[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":726},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-en-confined-space-entry-permits-canada":3,"post-related-en-confined-space-entry-permits-canada":701},{"id":4,"title":5,"about":6,"article_section":13,"audio":14,"body":16,"course":615,"description":616,"extension":617,"image":618,"meta":621,"modified":622,"navigation":623,"path":624,"published":622,"read_time":625,"related":626,"resources":630,"seo":694,"seo_title":5,"slug_en":695,"slug_fr":696,"stem":697,"tags":698,"video":699,"__hash__":700},"postsEn\u002Fen\u002Fposts\u002Fconfined-space-entry-permits-canada.md","Confined Space Entry Permits in Canada: Rules & Contents",[7,10],{"name":8,"same_as":9},"Confined space","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConfined_space",{"name":11,"same_as":12},"Occupational safety and health","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOccupational_safety_and_health","Workplace Safety",{"src":15},"\u002Faudio\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fconfined-space-entry-permits-en-v1.mp3",{"type":17,"value":18,"toc":605},"minimark",[19,32,54,63,68,78,94,97,101,107,110,242,248,254,258,261,277,284,295,298,301,305,312,315,525,529,532,546,549,552,556,559,592,595],[20,21,22,23,27,28],"p",{},"A confined space entry permit is the ",[24,25,26],"strong",{},"written authorization"," that allows named workers to enter a specific space, for specific work, during a specific period of time. Where a permit is used, it confirms six things before anyone enters: ",[29,30],"citation",{"source":31},"cohsr-part-11 ontario-reg-632-05",[33,34,35,39,42,45,48,51],"ul",{},[36,37,38],"li",{},"the space has been identified and assessed;",[36,40,41],{},"the atmosphere has been tested and the results recorded;",[36,43,44],{},"hazards have been isolated and controls put in place;",[36,46,47],{},"the people filling each role have been assigned;",[36,49,50],{},"rescue arrangements are in place;",[36,52,53],{},"a competent or qualified person has authorized the entry for a defined period.",[20,55,56,57,62],{},"It is not paperwork for its own sake. The permit is the record that proves the entry procedure was actually followed on the day, and it is the first document an inspector asks for after an incident. Not every confined space entry in Canada requires a permit, though, and what triggers one differs from province to province. If you are not yet sure whether the space you are dealing with is covered at all, start with ",[58,59,61],"a",{"href":60},"\u002Fblog\u002Fconfined-spaces-safety-definition-purpose-and-hazards\u002F","what counts as a confined space",". If you came for a form, the official templates are listed at the end of this guide.",[64,65,67],"h2",{"id":66},"when-is-a-confined-space-entry-permit-required","When is a confined space entry permit required?",[20,69,70,71,74,75],{},"A confined space entry permit is required when the regulation of your jurisdiction or the conditions of the entry call for one; there is no single national rule. Federally, whether an entry permit system is required is decided through the qualified person's hazard assessment. ",[29,72],{"source":73},"cohsr-part-11 canada-gazette-sor-2021-143 esdc-confined-spaces-no-easy-way-out esdc-confined-spaces-guidance-interpretation"," Ontario requires a separate permit each time work is to be performed in a confined space. ",[29,76],{"source":77},"ontario-reg-632-05",[20,79,80,81,85,86,89,90,93],{},"British Columbia and Yukon require one for specified triggers — a high hazard atmosphere, an entry requiring ",[58,82,84],{"href":83},"\u002Fblog\u002Flockout-tagout-safety-protecting-canadian-workers-from-hazardous-energy\u002F","lockout or isolation",", or a risk of entrapment or engulfment. ",[29,87],{"source":88},"bc-ohsr-part-9 yukon-ohs-regulations-part-2"," Alberta requires an entry permit system before a worker enters a space that meets its own definition of a confined space. ",[29,91],{"source":92},"alberta-ohs-code-part-5"," The rule for each jurisdiction, with its section number, is in Table 2 below.",[20,95,96],{},"Readers arriving with the American term permit-required confined space should note that it comes from the US OSHA standard at 29 CFR 1910.146 and has no direct Canadian equivalent. There is more on that below.",[64,98,100],{"id":99},"what-must-a-confined-space-entry-permit-contain","What must a confined space entry permit contain?",[20,102,103,104],{},"A confined space entry permit commonly records fourteen things: the space, the work, the validity period, the hazards, isolation and lockout, atmospheric test results, ventilation, protective equipment, the roles, the entry and exit log, the communication method, rescue arrangements, hot work provisions, and the final verification and close-out. The legally required fields are set by your jurisdiction and your own entry program, so check the list against the regulation that applies to you. The list in Table 1 follows the ground covered by CSA Z1006 and CCOHS. ",[29,105],{"source":106},"csa-z1006-23 ccohs-confined-space-intro",[20,108,109],{},"Table 1 — Fields a confined space entry permit commonly records. Legal requirements vary by jurisdiction.",[111,112,113,126],"table",{},[114,115,116],"thead",{},[117,118,119,123],"tr",{},[120,121,122],"th",{},"Field",[120,124,125],{},"What it records",[127,128,129,138,146,154,162,170,178,186,194,202,210,218,226,234],"tbody",{},[117,130,131,135],{},[132,133,134],"td",{},"Space identification",[132,136,137],{},"The specific space and its location, matched to the entry on the employer's list of confined spaces.",[117,139,140,143],{},[132,141,142],{},"Description of the work",[132,144,145],{},"What is being done inside, and any work specifically not authorized.",[117,147,148,151],{},[132,149,150],{},"Validity period",[132,152,153],{},"The authorized validity period for this permit, as required by the applicable regulation and the employer's entry program.",[117,155,156,159],{},[132,157,158],{},"Hazards identified",[132,160,161],{},"The hazards carried over from the hazard assessment for that space, plus anything introduced by the work itself.",[117,163,164,167],{},[132,165,166],{},"Isolation and lockout",[132,168,169],{},"Hazardous energy sources isolated, lines blanked or disconnected, locks and tags applied, and by whom, where hazardous energy is present.",[117,171,172,175],{},[132,173,174],{},"Atmospheric test results",[132,176,177],{},"Oxygen percentage, flammable gas as a percentage of the lower explosive limit, and specific toxic gases, each with the reading, the time taken, the instrument used and the initials of the person who tested. Continuous monitoring noted where required.",[117,179,180,183],{},[132,181,182],{},"Ventilation and purging",[132,184,185],{},"Method used, equipment, and confirmation it stays running while the space is occupied.",[117,187,188,191],{},[132,189,190],{},"Protective equipment",[132,192,193],{},"Respiratory protection, harness and lifeline, protective clothing, lighting, and any intrinsically safe equipment required.",[117,195,196,199],{},[132,197,198],{},"Roles assigned",[132,200,201],{},"Names of the entrants, the attendant or standby worker, and the person supervising or authorizing the entry, with the duties attached to each.",[117,203,204,207],{},[132,205,206],{},"Entry and exit log",[132,208,209],{},"Time each worker enters and leaves, so that the count of who is inside is accurate at any moment.",[117,211,212,215],{},[132,213,214],{},"Communication method",[132,216,217],{},"How the person outside maintains contact with those inside, and the agreed evacuation signal.",[117,219,220,223],{},[132,221,222],{},"Rescue arrangements",[132,224,225],{},"The rescue procedure for this space, the equipment in position at the opening, and who is standing by. Confirmation that rescue was arranged before entry.",[117,227,228,231],{},[132,229,230],{},"Hot work provisions",[132,232,233],{},"Where welding, cutting, grinding or other ignition sources are involved, the additional controls and any separate hot work permit.",[117,235,236,239],{},[132,237,238],{},"Verification and close-out",[132,240,241],{},"Verification by the competent or qualified person that the required conditions have been met, the authorization of the entry, and the close-out of the permit when the work ends or conditions change. Most programs capture this as signatures.",[20,243,244,245],{},"There is no single Canadian rule on how long a confined space entry permit stays valid. Each jurisdiction and each entry program sets its own limit, and the permit has to state the period it covers. Nova Scotia puts a hard outer limit on it: its Occupational Safety General Regulations provide that no certification issued for a confined space entry is valid for longer than 24 hours after the time the required tests were performed. ",[29,246],{"source":247},"ns-general-regulations-part-12",[20,249,250,251],{},"That is a useful ceiling to work to anywhere in Canada, because a permit is only ever as current as the atmospheric test behind it, and in most spaces the test needs repeating far sooner than that. British Columbia, for example, allows no more than 20 minutes between the pre-entry test and the worker's entry (s. 9.25). ",[29,252],{"source":253},"bc-ohsr-part-9",[64,255,257],{"id":256},"who-issues-and-signs-a-confined-space-entry-permit","Who issues and signs a confined space entry permit?",[20,259,260],{},"The permit is issued and authorized by the person the employer has appointed for that purpose under its entry program.",[20,262,263,264,267,268,271,272,274,275],{},"The legislation calls that person a competent person or a qualified person depending on the jurisdiction. The federal regulations use qualified person, meaning a person who because of knowledge, training and experience is qualified to perform the duty safely. ",[29,265],{"source":266},"cohsr-part-11"," Ontario and Nova Scotia use competent person. ",[29,269],{"source":270},"ontario-reg-632-05 ns-general-regulations-part-12"," British Columbia requires the responsible supervisor to complete and sign the permit. ",[29,273],{"source":253}," Alberta requires the permit to be completed and signed by a competent person before anyone enters (s. 47(3)). ",[29,276],{"source":92},[20,278,279,280,283],{},"Signature blocks are common practice rather than a universal legal requirement. Ontario, for example, requires verification by a competent person before each shift rather than a signature on the permit, and the ministry's guideline treats documenting that verification by signature as a reasonable due diligence practice. ",[29,281],{"source":282},"ontario-reg-632-05 ontario-confined-spaces-guideline-entry-permit"," A well-built permit commonly carries three signatures:",[33,285,286,289,292],{},[36,287,288],{},"The supervisor or authorizing person, confirming that the assessment, isolation, testing, equipment and rescue arrangements have been verified.",[36,290,291],{},"The attendant or standby worker, confirming the role and its duties have been accepted.",[36,293,294],{},"Each entrant, confirming the hazards, controls and evacuation signal for that space have been briefed.",[20,296,297],{},"If you are the worker going in, the permit should name you, cover the work you are about to do and still be inside its validity period when you sign it.",[20,299,300],{},"Keeping the authorizing person out of the space, and keeping the person posted outside free of competing duties, is standard practice in Canadian entry programs. Whether it is a legal requirement depends on your jurisdiction, so check the regulation and write the answer into your own entry program.",[64,302,304],{"id":303},"what-are-the-confined-space-permit-rules-by-province","What are the confined space permit rules by province?",[20,306,307,308,311],{},"Eight jurisdictions — federal, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Yukon — say something specific about the permit or certification itself, and Table 2 gives each rule with its section number. The instrument name links to the legislation text and the authority name links to the regulator. Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are not shown here; their confined space regulations are linked in the table of our ",[58,309,310],{"href":60},"confined spaces guide",".",[20,313,314],{},"Table 2 — Selected jurisdictions and where the permit requirement sits.",[111,316,317,333],{},[114,318,319],{},[117,320,321,324,327,330],{},[120,322,323],{},"Jurisdiction",[120,325,326],{},"Instrument",[120,328,329],{},"What the law requires",[120,331,332],{},"Enforced by",[127,334,335,359,388,410,432,454,476,503],{},[117,336,337,340,349,352],{},[132,338,339],{},"Federal",[132,341,342],{},[58,343,348],{"href":344,"rel":345},"https:\u002F\u002Flaws-lois.justice.gc.ca\u002Feng\u002Fregulations\u002FSOR-86-304\u002Fsection-11.01.html",[346,347],"noopener","noreferrer","Canada OHS Regulations (SOR\u002F86-304), Part XI",[132,350,351],{},"Written confined space procedures are required for every confined space; for a hazardous confined space they must include all risk control measures and an entry permit system where the qualified person's hazard assessment calls for one. The assessment report and the procedures are kept for ten years.",[132,353,354],{},[58,355,358],{"href":356,"rel":357},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canada.ca\u002Fen\u002Femployment-social-development\u002Fcorporate\u002Fportfolio\u002Flabour.html",[346,347],"ESDC Labour Program",[117,360,361,364,378,381],{},[132,362,363],{},"Ontario",[132,365,366,371,372,377],{},[58,367,370],{"href":368,"rel":369},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ontario.ca\u002Flaws\u002Fregulation\u002F050632",[346,347],"O. Reg. 632\u002F05, Confined Spaces"," (with the ",[58,373,376],{"href":374,"rel":375},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ontario.ca\u002Fdocument\u002Fguideline-working-confined-spaces\u002Fentry-permit",[346,347],"guideline's entry-permit chapter",")",[132,379,380],{},"The employer's confined space program must include an entry permit system setting out the measures and procedures to be followed, and a separate entry permit is issued each time work is to be performed in a confined space, before any worker enters (s. 10(1)); the permit records each worker's entries and exits. A competent person verifies before each shift that the permit complies with the relevant plan; a signature on the permit is not itself required.",[132,382,383],{},[58,384,387],{"href":385,"rel":386},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ontario.ca\u002Fpage\u002Fministry-labour-immigration-training-skills-development",[346,347],"Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development",[117,389,390,393,400,403],{},[132,391,392],{},"British Columbia",[132,394,395],{},[58,396,399],{"href":397,"rel":398},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.worksafebc.com\u002Fen\u002Flaw-policy\u002Foccupational-health-safety\u002Fsearchable-ohs-regulation\u002Fohs-regulation\u002Fpart-09-confined-spaces",[346,347],"OHS Regulation, Part 9 — Confined Spaces",[132,401,402],{},"A written confined space entry program is required before any entry. An entry permit completed and signed by the responsible supervisor is required where the space has a high hazard atmosphere, where lockout or isolation is required, or where there is a hazard of entrapment or engulfment (s. 9.13). Pre-entry atmospheric testing is completed no more than 20 minutes before entry, subject to the exception in s. 9.25(7); a copy of the signed permit is kept for at least one year (s. 9.16).",[132,404,405],{},[58,406,409],{"href":407,"rel":408},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.worksafebc.com\u002F",[346,347],"WorkSafeBC",[117,411,412,415,422,425],{},[132,413,414],{},"Alberta",[132,416,417],{},[58,418,421],{"href":419,"rel":420},"https:\u002F\u002Fsearch-ohs-laws.alberta.ca\u002Flegislation\u002Foccupational-health-and-safety-code\u002Fpart-5-confined-spaces\u002F",[346,347],"OHS Code, Part 5 — Confined Spaces",[132,423,424],{},"Part 5 requires a code of practice, a hazard assessment and atmospheric testing. Section 47 requires an entry permit system for a confined space as Alberta defines it, which is the hazardous subset of its restricted spaces. The Code sets the acceptable oxygen range at 19.5% to 23.0% (s. 52).",[132,426,427],{},[58,428,431],{"href":429,"rel":430},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.alberta.ca\u002Foccupational-health-safety",[346,347],"Alberta OHS — Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration",[117,433,434,437,444,447],{},[132,435,436],{},"Manitoba",[132,438,439],{},[58,440,443],{"href":441,"rel":442},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb2.gov.mb.ca\u002Flaws\u002Fregs\u002Fcurrent\u002F217-2006.php?lang=en",[346,347],"Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, M.R. 217\u002F2006, Part 15 — Confined Spaces",[132,445,446],{},"Part 15 establishes an entry permit system for every hazardous confined space (ss. 15.5(e) and 15.6(1), with a review of the entry permit under s. 15.7), alongside safe work procedures, atmospheric testing, purging and ventilation, and a standby worker (s. 15.8(1)).",[132,448,449],{},[58,450,453],{"href":451,"rel":452},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.mb.ca\u002Flabour\u002Fsafety\u002F",[346,347],"Workplace Safety and Health — Manitoba Labour and Immigration",[117,455,456,459,466,469],{},[132,457,458],{},"Nova Scotia",[132,460,461],{},[58,462,465],{"href":463,"rel":464},"https:\u002F\u002Fnovascotia.ca\u002Fjust\u002Fregulations\u002Fregs\u002Fohsgensf.htm",[346,347],"Occupational Safety General Regulations, Part 12 — Confined Space Entry",[132,467,468],{},"A competent person must provide a written certification before entry, recording the tests, the results, the work permitted and the expiry. The certification is valid no longer than 24 hours after the tests were performed. Oxygen must be not less than 19.5% and not more than 22.5%.",[132,470,471],{},[58,472,475],{"href":473,"rel":474},"https:\u002F\u002Fnovascotia.ca\u002Fworkplace-and-technical-safety\u002F",[346,347],"Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration",[117,477,478,481,488,496],{},[132,479,480],{},"Newfoundland and Labrador",[132,482,483],{},[58,484,487],{"href":485,"rel":486},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.assembly.nl.ca\u002Flegislation\u002Fsr\u002Fregulations\u002Frc120005.htm",[346,347],"OHS Regulations, 2012 (NLR 5\u002F12), Part XXVII — Confined Space Entry (ss. 511–516)",[132,489,490,491,311],{},"A worker may not enter a confined space until, among other conditions, a written work permit documenting the tests and safety precautions has been completed (s. 512(2)(e)); entrants must hold Confined Space Entry certification from a ",[58,492,495],{"href":493,"rel":494},"https:\u002F\u002Fworkplacenl.ca\u002Fresource\u002Fconfined-space-entry-cse-certification-training-standard\u002F",[346,347],"WorkplaceNL-approved provider",[132,497,498],{},[58,499,502],{"href":500,"rel":501},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.nl.ca\u002Fgs\u002Fohs\u002F",[346,347],"OHS Division — Government Services, Newfoundland and Labrador",[117,504,505,508,515,518],{},[132,506,507],{},"Yukon",[132,509,510],{},[58,511,514],{"href":512,"rel":513},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wcb.yk.ca\u002Fregulations\u002Fpart-2-confined-spaces",[346,347],"Workplace Health and Safety Regulations (O.I.C. 2006\u002F178), Part 2 — Confined Spaces",[132,516,517],{},"Section 2.09 requires an entry permit, completed, signed and posted by the responsible supervisor, before a worker enters a confined space with a high hazard atmosphere, one that requires lockout or isolation procedures, or one with a hazard of engulfment or entrapment.",[132,519,520],{},[58,521,524],{"href":522,"rel":523},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wcb.yk.ca\u002F",[346,347],"Workers' Safety and Compensation Board",[64,526,528],{"id":527},"is-there-a-canadian-equivalent-of-a-permit-required-confined-space","Is there a Canadian equivalent of a permit-required confined space?",[20,530,531],{},"No — Canada has no single nationwide equivalent of the permit-required confined space, and no national two-way split between permit spaces and non-permit spaces. Permit-required confined space is United States terminology, from the OSHA standard at 29 CFR 1910.146.",[20,533,534,535,537,538,540,541,543,544],{},"The closest federal concept is the distinction between a confined space and a hazardous confined space, but that distinction does not by itself decide whether a permit is needed. Federally, the qualified person's hazard assessment decides that. ",[29,536],{"source":266}," Ontario does not use the hazardous confined space terminology at all, and requires a separate permit each time work is to be performed in a confined space. ",[29,539],{"source":77}," Alberta draws its own line between a restricted space and a confined space, and attaches the permit system to the latter. ",[29,542],{"source":92}," British Columbia and Yukon tie the permit to specified conditions rather than to a category of space. ",[29,545],{"source":88},[20,547,548],{},"The practical consequence is that you cannot work out whether your space is permit-required by reasoning from the American categories, or from any single Canadian definition. The answer comes from three things: the definition in your own jurisdiction's regulation, the hazard assessment for that space, and the conditions of the particular entry you are about to make.",[20,550,551],{},"The answer is also not permanent. A space that raised no concerns yesterday becomes a different proposition the moment someone starts welding inside it, connects a line to it, or introduces a solvent. That is why the assessment has to be revisited whenever the space, the equipment or the work changes, and why the permit attaches to the entry rather than to the space.",[64,553,555],{"id":554},"where-can-you-find-confined-space-entry-permit-templates-and-official-forms","Where can you find confined space entry permit templates and official forms?",[20,557,558],{},"The regulators listed below publish permit forms and guidance; use the form your own entry program specifies. If you are building one, starting from these keeps the fields aligned with what an inspector expects to see.",[33,560,561,569,577,584],{},[36,562,563,568],{},[58,564,567],{"href":565,"rel":566},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.worksafebc.com\u002Fen\u002Fresources\u002Fhealth-safety\u002Fbooks-guides\u002Fconfined-space-entry-program-a-reference-manual",[346,347],"WorkSafeBC, Confined Space Entry Program — A Reference Manual",", the reference for building a confined space entry program under Part 9.",[36,570,571,576],{},[58,572,575],{"href":573,"rel":574},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.mb.ca\u002Finr\u002Fpublications\u002Fsafe_workplace\u002Fsection-iii\u002Fsection-iii-c\u002Fpubs\u002Fappendix-iii-g9-1-confined-space-entry-permit.pdf",[346,347],"Government of Manitoba, Confined Space Entry Permit (Appendix III-G9-1)",", a departmental permit form published in a Manitoba government safe-workplace manual.",[36,578,579,583],{},[58,580,582],{"href":374,"rel":581},[346,347],"Government of Ontario, Entry permit chapter of the Guideline for working in confined spaces",", which walks through the contents O. Reg. 632\u002F05 requires.",[36,585,586,591],{},[58,587,590],{"href":588,"rel":589},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wscc.nt.ca\u002Fdocuments\u002Fconfined-spaces-code-practice",[346,347],"WSCC (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Confined Spaces Code of Practice",", which includes a sample permit.",[20,593,594],{},"Whatever template you adopt, check it against the field list in Table 1 above and against your own jurisdiction's regulation before you put it into use. A permit form missing the atmospheric test times, the entry and exit log or the close-out will not stand up after an incident.",[596,597,602],"cta-panel",{"button":598,"image":599,"title":600,"to":601},"View Confined Space training","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fcta\u002Fconfined-space-entry-permits-cta-image.webp","Train the entrants and attendants before the permit is signed","\u002Fcourses\u002Fconfined-space\u002F",[20,603,604],{},"About 1 hour 40 minutes online, following CSA Z1006. Where your duties require it, the hands-on practice and evaluation are done at your workplace. Enrol the whole entry team from one account.",{"title":606,"searchDepth":607,"depth":607,"links":608},"",2,[609,610,611,612,613,614],{"id":66,"depth":607,"text":67},{"id":99,"depth":607,"text":100},{"id":256,"depth":607,"text":257},{"id":303,"depth":607,"text":304},{"id":527,"depth":607,"text":528},{"id":554,"depth":607,"text":555},"confined-space","A confined space entry permit confirms a space was tested and controls are in place before entry. 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