Practitioner’s Guide to Federal Impact Assessments under the Impact Assessment Act
The Practitioner’s Guide is an evergreen document. Please check back periodically, as its contents may be updated as a result of ongoing engagement and feedback received. Feedback may be sent to: iaac.guidancefeedback-retroactionorientation.aeic@canada.ca.
- Planning Phase
- 1.1 Preparing an Initial Project Description and a Detailed Project Description
- 1.2 Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines Template for Designated Projects Subject to the Impact Assessment Act
- 1.3 Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines Template for Designated Projects subject to the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act
- 1.4 Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines Template for Designated Projects Subject to the Impact Assessment Act and the Nuclear Safety Control Act
- 1.5 Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines (Offshore Projects)
- 1.6 Overview: Cooperation Plan
- 1.7 Overview: Permitting Plan
- 1.8 Overview: Public Participation Plan
- 1.9 Overview: Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan
- Impact Statement and Impact Assessment Phase
- 2.1 Guidance: Gender-based Analysis Plus in Impact Assessment
- 2.2 Guidance: Considering the Extent to which a Project Contributes to Sustainability
- 2.3 Framework: Implementation of the Sustainability Guidance
- 2.4 Policy Context: Addressing "Need for", "Purpose of", "Alternatives to" and "Alternative means"
- 2.5 Guidance: "Need for", "Purpose of", "Alternatives to" and "Alternative means"
- 2.6 Policy Context: Considering Environmental Obligations and Commitments in Respect of Climate Change
- 2.7 Guidance: Analyzing Health, Social and Economic Effects under the Impact Assessment Act
- 2.8 Policy Context: Considering Community Knowledge under the Impact Assessment Act
- Indigenous Participation and Engagement
- 3.1 Policy Context: Indigenous Participation in Impact Assessment
- 3.2 Guidance: Indigenous Participation in Impact Assessment
- 3.3 Policy Context: Assessment of Potential Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 3.4 Guidance: Assessment of Potential Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- 3.5 Guidance: Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples in Impact Assessment
- 3.6 Guidance: Indigenous Knowledge under the Impact Assessment Act: Procedures for Working with Indigenous Communities
- 3.7 Guidance: Protecting Confidential Indigenous Knowledge under the Impact Assessment Act
- Public Participation
- Post-decision
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