List of federally regulated industries and workplaces

The Canada Labour Code regulates the following industries and workplaces.

Federally regulated private sector (Parts I, II and III 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 (including certain community services on reserve)
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
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 (Part II of the Code only):

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)

If you do not work in a federally regulated industry, consult the employment standards for the province or territory that you work in:

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