CONSOLIDATION

Quarantine Regulations

C.R.C., c. 1368

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on December 12, 2006



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. The last amendments came into force on December 12, 2006. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulations Made Pursuant to the Quarantine Act

Short Title

Maritime Traffic

Air Traffic SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II

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CHAPTER 1368

QUARANTINE ACT Quarantine Regulations

Regulations Made Pursuant to the Quarantine Act

Short Title 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine

Regulations. 2 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 3 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 4 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 5 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 6 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 7 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 7.1 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 8 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 9 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 10 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1] 11 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

Maritime Traffic 12 (1) Where, in the course of a voyage of a vessel to

one of the ports referred to in subsection (3), (a) a member of the crew or a passenger on board the

vessel has (i) died, (ii) had a temperature of 38°C (100°F) or greater that persisted for two days or more or was accompanied or followed by a rash, jaundice or glandular swelling, or

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Quarantine Regulations Maritime Traffic Section 12

(iii) suffered from diarrhea severe enough to interfere with that person's work or normal activity, (b) the person in charge of the vessel is, during the period (i) of four weeks preceding the estimated time of

arrival of the vessel, or (ii) since the person last submitted a declaration of health,

whichever is the lesser, aware of any instance of illness among the crew or passengers that he suspects is of an infectious nature and may lead to the spread of disease, (c) the vessel has, (i) within 14 days of its estimated time of arrival in

Canada, been in a country that, in the opinion of a quarantine officer, is infected or suspected of being infected with smallpox, or (ii) within 60 days of its estimated time of arrival in

Canada been in a country that, in the opinion of a quarantine officer, is infected or suspected of being infected with the plague, or (d) a certificate establishing that the vessel has been de-ratted or exempted from de-ratting procedures has expired or is about to expire

the person in charge of the vessel shall, by radio at least 24 hours prior to the vessel's estimated time of arrival at its port of destination and between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, notify the quarantine officer at the quarantine station designated in subsection (3) for that port of the occurrence and provide him with the information described in subsection (2). (2) The information to be provided to the quarantine officer pursuant to subsection (1) is (a) the name and nationality of the vessel; (b) the ports called at during the voyage of the vessel; (c) the nature of the cargo on board the vessel; (d) the number of persons comprising the crew of the

vessel; (e) the number of passengers on board the vessel; (f) the port of destination of the vessel and the name of the vessel's owner or, if the owner is not in Canada, the name of the vessel's agent in Canada;

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(g) the condition of all persons on board the vessel

and details of any death or illness occurring during the voyage; (h) whether the body of any person is being carried on the vessel; (i) the estimated time of arrival of the vessel at the port of destination; (j) the number of persons on board the vessel who are not in possession of valid evidence of immunization to smallpox; and (k) the date and place of issuance of any de-ratting

certificate or de-ratting exemption certificate applicable to the vessel. (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), the quarantine station for vessels bound for (a) a port in the Province of Nova Scotia or a port in

the Province of Prince Edward Island, is Quarantine Station, Halifax, Nova Scotia; (b) a port in the Province of New Brunswick, is Quarantine Station, Saint John, New Brunswick; (c) a port in the Province of Newfoundland, is Quarantine Station, St. John's, Newfoundland; (d) a port in the Province of Quebec or any Canadian port via the St. Lawrence River, is Quarantine Station, Montreal, Quebec; (e) a port in the Province of British Columbia, is

Quarantine Station, Vancouver, British Columbia; and (f) a port on Hudson Bay, is Quarantine Station,

Churchill, Manitoba. SOR/78-406, s. 3; SOR/2006-332, s. 2.

13 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3] 14 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3] 15 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3] 16 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3] 17 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3] 18 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

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Quarantine Regulations Air Traffic Section 19

Air Traffic 19 (1) Where a person in charge of any aircraft arriving in Canada from a place outside Canada wishes to land at any of the airports listed in subsection (2), (a) he shall, prior to arrival, except in the case of emergency or other circumstances in which it is impossible to communicate with the airport send by radio to the quarantine officer at such airport information concerning (i) any illness among the persons on board the aircraft, other than air sickness, or resulting from any accident that might have occurred during the flight, with details of such illness including the existence of fever, skin rash, headache, backache, jaundice, diarrhea, vomiting, chills or abnormal behaviour, or (ii) the death of any person on board the aircraft during the flight; and (b) he may, where no illness described in subparagraph (a) (i) has become apparent and no death has occurred during the flight, send by radio to the quarantine officer at such airport a message that all on board appear to be healthy. (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of the following airports: (a) Gander International; (b) Goose Bay; (c) St. John's International; (d) Halifax International; (e) Sydney; ; (f) Montreal International (Dorval); (g) Montreal International (Mirabel); (h) Quebec, Jean Lesage International; (i) Hamilton; (j) Toronto, Lester B. Pearson International; (k) Ottawa, Macdonald-Cartier International; (l) Windsor; (m) London;

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(n) Winnipeg International; (o) Saskatoon, John G. Diefenbaker International; (p) Regina; (q) Edmonton International; (r) Calgary International; (s) Vancouver International; (t) Victoria International; and (u) Kelowna. SOR/2003-227, s. 4.

20 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 21 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 22 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 23 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 24 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 25 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 26 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 27 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 28 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 29 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4] 30 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

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Quarantine Regulations SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE I [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 5]

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Quarantine Regulations SCHEDULE II

SCHEDULE II [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 5]

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