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Explore guidelines and other regulatory documents to help you manage explosives effectively and safely.
- Authorization
- Manufacturing
- Buying, selling and storing
- Screening
- Transporting
- Fireworks use
- Restricted Components
Authorization
- G03-01: Type E high explosives (HTML)
- G03-02: Guidelines for authorization of cartridges (PDF, 112 kb)
- G03-03: Guidelines for authorization of consumer and display fireworks (PDF, 293 kb)
- G03-04: Guidelines for authorization of pyrotechnic special effects (HTML
- G03-07: General standard for the authorization and classification of explosives (HTML)
Manufacturing
- G05-01: Guidelines for Division 1 Licences for bulk explosives facilities (PDF, 414 kb)
- G05-02: Requirements for bulk mobile process units (PDF, 374 kb)
- G05-04: Security plan guideline (HTML)
- G05-06: Pumping of water-based explosives (Contact the Explosives Regulatory Division [ERD] to get a copy.)
- G05-07: Guidelines for jet perforating gun assembly facilities (PDF, 195.16 kb)
- G05-09: Guidelines for picking and assembly for display fireworks (PDF, 321.23kb)
- G05-13: Application Guidelines for Division 1 Factory Licences (PDF, 336 kb)
- G05-25: Sample security plan (Contact the ERD to get a copy.)
- RP-05-04: Separation Distances for Explosives (PDF, 1006 kb)Footnote 1
Buying, selling and storing
- G06-01: Non-industrial storage guideline, 2015 (PDF, 311 kb)
- G06-02: Storage Guideline Police, Explosives Disposal Units, Tactical Units and Canine Units (Contact the Explosives Regulatory Division [ERD] to obtain a copy.)
- G06-05: Guideline for determining the storage compatibility of explosives (PDF, 196 kb)
- G06-06: Key control plan guideline (PDF, 74 kb)
- G06-07: Fire safety plan guideline (PDF, 71.9 kb)
- G13-02: Guidelines for High-Hazard Special Purpose Explosives (Type S.2) (PDF, 626 kb)
- RP-05-04: Separation Distances for Explosives (PDF, 1006 kb)Footnote 1
- Storage of industrial explosives — standard of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (link to the website of the Bureau)
Screening
Transporting
- G09-01: Guideline for Transporting detonators with other explosives (PDF, 40 kb)
- G09-02: Guidelines for quantified risk assessments at ports and wharves (PDF, 169 kb)
Fireworks and pyrotechnics use
- G17-01: Special effect pyrotechnics manual (PDF, 765 Mb)
- G18-01: Display fireworks manual (HTML)
Restricted components
- G20-05: Guidelines for Tier 1 restricted component sellers (PDF, 387 kb)
- G20-06: Guidelines for Tier 2 restricted component sellers (PDF, 819 Kb)
- G20-07: Guidelines for Tier 3 restricted component sellers (PDF, 510 Kb)
- G20-04: Guidelines for recognizing and reporting suspicious transactions of explosives precursor chemicals (PDF, 454 Kb)
- G20-03: Guide for enrolments for restricted component sellers - eLMS (PDF, 4 Mb)
- G20-01: Tier 1 restricted components security and key control plan guideline (PDF, 730 Kb)
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