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Canada Revises Toy Regulations for Toys to be Entered by a Child

On 8 December 2024, the Canadian government published the revised Canada Toys Regulations, SOR/2011-17, to include sections 45, 46 and 42027 for toys intended to be entered by a child. (Toys Regulations)

An update to the Canada Toys Regulations, SOR/2011-17, was published by Health Canada on 8 December 2024 to include 45, 46, and 47 for toys intended to be entered by a child. These updated sections, as directly referenced from the specified regulation, are referenced below.

Toys Intended to be Entered by a Child

Exception

45 Sections 46 and 47 do not apply to a tent as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Tents Regulations, SOR/2024-217.

Requirements and testing

46 (1) A toy intended to be entered by a child must be tested in accordance with subclauses 5.1 and 5.4 of the International Organization for Standardization, standard ISO 8124–2 entitled Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability, as amended from time to time, and meet the requirements set out in subclause 4.4 of that standard, excluding the requirement that the toy and its packaging be permanently marked with a statement if the rate of the spread of the flame of the test sample is from 10 mm/s to 30 mm/s.

Compliance period

(2) Despite subsection (1), a toy intended to be entered by a child that meets a requirement referred to in that subsection, as it read immediately before the day on which a new version of standard ISO 8124-2 is published, may continue to meet that requirement:

(a) in the case of the manufacture or import of the toy intended to be entered by a child, for a period of 180 days that begins on that day; and

(b) in the case of the advertisement or sale of the toy intended to be entered by a child, for a period of 365 days that begins on that day.

Warning

47 (1) The outer surface of a toy intended to be entered by a child must have a permanent label containing the following warning or its equivalent, in bold upper-case letters at least 3 mm in height and in both official languages:

“WARNING: KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND OPEN FLAME / MISE EN GARDE : TENIR LOIN DES SOURCES DE CHALEUR ET DES FLAMMES NUES”.

Alert symbol

(2) The permanent label must contain the following alert symbol, at least 6 mm in height, immediately before the warning: ⚠

The symbol is represented by an equilateral triangle. An exclamation mark is shown centered inside the triangle.

Additional requirement

(3) The warning and the alert symbol must be affixed to the toy intended to be entered by a child in such a manner that they are legible and clearly visible throughout the life of the toy.

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