Exemptions for confidential business information for workplace hazardous products: Filing a claim
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Online application form
To file a claim for exemption under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act:
- Complete and submit the claim for exemption online application form
- Attach the required documents associated with your claim to your submission, including:
- safety data sheets (SDSs)
- labels, if applicable
- any other documents related to your claim
Application form: Claim for exemption under the Hazardous Materials Review Act
- Attach the required documents associated with your claim to your submission, including:
- If your documents exceed the size limit of the online form or if we request additional information, submit these additional documents using the transport form
Transport form for submitting additional documents to Health Canada
- Refer to the guide for using the claim for exemption online application form for helpful tips and information about the application process
Guide for using the claim for exemption online application form for workplace hazardous products
After receiving your application, we will review it and register your claim if it meets the filing requirements, including receipt of payment. Next, we will assess the validity of your claim according to the criteria outlined in section 3 of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations.
Contact us for a link to a recorded a webinar that offers a step-by-step tutorial for completing the online application form.
Email: whmis.claim-demande.simdut@hc-sc.gc.ca
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To use the online application form you must be connected to the internet with a browser such as:
- Chrome Version 28 or higher
- Firefox Version 18 or higher
- Microsoft Edge Version 93 or higher
- Safari Version 9 or higher
- Opera Version 12 or higher
Refiling
If you want to continue protecting your CBI beyond the 3-year exemption period, you may refile for another exemption. You are responsible for monitoring the expiry of your exemption and ensuring that your refiled claim is submitted before this expiry date.
Consult the List of claims and exemptions under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act for specific information related to your exemption, including the expiry date.
To refile, you must follow the same steps as when you filed your original claim but select "refile" on the online application form. You must attach the most recent product SDS (and label, if applicable) to your claim. If there are changes to product composition, we may ask you to re-submit your application as a "new" claim.
If your claim meets all filing requirements, including receipt of payment, we will issue a new registry number that you must display on your SDS (and label, if applicable). You may not re-use the registry number from your original exemption.
You do not have to re-file if you have decided to:
- disclose all CBI and remove the registry number and date of validity decision from the product SDS (and label, if applicable) or
- withdraw the product from the Canadian market if you are a supplier and/or your own workplace if you are an employer
Fees
All claims are subject to a fee, as prescribed in sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations.
Fees are subject to an annual adjustment in accordance with the Service Fees Act. On April 1 of each calendar year, fees are adjusted using the April All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada for the previous fiscal year.
| Claim type | Number of claims (filed at one time) |
2024-2025 Fee amount (per claim) |
2025-2026 Adjusted fee amount (per claim) |
Small business | |
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| 2024-2025 Fee amount (per claim) |
2025-2026 Adjusted fee amount (per claim) |
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| Original | 1 to 15 | $ 2158.97 | $ 2217.26 | $ 1079.49 | $ 1108.63 |
| 16 to 25 | $ 479.78 | $ 492.73 | $ 239.89 | $ 246.37 | |
| 26 and above | $ 239.88 | $ 246.36 | $ 119.94 | $ 123.18 | |
| Refile | 1 to 15 | $ 1727.18 | $ 1773.81 | $ 863.59 | $ 886.91 |
| 16 to 25 | $ 383.82 | $ 394.18 | $ 191.91 | $ 197.09 | |
| 26 and above | $ 191.91 | $ 197.09 | $ 95.96 | $ 98.55 | |
Notes: Fee adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index, + 2.7%.
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Payment
You must complete payment within 30 days of receiving an invoice number. An invoice number and a valid Health Canada customer number are required to process your payment.
Contact us if you did not receive an invoice number for your claim.
Email: whmis.claim-demande.simdut@hc-sc.gc.ca
Contact Accounts Receivable if you need a Health Canada customer number or require assistance making a payment.
Email: ar-cr@hc-sc.gc.ca
Telephone: 1-800-815-0506
Payment options
All payments must be made in Canadian dollars.
1. Online credit card payment
Access the Common Online Payment System to submit payment by credit card.
2. Cheque, money order or bank draft
Payments must be made payable to the "Receiver General for Canada".
Include your Health Canada customer number and invoice number(s) with your payment.
We will return your payment if it doesn't have required information.
Send your payment to:
Health Canada
Accounts Receivable, P/L 1918B
18th Floor, Room 1804B
161 Goldenrod Driveway, Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
3. Wire transfer
Payments must be made in Canadian dollars to:
- Wire transfer
- Bank name:
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
4715 Tahoe Blvd
Mississauga, ON L4W 0B4
Canada - SWIFT:
- NOSCCATT
- Bank number:
- 002
- Transit number:
- 47696
- Routing number:
- //CC000247696
- Beneficiary name:
- Receiver General for Canada
- Beneficiary account number:
- 476962100916
- Charges field:
- "OUR"
- Description field:
- 02226306 + customer number or invoice number
- Ensure your payment covers all service charges, including fees charged by your bank or any intermediary banks
- Any payments sent in non-Canadian funds will be rejected
- Please email your payment remittance to EFT-TEF@hc-sc.gc.ca and put your customer number in the subject line and the invoice number(s) being paid in the body of the message.
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