List of federally regulated industries and workplaces

The Canada Labour Code (the Code) regulates the following industries and workplaces:

• Federally regulated private sectors (parts I, II, III and IV of the Code):
  • air transportation, including airlines, airports, aerodromes and aircraft operations
  • banks, including authorized foreign banks
  • grain elevators, feed and seed mills, feed warehouses and grain-seed cleaning plants
  • First Nations band councils and Indigenous self-governments (certain activities). For help in determining jurisdiction of Indigenous organizations, refer to: Guide on jurisdiction of Indigenous organizations
  • most federal Crown corporations, for example, Canada Post Corporation
  • port services, marine shipping, ferries, tunnels, canals, bridges and pipelines (oil and gas) that cross international or provincial borders
  • postal and courier services
  • radio and television broadcasting
  • railways that cross provincial or international borders and some short-line railways
  • road transportation services, including trucks and buses, that cross provincial or international borders
  • telecommunications, such as, telephone, Internet, telegraph and cable systems
  • uranium mining and processing and atomic energy
  • any business that is vital, essential or integral to the operation of one of the above activities
• Federally regulated public sector (parts II and IV of the Code only):
  • the federal public service
  • Parliament (such as, the Senate, the House of Commons and the Library of Parliament)
• Private-sector firms and municipalities in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (part I of the Code only)

For more information, consult:

• Overview of the parts of the Canada Labour Code and how they apply to your workplace
• Infographics
  • Industries under Federal Jurisdiction
  • Distribution of employees in the federal public sector and the federally regulated private sector
  • Occupational health and safety provisions of the Canada Labour Code

Provincial and territorial employment standards

If you don’t work in a federally regulated industry, consult the employment standards for your province or territory of work:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon