fluorescent or discharge lamp used for water treatment or disinfection
13 - Fluorescent or discharge lamp other than items 2 to 12, CCFL, EEFL, cold cathode, MV for general lighting
14 - Thermometer for use in a laboratory for scientific research applications
15 - Thermometer or other scientific instrument required for ASTM International standard
16 - Scientific instrument for the calibration of medical devices or scientific research instruments
17 - Analytical standards, reagents or reference material for use in a laboratory
18 - Scientific instrument used as reference for clinical validation studies
19 - Scientific instrument used for measuring the quantity of mercury in the environment
20 - Catalyst used in the manufacturing of polyurethane
Contact us
For any question that cannot be answered by reading the Compliance Guide or the Reporting Guide, please contact your regional ECCC office by email:
- Atlantic: promo-atl-compro@ec.gc.ca
- Quebec: mercure-qc-mercury@ec.gc.ca
- Ontario: promcon-on-compro@ec.gc.ca
- Prairie and Northern: promconrpn-compropnr@ec.gc.ca
- Pacific and Yukon: mercure-py-mercury@ec.gc.ca
Disclaimer
In the event of an inconsistency between this information and the regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the regulations and the statute prevail.
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