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The National Farm Building Code of Canada 1995
(NFBC) applies to farm buildings of low human occupancy and contains minimum requirements on matters
affecting human health, fire safety and structural sufficiency. See the
table of contents.
All dwelling units on a farm, as well as farm buildings that do not qualify as a "low human
occupancy" (i.e. an occupant load of not more than one person for each 40 m2), must comply
with the National Building Code or the applicable provincial code.
The NFBC is prepared under the auspices of the Canadian
Commission on Building and Fire Codes and is published by the National Research Council of
Canada. The NFBC was first published in 1977. Updated editions appeared in 1983, 1990 and 1995.
Under Canada's Constitution Act, building regulation is the responsibility of provincial and
territorial governments. The NFBC is in the form of a model code to permit adoption by the
appropriate authority. Some provinces and territories
adopt or adapt the model NFBC and enforce its
requirements. Elsewhere, the NFBC is used as a guide to minimum requirements for farm building
construction in Canada.
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