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| Model Code Adoption Across Canada |
Under Canada's constitution, provinces and territories regulate the design and construction of new houses
and buildings, and the maintenance and operation of fire safety systems in existing buildings. While
the Model National Building, Fire and Plumbing Codes are prepared centrally under the direction of the
Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, adoption and enforcement of the Codes are the
responsibility of the provincial and territorial authorities having jurisdiction.
The following provinces and territories adopt or adapt the National Model Codes:
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New Brunswick |
Province-wide adoption of the National Fire Code. Province-wide adoption of the National
Plumbing Code with some modifications. Individual municipalities adopt the National Building
Code. |
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Newfoundland and Labrador |
Province-wide adoption of the National Fire Code and aspects of the National Building Code
pertaining to fire and life safety that are cross-referenced in the National Fire Code.
Municipalities individually adopt the National Building Code. No province-wide building or
plumbing code. |
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Nova Scotia |
Province-wide adoption of the National Building Code, with some modifications and additions,
and the National Plumbing Code. No province-wide fire code, however, some municipalities
adopt the National Fire Code. |
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Manitoba and Saskatchewan |
Province-wide adoption of the National Building Code, National Fire Code and National Plumbing
Code with some modifications and additions. |
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Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon |
Territory-wide adoption of the National Building Code and National Fire Code with some modifications and additions. Yukon adopts the NPC. |
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Prince Edward Island |
Province-wide adoption of the National Plumbing Code. Province-wide fire code not based on
the National Fire Code. Major municipalities adopt the National Building Code. |
The following provinces publish their own codes based on the National Model Codes:
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Alberta and British Columbia |
Province-wide building, fire, and plumbing codes that are substantially the same as National
Model Codes with variations that are primarily additions. |
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Ontario |
Province-wide building, fire and plumbing codes based on the National Model Codes, but with
significant variations in content and scope. The Ontario Fire Code, in particular, is
significantly different from the National Fire Code. Ontario also references the Model
National Energy Code for Buildings in its building code. |
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Quebec |
Province-wide building and plumbing codes that are substantially the same as the National
Building Code and National Plumbing Code, but with variations that are primarily additions.
Major municipalities adopt the National Fire Code. |
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