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Canada Wide Standards

The Canada-wide Environmental Standards Sub-agreement is a framework for federal, provincial, and territorial Environment Ministers to work together to address key environmental protection and health risk reduction issues that require common environmental standards across the country.

Set under the framework of the Canada-wide Accord on Environmental Harmonization , the Standards Sub-agreement sets out principles for governments to jointly agree on priorities, to develop standards, and to prepare complementary work plans to achieve those standards, based on the unique responsibilities and legislation of each government. The sub-agreement does not change the jurisdiction of governments nor does it delegate authority.

The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) have endorsed the following Canada-wide Standards (includes Yukon Implementation Plans):

• Municipal Waste Water Effluent

• Fine Particulate Matter 63 KB

• Ground-Level Ozone 63 KB

• Mercury:
  • Incineration 49 KB
  • Lamps 36 KB
  • Dental Amalgam Wastes 32 KB
  • Base Metal Smelting 27 KB
  • Electric Power Generation Plants 27 KB

 

• Dioxins and Furans:

• Waste Incinerators 49 KB
• Pulp and Paper Boilers Burning Salt-Laden Wood

 

• Benzene 10 KB

• Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil 11 KB

For more information on the Canada-wide Standards and other current initiatives, visit www.ccme.ca.