Violations and assigned severity levels
A Designated Enforcement Officer who believes that a regulated entity has committed a violation of the Canada Transportation Act or regulations, or when a regulated entity has not complied with a CTA Order, may issue a Notice of Violation.
Enforcement officers monitor compliance with the following legislation and regulations:
- Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR)
- Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (ATPDR)
- Accessible Transportation Planning and Reporting Regulations (ATPRR)
- Air Transportation Regulations (ATR)
- Canada Transportation Act (CTA)
- Personnel Training for the Assistance of Persons with Disabilities Regulations (PTR)
- Railway Third Party Liability Insurance Coverage Regulations (RLIR)
- Railway Interswitching Regulations (RIR)
This table shows the level of severity of each type of violation.
Note
On June 6, 2024, the severity levels for some Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (ATPDR) provisions were adjusted.
On April 2, 2024, certain changes were brought to the Compliance and Enforcement Policy:
- The severity levels for some Air Passenger Protection Regulation (APPR) provisions have been adjusted;
- The same amounts for "per passenger" and "per event" will apply in the calculation of administrative monetary penalties (AMP) under the APPR;
- For violations pertaining to compensation, the requirement that the amount of the AMP cannot be lower than 1.5 times the amount of the compensation owed, has been removed .
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Sector | Legislation/ Regulation |
Provision | Violation | Severity of Violation | Maximum Corporate/Individual penalty |
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Accessibility | ATPDR | 4(1)(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure the following if it makes available to the public information about any transportation-related service or facility, if the information is made available in an electronic format, the format is compatible with adaptive technology that is intended to assist persons with disabilities; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 4(1)(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure the following if it makes available to the public information about any transportation-related service or facility, if the information is made available only in a paper format, it is made available, on request, in large print, in Braille or in an electronic format; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 4(1)(c) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure the following if it makes available to the public information about any transportation-related service or facility, if the information is made available in an audio format, it is made available, on request, in a visual format; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 4(1)(d) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure the following if it makes available to the public information about any transportation-related service or facility, if the information is made available in a visual format, it is made available, on request, in an audio format. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 4(2) | Failure by a transportation service provider to provide to a person with a disability that makes a request referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(b) to (d), the information in the requested format as soon as feasible | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 5(1)(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider to publish, including on its website, the following information: a notice that it is subject to these Regulations and the provisions of these Regulations that apply to it; | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 5(1)(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider to publish, including on its website, the following information: the services that it offers to persons with disabilities and any conditions that apply to those services; and | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 5(1)(c) | Failure by a transportation service provider to publish, including on its website, the following information: the complaint resolution services that it offers and how a passenger may access those services. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 6(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that members of personnel who interact with passengers in the course of carrying out their functions take into account the following when communicating with a person with a disability: the nature of the person’s disability, particularly if the person is blind or deaf or has any other visual or hearing impairment or if the person has a communication impairment; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 6(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that members of personnel who interact with passengers in the course of carrying out their functions take into account the following when communicating with a person with a disability: whether the person uses an assistive device to assist them to hear, see or communicate; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 6(c) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that members of personnel who interact with passengers in the course of carrying out their functions take into account the following when communicating with a person with a disability: whether there are methods of communication that may be used by the person or that may facilitate communication with the person, such as an augmentative or alternative communication system, sign language or clear, concise and plain language. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 7(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider if it makes a telephone number available to the public that may be used to make travel reservations or obtain information about the provider’s transportation-related services or facilities, to offer to persons who are deaf or have any other hearing impairment, or who have a communication impairment, the option of doing those things by means of an email or a third party’s telephone relay or video relay service; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 7(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider if it makes a telephone number available to the public that may be used to make travel reservations or obtain information about the provider’s transportation-related services or facilities, to publish, in every instance that it publishes a telephone number that may be used to do those things, along with that telephone number, a description of how a person may access the services referred to in paragraph (a), including the transportation service provider’s email address and the third party’s telephone number for telephone relay or video relay service. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 8(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider that makes a website available to the public that may be used to access a client account, travel itinerary, travel schedule or trip status, to obtain contact information for the transportation service provider, to make or modify a reservation or to check in, to offer to persons with disabilities the option of doing those things by means of a communication system that does not require the use of a website, such as by means of a telephone, an email or a third party’s telephone relay or video relay service; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 8(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider that makes a website available to the public that may be used to access a client account, travel itinerary, travel schedule or trip status, to obtain contact information for the transportation service provider, to make or modify a reservation or to check in, to publish, in every instance that it publishes the address of the website that may be used to do those things, along with that website address, a description of how a person may access the services referred to in paragraph (a), including the transportation service provider’s telephone number and email address and the third party’s telephone number for telephone relay or video relay service. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 9 | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that every website that it owns, operates or controls and that is made available to the public — including any mobile site that contains other platforms, such as applications — meets the requirements for a Level AA conformance that are set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 10(1) | Failure by a carrier to ensure that any public announcement relating to a departure or a gate or track assignment that is made for passengers waiting at a boarding area inside a terminal is made in an audio format and in a visual format. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 10(2) | Failure by a transportation service provider that makes any public announcement relating to safety or security inside a terminal, to make that announcement in an audio and visual format. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 11(1) | If a transportation service provider owns, operates or controls the hardware components of an automated self-service kiosk that is available for public use in a terminal, or owns, operates or controls the software components of such a kiosk, the transportation service provider must ensure that the hardware components or the software components, as the case may be, meet the requirements set out in clauses 1.4 and 3 to 7 and Annexes B and C, excluding the notes accompanying those clauses, of the National Standard of Canada CAN/CSA-B651.2-07 (R2017), entitled Accessible design for self-service interactive devices, published in January 2007 by the Canadian Standards Association, as amended from time to time. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 11(2) | If a transportation service provider owns, operates or controls the hardware components of an automated self-service kiosk referred to in subsection (1), the transportation service provider must ensure that the kiosk is visually and tactilely discernible by an International Symbol of Access that is affixed to the front of it. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 13 | Failure by a transportation service provider, on the request of a person with a disability, to assist the person, without delay, to use any automated self-service kiosk referred to in section 11. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 14(1) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that any automated self-service kiosk referred to in section 11 is in good working order and is properly maintained. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 14(2)(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure, when an automated self-service kiosk is not in good working order, that it is repaired as soon as possible and, until it is repaired, that the transportation service provider provides the following services to a person with a disability: directing the person to the nearest working automated self-service kiosk that offers the same service as that provided by the kiosk that is not in good working order and, on the request of the person, assisting the person in using that kiosk; or | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 14(2)(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure, when an automated self-service kiosk is not in good working order, that it is repaired as soon as possible and, until it is repaired, that the transportation service provider provides the following services to a person with a disability: permitting the person to advance to the front of the line at a counter where they will be provided the same service as that provided by the automated self-service kiosk that is not in good working order. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 15 | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that members of personnel receive the training that is required under sections 16 to 19. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(1) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that a member of personnel who may be required to interact with the public or participate in making decisions or developing policies or procedures in relation to the requirements of these Regulations, receives training that provides an adequate level of knowledge and skills to carry out those functions, including training with respect to the requirements of these Regulations and the policies and procedures of the transportation service provider with respect to person with disabilities. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(a) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of the following principles:
(i) the principle that all persons must be treated with dignity regardless of their disabilities, (ii) the principle that all persons must have the same opportunity to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have regardless of their disabilities or of how their disabilities interact with their personal and social characteristics, (iii) the principle that all persons must have barrier-free access to full and equal participation in society, regardless of their disabilities, and (iv) the principle that all persons must have meaningful options and be free to make their own choices, with support if they desire, regardless of their disabilities; |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(b) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of the different types of barriers that may hinder equal access to transportation services for persons with disabilities; | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(c) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of the various types of assistance that may be needed by persons with disabilities and the duties of the transportation service provider in relation to those needs, including (i) the type of assistance that they must provide to persons with disabilities, and (ii) the assistive devices that are commonly used by persons with disabilities and the methods of communication that may be used by, or may facilitate communication with, persons with disabilities, such as an augmentative or alternative communication system, sign language or clear, concise and plain language; | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(d) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of communication with persons with disabilities in accordance with section 6 and how to interact with them in a manner that respects their autonomy and dignity; | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(e) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of the role of a support person; and | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 16(2)(f) | Failure to ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1), provides an adequate level of knowledge in respect of the role and needs of a service dog. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 17 | Failure to ensure that a member of personnel who may be required to provide physical assistance to a person with a disability in the course of carrying out their functions, receives training that provides an adequate level of knowledge and skills to carry out those functions, including training on how to
(a) seek information from the person with respect to their preferred method of assistance and any other measures they may require to ensure their safety and their comfort; (b) manoeuvre mobility aids through doors and on irregular and multi-level surfaces, steps, curbs and elevators; (c) transfer the person between their own mobility aid and a mobility aid provided by the transportation service provider and between a mobility aid and the person’s passenger seat, including performing appropriate lifting techniques to perform various types of transfers of the person with maximum consideration for their dignity, safety and comfort; (d) guide and orient a person whose impairment affects their mobility; and (e) assist a person who has limitations in balance, agility or coordination that affect their mobility. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 18 | Failure to ensure that a member of personnel who may be required to handle mobility aids in the course of carrying out their functions, receives training that provides an adequate level of knowledge and skills to carry out those functions, including training with respect to
(a) the different types of mobility aids; (b) the requirements and appropriate methods for transporting and storing mobility aids, including the disassembling, packaging, unpackaging and reassembling of mobility aids. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 19(1) | Failure to ensure that a member of personnel who may be required to use, or to assist a person with a disability in using, any special equipment in the course of carrying out their functions, receives training that provides an adequate level of knowledge and skills to carry out those functions. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 20(1) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that a member of personnel has completed training suitable to the requirements of their functions within 60 days after the day on which that member assumes those functions. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 20(2) | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that a member of personnel that has not completed the training suitable for the requirements of their functions does not carry out those functions unless they are under the direct supervision of a person that has completed the training. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 21 | Failure by a transportation service provider to ensure that members of personnel who have received training that is required by Part 1 also receive, at least once every three years, refresher training that is suitable to the requirements of their functions. | C (Serious) Amended February 16, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 22 | Failure to ensure that, as soon as feasible, members of personnel are informed of new information (unless it is not relevant to the requirements of their functions) related to the introduction of a new policy, procedure or technology with respect to persons with disabilities or any new transportation-related service or facility to assist persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 23(1)(a) | Failure by a transportation service provider to implement and maintain each training program for members of personnel in accordance with the following requirements: the training program must include the information set out in Schedule 1; | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 23(1)(b) | Failure by a transportation service provider to implement and maintain each training program for members of personnel in accordance with the following requirements: the training program must be available for inspection by the Agency; and | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 23(1)(c) | Failure by a transportation service provider to implement and maintain each training program for members of personnel in accordance with the following requirements: any new information that is referred to in section 22 must be incorporated in the training program as soon as feasible. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 23(2) | Failure by a transportation service provider to consult persons with disabilities in the development of each training program and the principal teaching methods. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 23(3) | Failure by a transportation service provider to make available, as soon as feasible, any information about a training program that is set out in Schedule 1, except any personal information or confidential business information, to any person who requests that information. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 26(3) | Failure by a licensee to include the obligation to comply with these Regulations in its contracts with a charterer with respect to the following flights referred to in subsection (2):
-a charter flight within Canada if one or more seats on that flight are purchased for resale to the public; or -a charter flight to or from Canada if one or more passengers began their itinerary in Canada and one or more seats on that flight are purchased for resale to the public. |
A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 31(1) | Subject to subsection (2), imposing a fare or any other charge for any service that the carrier is required by this Part to provide to any person. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 32(1) | Failure by a carrier to provide the service if a person with a disability makes a request for a service set out in this Part at least 48 hours before the scheduled time of departure. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 32(2) | Failure by a carrier to provide the service if a person with a disability makes a request for a service referred to in any of paragraphs 35(a), (b), (g), (i) to (l) and (n) to (r) or section 37 or 38 less than 48 hours before the scheduled time of departure. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 32(4) | Despite subsections (1) and (3), failure by the carrier to make a reasonable effort to provide a service requested by a person with a disability even if the person does not comply with a requirement set out in those subsections. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 33(2) | Failure by a carrier to make a reasonable effort to provide a service requested by a person with a disability even if the person does not provide any information or documents that are requested by the carrier, including
-any information or documents, including a medical certificate, that are reasonably necessary to permit the carrier to assess the person’s request. (subsection (1)) -written instructions for the disassembly and reassembly of the mobility aid. (paragraph 41(2)(a)) -at the time that the person with a disability makes the reservation with the carrier, a declaration attesting that the service dog has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training to perform a task to assist the person with a disability with a need related to their disability; (51(2)(a)) and -before departure, an identification card or other document that is issued by an organization or person specializing in service dog training that identifies the person with a disability and attests that the service dog has been individually trained by the organization or person to perform a task to assist the person with a disability with a need related to their disability. (51(2)(b)) |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 34(1) | Failure by a carrier to permit a person with a disability, on request, to board in advance of other passengers if
(a) the person has requested assistance with boarding, locating their passenger seat or cabin, transferring between a mobility aid and their passenger seat or storing carry-on baggage; (b) in the case where the person is blind or has any other visual impairment, the person has requested a description of the layout of the aircraft, train, ferry or bus, as the case may be, or of the location and operation of operating controls at the person’s passenger seat; or (c) in the case where the person is disabled due to a severe allergy, the person has requested to clean their passenger seat to remove any potential allergens. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(a) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person with checking in at the check-in counter; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(b) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: permitting the person, if they are unable to use an automated self-service kiosk or other automated check-in or ticketing process, to advance to the front of the line at a check-in counter or ticket counter; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(c) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in proceeding through any security screening process at the terminal, including by (i) providing members of personnel to assist the person to proceed through the security screening process, or (ii) collaborating with the relevant security authority or security personnel at the terminal to permit a person who is not travelling with the person with a disability to have access to the security screening checkpoint so that they may assist the person with a disability to proceed through the security screening process; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(d) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in proceeding to the boarding area after check-in; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(e) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: before boarding, transferring the person between the person’s own mobility aid and a mobility aid provided by the carrier; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(f) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in boarding and disembarking and, in the case of a person travelling on a ferry, assisting the person in moving from a vehicle deck to a passenger deck or from a passenger deck to a vehicle deck; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(g) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in storing and retrieving their carry-on baggage; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(h) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: before departure and on arrival at the destination, transferring the person between a mobility aid and the person’s passenger seat | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(i) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in moving in and out of a mobility aid space; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(j) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: in the case of a person who is blind or has any other visual impairment, describing to the person, before departure or, if impossible because of time constraints, after departure, the layout of the aircraft, train, ferry or bus, as the case may be, including the location of washrooms and exits, and the location and operation of any operating controls at the person’s passenger seat; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(k) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in accessing any entertainment content that is offered on board, such as by providing them with a personal electronic device and assisting them in using that device; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(l) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: before departure, providing the person with an individualized safety briefing and demonstration; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(m) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: in the case of an aircraft, train or ferry, providing the person with an on-board wheelchair; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(n) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: in the case of an aircraft, train or ferry, assisting the person in moving between their passenger seat and a washroom, including by assisting them in transferring between their passenger seat and an on-board wheelchair; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(o) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: in the case of an aircraft, permitting a person to use the washroom that has the most amount of space, regardless of where the washroom is located, if the person needs an on-board wheelchair or the assistance of a support person or service dog to use a washroom; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(p) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: in the case of a person who is blind or has any other visual impairment, describing to the person, if a meal is offered on board, all the food and beverages that are offered for consumption or providing a menu in large print or in Braille; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(q) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: if a meal is served on board to the person, assisting the person with the meal by opening packages, identifying food items and their location and cutting large food portions; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(r) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: if the person is not able to access a food-service car on a train, permitting the person and any support person to order a meal, and be served the meal, at their passenger seats or in their cabin; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(s) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in proceeding through border clearance; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(t) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person in retrieving their checked baggage; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(u) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person, after disembarkation, in proceeding to the general public area; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(v) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person, after disembarkation, in proceeding to a location where the person may receive assistance to proceed to the curbside zone from a member of the terminal operator‘s personnel; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 35(w) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services, on the request of a person with a disability, to the person without delay and in a manner that respects their dignity: assisting the person, if they are transferring to another segment of their trip within the same terminal, in proceeding to a location where the person may receive assistance from a member of the receiving carrier‘s personnel. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 36(1)(a) | Failure by a bus carrier to ensure that members of personnel on board the bus, on the request of a person with a disability who is using a mobility aid, to provide the following services: if the bus is not equipped with a washroom that accommodates a person using a mobility aid and any support person, stopping the bus, at least every two and a half hours, at a rest stop with such a washroom or at a rest stop chosen by the person under paragraph 54(2)(b); | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 36(1)(b) | Failure by a bus carrier to ensure that members of personnel on board the bus, on the request of a person with a disability who is using a mobility aid, to provide the following services: allowing the person an adequate amount of time to use washrooms at rest stops, taking into account the additional time that is required for the person to board and disembark from the bus; and | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 36(1)(c) | Failure by a bus carrier to ensure that members of personnel on board the bus, on the request of a person with a disability who is using a mobility aid, to provide the following services: permitting the person to board or disembark at a stop of their choice if the member of personnel who is operating the bus considers it safe to do so and, if not, informing the person of the location of the closest safe stop. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 36(2)(a) | Failure by a bus carrier to ensure that members of personnel on board the bus, on the request of a person with a disability, provide the following services: assisting the person with boarding and disembarking at any stops and with their baggage; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 36(2)(b) | Failure by a bus carrier to ensure that members of personnel on board the bus, on the request of a person with a disability, provide the following services: assisting the person to proceed to the curbside zone. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 37(a) | Failure by a carrier to ensure when a person with a disability who is in a wheelchair, a boarding chair or any other device in which the person is not independently mobile is waiting at a terminal for departure after check-in or in order to transfer to another segment of their trip, that members of personnel provide the person with a place to wait that is close to members of personnel who are available to provide assistance to the person; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 37(b) | Failure by a carrier to ensure when a person with a disability who is in a wheelchair, a boarding chair or any other device in which the person is not independently mobile is waiting at a terminal for departure after check-in or in order to transfer to another segment of their trip, that members of personnel periodically inquire about the person’s needs and attend to those needs if the services requested by the person are services that are required by this Part. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 38 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that members of personnel periodically inquire about a person’s needs and attend to those needs if the services requested by the person are services that are required by this Part, unless the person with a disability is able to request assistance from members of personnel by means of a call button. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 39 | Failure by a carrier that is subject to the requirements set out in section 81, 117, 164 or 205, on the request of a person with a disability, to provide to the person, for their use while on board, a personal electronic device that is referred to in that section. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 40(1) | Failure by a carrier, on the request of a person with a disability who needs a mobility aid during travel, to accept the mobility aid for transport as priority baggage, subject to:
An air carrier refusing to transport a person’s mobility aid if (a) the size of the door to the aircraft’s baggage compartment or the size of the aircraft’s baggage compartment is not large enough to accommodate the mobility aid; (b) it would jeopardize aircraft airworthiness; or (c) the weight or size of the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the lift or ramp. A rail carrier refusing to transport a person’s mobility aid if (a)the doorways and turning radii of every passenger rail car and the doors of every baggage car are not large enough to accommodate the mobility aid; (b)the weight or size of the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the lift or ramp; or (c)the person must remain in the mobility aid in order to board the train and the combined weight of the person and the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the lift or ramp. A marine carrier refusing to transport a person’s mobility aid if (a)the weight or size of the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the gangway or ramp; or (b)the person must remain in the mobility aid in order to board the ferry and the combined weight of the person and the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the gangway or ramp. A bus carrier refusing to transport a person’s mobility aid if (a)the size of the door to the bus’s baggage compartment or the size of the bus’s baggage compartment is not large enough to accommodate the mobility aid; (b)the weight or size of the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the baggage compartment or of the lift, ramp or bridge plate; or (c)the person must remain in the mobility aid in order to board the bus and the combined weight of the person and the mobility aid exceeds the capacity of the lift, ramp or bridge plate. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 40(2) | Failure by the carrier to permit the person to retain their mobility aid until it becomes necessary to store it. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 41(1)(a) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services to a person with a disability who uses a mobility aid: if it is necessary in order to make room for the storage of that mobility aid, removing any cargo and other baggage from storage; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 41(1)(b) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services to a person with a disability who uses a mobility aid: if the mobility aid needs to be disassembled and packaged in order to store it, disassembling and packaging the mobility aid and, on arrival at the person’s destination, unpackaging and reassembling it; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 41(1)(c) | Failure by a carrier to provide the following services to a person with a disability who uses a mobility aid: promptly returning the mobility aid to the person on arrival at the destination. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 42 | Failure by a rail or marine carrier to permit a person with a disability who uses a mobility aid to store their mobility aid on board the train or ferry. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 43 | Failure by an air or bus carrier to make a reasonable effort to permit a person with a disability who uses a walker or manual folding wheelchair to store it on board the aircraft or bus. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 48(a) | Failure by a carrier to do the following if it refuses to transport the mobility aid of a person with a disability, at the time of the refusal, inform the person of the carrier’s reasons for refusal and, not later than 10 days after the day of the refusal, provide the person with a written notice setting out the reasons for the refusal; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 48(b) | Failure by a carrier to do the following if it refuses to transport the mobility aid of a person with a disability, advise the person of the availability of alternative trips that are provided by the carrier to the same destination and on which the mobility aid will not be refused for transport, and offer to book any such alternative trip for the person at the lesser of the fare for the original trip and the fare for the alternative trip. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 49 | Failure by a carrier to permit a person with a disability to bring on board and to retain any small assistive device that the person needs during travel, including a cane, crutches, a communication device, an orthotic positioning device or a portable oxygen concentrator. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 50(1) | Failure by a carrier, on the request of a person with a disability, to accept a support person for transport if, because of the nature of their disability, the person, after departure and before arrival, needs
(a) assistance with eating meals, taking medication, using the washroom; (b) assistance with transferring to and from a passenger seat; (c) assistance with orientation or communication; or (d) physical assistance in the event of an emergency, including in the case of an evacuation or decompression. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 50(2) | Failure by the carrier to provide a passenger seat for the support person that is adjacent to the passenger seat of the person with a disability. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 51(1) | Failure by a carrier, on the request of a person with a disability who needs to travel with a service dog, to accept the service dog for transport and permit the animal to accompany the person on board, subject to the carrier requiring the person to control the dog with a leash, tether or harness during travel and to provide
(a) at the time that the person with a disability makes the reservation with the carrier, a declaration attesting that the service dog has been individually trained by an organization or person specializing in service dog training to perform a task to assist the person with a disability with a need related to their disability; and (b) before departure, an identification card or other document that is issued by an organization or person specializing in service dog training that identifies the person with a disability and attests that the service dog has been individually trained by the organization or person to perform a task to assist the person with a disability with a need related to their disability. This condition is met if the person has provided the card or other document referred to in that paragraph to the carrier for the purpose of a previous request for a service and the carrier has retained an electronic copy of it. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 51(4) | Failure by a carrier to provide to a person any passenger seat adjacent to their passenger seat that is needed to provide sufficient floor space for their service dog , if because of the size of the service dog, the passenger seat of the person with a disability does not provide sufficient floor space for the service dog to lie down at the person’s feet in a manner that ensures the safety and well-being of the dog and the person . | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 52 | Failure by a carrier to provide to a person, on the request of a person with a disability who needs more than one passenger seat because of the nature of their disability, any passenger seat adjacent to their passenger seat that is needed by the person . | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 53(1)(a) | Failure by a carrier to ensure, on the request of a person who has a disability due to a severe allergy, that a buffer zone is established around the passenger seat of the person to assist them in avoiding the risk of exposure to the allergen by taking the following measures: providing the person with a passenger seat that is in a bank of seats other than the bank of seats in which the source of the allergen is located and other than the bank of seats facing that bank of seats; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 53(1)(b) | Failure by a carrier to ensure, on the request of a person who has a disability due to a severe allergy, that a buffer zone is established around the passenger seat of the person to assist them in avoiding the risk of exposure to the allergen by taking the following measures: notifying the passengers who are sitting in the same bank of seats as the person that a passenger with a severe allergy is present and informing them of the allergen. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 54(1) | Failure by a carrier to engage in a dialogue with a person with a disability who identifies the nature of their disability when making a reservation with the carrier, for the purpose of identifying their needs in relation to their disability and the services offered by the carrier in relation to those needs,. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 54(2)(a) | Failure by a bus carrier to do the following when a person with a disability identifies the nature of their disability when making a reservation with the bus carrier provide information about any stops and transfer points; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 54(2)(b) | Failure by a bus carrier to do the following when a person with a disability identifies the nature of their disability when making a reservation with the bus carrier advise the person in advance if the route does not have a regularly scheduled stop at a rest stop that has a washroom that accommodates a person using a mobility aid and any support person and offer the person their choice of alternative rest stops on the route. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 55(a) | Failure by a carrier to do the following if a person with a disability identifies the nature of their disability when making a reservation with a carrier before assigning a passenger seat or cabin to a person with a disability, inform the person of the passenger seats and cabins that are available in the class of service that the person has requested and that have equipment and facilities that best meet the accessibility needs of that person, such as a wheelchair-accessible washroom or a passenger seat that has additional leg room, a larger seat pitch or movable armrests; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 55(b) | Failure by a carrier to do the following if a person with a disability identifies the nature of their disability when making a reservation with a carrier in assigning a passenger seat or cabin to a person with a disability, take into account the person’s opinion with respect to which seats or cabins would best meet the accessibility needs of that person. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 56 | Failure by a carrier to publish, including on its website, information about the maximum weight and dimensions of mobility aids that each make and model of its aircraft, trains, ferries or buses, as the case may be, is capable of transporting. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 57 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that, on the request of a person with a disability, any public announcement that is made on board is made in an audio format or a visual format. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 58 | Failure by a carrier, when it is required by this Part to provide a service to a person with a disability, without delay, to indicate in the record of a person’s travel reservation the services that the carrier will provide to the person and include a written confirmation of the services in the itinerary that is issued to the person and, if a service is confirmed only after the itinerary is issued, failure by the carrier, without delay, to provide a written confirmation of the service. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 59 | Failure by a carrier, when a person with a disability provides the carrier with information at the request of the carrier, including personal health information, in relation to a request for a service referred to in this Part, to offer to retain an electronic copy of that information for a period of at least three years for the purpose of permitting the carrier to use that information if the person makes another request for a service. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 60(1) | Failure to transport a person with a disability unless the transportation of the person would impose an undue hardship on the carrier. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 60(2) | Failure by a carrier to, if the carrier refuses to transport a person with a disability, at the time of the refusal, to inform the person of the carrier’s reasons for the refusal and, not later than 10 days after the day of the refusal, provide the person with a written notice setting out the reasons for the refusal, including the following:
(a) the evidence of undue hardship, such as an engineering report, a medical report or an expert opinion that demonstrates that the risk is significant enough that it would be unreasonable to waive or modify a requirement; (b) any relevant rule, policy or procedure or regulation; and (c) the duration of the refusal and the conditions, if any, under which the carrier would accept the person for transport. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 61(a) | Failure by a carrier to do the following, without delay, and at the carrier's own expense, if the mobility aid of a person with a disability is not retained by the person during transport and it is damaged, destroyed or lost during transport or is not made available to the person at the time of their arrival at their destination provide them with a temporary replacement mobility aid that meets their needs in relation to their mobility and that they are permitted to use until their mobility aid is returned to them or is repaired or replaced or until they are reimbursed by the carrier for the loss of the mobility aid; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 61(b) | Failure by a carrier to do the following, without delay, and at the carrier's own expense, if the mobility aid of a person with a disability is not retained by the person during transport and it is damaged, destroyed or lost during transport or is not made available to the person at the time of their arrival at their destination reimburse the person for any expenses they have incurred because the mobility aid was damaged, destroyed or lost or because it was not made available to them at the time of their arrival at their destination; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 61(c) | Failure by a carrier to do the following, without delay, and at the carrier's own expense, if the mobility aid of a person with a disability is not retained by the person during transport and it is damaged, destroyed or lost during transport or is not made available to the person at the time of their arrival at their destination in the case of a damaged mobility aid, arrange for the repair of the mobility aid and promptly return it to the person or, in the case of a damaged mobility aid that cannot be adequately repaired,
(i) replace the damaged mobility aid with the same model of mobility aid or, if the same model is not available, a model that has equivalent features and qualities as the damaged mobility aid and that meets the person’s needs in relation to their mobility, or (ii) reimburse the person for the full replacement cost of the mobility aid; and |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 61(d) | Failure by a carrier to do the following, without delay, and at the carrier's own expense, if the mobility aid of a person with a disability is not retained by the person during transport and it is damaged, destroyed or lost during transport or is not made available to the person at the time of their arrival at their destination in the case of a destroyed mobility aid or a mobility aid that is not made available to the person at the time of their arrival at their destination and that is not returned to them within, in the case of an air carrier, 96 hours after that arrival or, in the case of a train, marine or bus carrier, 72 hours after that arrival,
(i) replace the destroyed or lost mobility aid with the same model of mobility aid or, if the same model is not available, a model that has equivalent features and qualities as the destroyed or lost mobility aid and that meets the person’s needs in relation to their mobility, or (ii) reimburse the person for the full replacement cost of the mobility aid. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 62(1) | Failure by an air carrier to advise a person with a disability who uses a mobility aid and makes a reservation with the air carrier for transportation on an international service, of the option to make a special declaration of interest, under Article 22(2) of the Montreal Convention or under Article 22(2) of the Warsaw Convention, that sets out the monetary value of the mobility aid and a description of its identifying features. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 62(2) | Failure by an air carrier to permit a person with a disability to make the special declaration of interest at any time before a mobility aid is removed by the carrier for storage in the aircraft’s baggage compartment. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 62(3) | Failure by an air carrier that operates an international service to publish, including by publishing on its website, a notice for persons with disabilities who use mobility aids that informs them of the option to make a special declaration of interest under Article 22(2) of the Montreal Convention or under Article 22(2) of the Warsaw Convention. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 66(3) | Failure by a carrier to ensure that a modified amenity or equipment meets the requirements of this Division, when a carrier makes a modification — other than a modification to a mechanical, electrical or plumbing system or a modification carried out for an aesthetic purpose or for maintenance or repair — to any amenity or equipment that is used in a pre-existing aircraft, except in the following circumstances:
(a) the dimensions of the aircraft or of the amenity or equipment are unalterable; (b) the structural integrity or safe operation of the aircraft or of the amenity or equipment would be materially affected; or (c) the principal purpose of the amenity or equipment would be fundamentally altered. |
This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 68 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that any aircraft that it owns, operates or leases and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, meet the requirements set out in this Division. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 69(a) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft has handrails that are located on both sides of the lift and a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 69(b) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 363 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 70(a) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft has a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of its bottom edge; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 70(b) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft has raised edges to prevent a mobility aid from rolling off the edge of the ramp; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 70(c) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft has a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 70(d) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from an aircraft is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 363 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 71(1) | Failure to ensure that any stairs that are used to board or disembark from an aircraft, and any interior stairs on an aircraft
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.4.1 and 5.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (b) have handrails that (i) are located on both sides of the stairs, (ii) are located at a uniform height of 860 mm to 920 mm, measured vertically from the leading edge of the tread, and (iii) meet the requirements set out in clause 5.3.1 of CSA B651-18; and (c) have tactile attention indicator surfaces that (i) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18, (ii) are located at the top of the stairs, and (iii) commence one tread length before the top of the stairs, extend the full width of the stairs and measure from 600 mm to 650 mm in length. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 72(a) | Failure to ensure that an on-board wheelchair that is available on an aircraft has footrests, movable armrests, an occupant restraint device and wheel locks; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 72(b) | Failure to ensure that an on-board wheelchair that is available on an aircraft has a backrest of a height that permits the person using the wheelchair to be safely and easily transferred to and from a passenger seat; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 72(c) | Failure to ensure that an on-board wheelchair that is available on an aircraft has a seat of a width that permits the wheelchair to be safely and easily maneuvered on board the aircraft. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 73 | Failure to have at least one on-board wheelchair available on an aircraft that has a wheelchair-accessible washroom. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 74(a) | Failure to ensure that passenger seats on an aircraft are equipped with movable armrests on at least 50% of the seats, which seats are evenly distributed throughout the aircraft; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 74(b) | Failure to ensure that passenger seats on an aircraft are equipped with a call button that is (i) tactilely discernible and colour-contrasted with its background, and (ii) operable using minimal force. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 75 | Failure to ensure that aircraft are equipped with tactile row markers, in raised characters and Braille, that are installed, either permanently or temporarily, on the sides of passenger seats and above the armrests or adjacent to the mechanisms for opening overhead bins. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 76 | Failure to have available on board an aircraft
(a) at least five passenger safety features cards that are in large print and at least five passenger safety features cards that are in Braille; or (b) at least one electronic device that provides passenger safety information in an audio and visual format and permits a person with a disability to adjust the volume of the audio output and the size of the font. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 77 | Failure to have a washroom on an aircraft, other than a wheelchair-accessible washroom, with
(a) doors that are equipped with handles, pulls, latches, locks and other devices that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist; (b) toilets that (i) are equipped with an automated flush control or a flush control that is operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist, and (ii) have a back support if the toilet has no seat lid; (c) faucets that are equipped with (i) handles or other controls that are tactilely discernible unless the water temperature is fixed to eliminate the risk of scalding, (ii) in the case of non-automated faucets, handles or other controls that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist, and (iii) in the case of automated faucets, a water activation motion sensor that turns the water on automatically when a hand is below the faucet; (d) grab bars that (i) are located on a wall beside the toilet, (ii) are rounded, slip-resistant and free of any sharp or abrasive elements, (iii) have an exterior diameter and a clearance from the wall surface to which they are attached that permit them to be easily grasped, and (iv) are capable of supporting a minimum weight of 113.4 kg; (e) toilet paper dispensers that are located so as to not interfere with the use of the grab bars; (f) soap dispensers that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist; and (g) at least one call button or other device for signalling an emergency that (i) is colour-contrasted with its background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (ii) is operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 78 | Failure to have a wheelchair-accessible washroom on an aircraft that meets the requirements set out in section 77 and the following
(a) a door or other opening to the washroom that has sufficient space in front of it and that is wide enough to allow the entry of a person using an on-board wheelchair; (b) sufficient space to allow a person, with assistance, to transfer to and from an on-board wheelchair and the toilet; (c) sufficient privacy, including with the use of retractable curtains or walls, to allow a support person or service dog to remain in the washroom with a person using the on-board wheelchair; and (d) is equipped with faucets that are positioned to be easily usable by a person using an on-board wheelchair. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 79 | Failure to ensure that every washroom on an aircraft is a wheelchair-accessible washroom, unless the washroom does not have
(a) a door or other opening to the washroom that has sufficient space in front of it and that is wide enough to allow the entry of a person using an on-board wheelchair; and (b) sufficient space to allow a person, with assistance, to transfer to and from an on-board wheelchair and the toilet. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 80 | Failure to have an on-board entertainment system on an aircraft equipped to permit a person with a disability to
(a) access entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content; and (b) start, stop and pause the entertainment content, turn on and off the closed captioning and audio description, change the language of choice, control the volume and select channels (i) through an interface that meets the requirements for an interface that are set out in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or (ii) if the interface has not been designed to be used with the on-board entertainment system, through a tactile template overlay affixed to the interface. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 81(1) | Failure to have an aircraft equipped with personal electronic devices in a number that is sufficient to accommodate the number of persons with disabilities who have made a request for such a device when a pre-existing aircraft – one that has been purchased or leased by the carrier before the day on which this section comes into force; or purchased or leased by the carrier on or after the day on which this section comes into force, if the carrier submitted the call for tenders in respect of that aircraft before that day - has an on-board entertainment system that does not offer closed captioning and audio description. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 81(2) | Failure to provide the personal electronic devices referred to in subsection 81(1) pre-loaded with — where the aircraft does not provide wireless streaming of — entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 82 | Failure to ensure that the floors of an aircraft meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.1 to 4.3.3 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 83 | Failure to have tactile attention indicator surfaces on an aircraft that
(a) are located at the top of stairs and at any other location where there is an unprotected drop-off edge and a change in elevation greater than 250 mm or where the ratio of the slope to surface is steeper than 1:3; and (b) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18. |
C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 84(1) | Failure to ensure that signage on an aircraft
(a) indicates any services, facilities, amenities or equipment that are offered and the direction to follow in order to access them; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and have a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) except in the case of electronic signage, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.7 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 84(2) | Failure to have electronic signage which
(a) has letters, numbers, symbols and pictographs that slowly scroll across the screen and are colour-contrasted with their background but are not in red on a black background; and (b) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 85(1) | Failure to keep an aircraft and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, that are subject to the requirements of this Division in good working order and properly maintained. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 85(2) | Failure to ensure that when any facilities, amenities or equipment that are referred to in subsection (1) are not in good working order, that they are repaired as soon as possible and, until they are repaired, to take measures that will result in a substantially equivalent or greater level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 87(3) | Failure to ensure when a modification is made — other than a modification to a mechanical, electrical or plumbing system or a modification carried out for an aesthetic purpose or for maintenance or repair — to any amenity or equipment that is used in a pre-existing train, that the modified amenity or equipment meets the requirements of this Division, except in the following circumstances:
(a) the dimensions of the train or of the amenity or equipment are unalterable; (b) the structural integrity or safe operation of the train or of the amenity or equipment would be materially affected; or (c) the principal purpose of the amenity or equipment would be fundamentally altered. |
This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 89 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that any train that it owns, operates or leases and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, meets the requirements of this Division. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 90 | Failure to ensure a step box that is used to assist a person with a disability to board or disembark from a train is
(a) of sound construction; (b) has a tread surface that is firm and slip-resistant; (c) has a glare-free surface; and (d) has a top outer edge that is marked by a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of the box. |
C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 91 | Failure to equip a rail car with a step box if the riser height of the first or last step of any stairs that are used by passengers to board or disembark is greater than the riser height of the other steps. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 92(a) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train has handrails that are located on both sides of the lift and a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 92(b) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 363 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 93(a) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train has a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of its bottom edge; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 93(b) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train has raised edges to prevent a mobility aid from rolling off the edge of the ramp; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 93(c) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train has a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 93(d) | Failure to ensure that a ramp that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a train is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 363 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 94 | Failure to equip a train with a lift or ramp if a rail terminal does not permit level boarding of a train and where there is no lift or ramp available at the rail terminal. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 95 | Failure to equip the train with a lift or ramp if a train makes a stop at any place that is not at a terminal and where passengers are permitted to board and disembark. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 96 | Failure to ensure that any stairs that are used to board or disembark from a train, and any interior stairs on a train
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.4.1 and 5.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (b) have handrails that (i) are located on both sides of the stairs, (ii) are located at a uniform height of 860 mm to 920 mm, measured vertically from the leading edge of the tread, and (iii) meet the requirements set out in clause 5.3.1 of CSA B651-18; and (c) have tactile attention indicator surfaces that (i) meet the meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18, (ii) are located at the top of the stairs, and (iii) commence one tread length before the top of the stairs, extend the full width of the stairs and measure from 600 mm to 650 mm in length. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 97(a) | Failure to have an on-board wheelchair that is available on a train which has footrests, movable armrests, an occupant restraint device and wheel locks; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 97(b) | Failure to have an on-board wheelchair that is available on a train which has a backrest of a height that permits the person using the wheelchair to be safely and easily transferred to and from a passenger seat; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 97(c) | Failure to have an on-board wheelchair that is available on a train which has a seat of a width that permits the wheelchair to be safely and easily manoeuvred on board the train. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 98 | Failure to have available on a train on-board wheelchairs in a number that is equal to at least half of the sum of the number of mobility aid spaces on the train and the number of wheelchair-accessible cabins on the train. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 99(2) | Failure to have a minimum clear width of 1,115 mm and a minimum clear diameter of 1,500 mm for a hall, path or turning space when access to the path of travel from an exterior door requires passage through a hall or path or requires a 90-degree or similar turn. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 99(3) | Failure to ensure the aisle width between passenger seats is sufficient to accommodate an on-board wheelchair. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 100(1) | Failure to ensure that a train has a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities and provides access to, from and between all of the following points on the train:
(a) any exterior door that is used by passengers to board or disembark; (b) any mobility aid space or transfer seat; and (c) any wheelchair-accessible washroom. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 100(2) | Failure, with respect to any area of a train that is intended for use by a person using a wheelchair, including a wheelchair-accessible cabin or a wheelchair-accessible food service area, to have a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities from that area to any adjacent rail car, if that adjacent rail car contains a mobility aid space, transfer seat or wheelchair-accessible washroom. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 100(3) | Failure to have on a train a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities between a wheelchair-accessible shower facility and a wheelchair-accessible cabin. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 101(1) | Failure to ensure that a diaphragm on a train
(a) meets the requirements set out in clauses 5.1.1(a) to (d) of CSA B651-18; and (b) has vertical handholds that are located on both sides of the diaphragm. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 102(a) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a train with movable armrests on at least 10% of the seats, which seats are evenly distributed throughout each rail car, except a food service rail car; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 102(b) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a train with handholds on the back of all aisle passenger seats; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 102(c) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a train with if there are call buttons, call buttons that are (i) tactilely discernible and colour-contrasted with their background, and (ii) operable using minimal force. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 103 | Failure to equip trains with tactile row markers, in raised characters and Braille, that are installed, either permanently or temporarily, on the sides of passenger seats and above the armrests or adjacent to the mechanisms for opening overhead bins. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 104 | Failure to ensure that a mobility aid space on a train
(a) has a clear floor area of at least 815 mm by 1,650 mm; (b) is equipped with a call button that is in a location within the reach of the person who is seated in the mobility aid space, that is tactilely discernible and colour-contrasted with its background and that is operable using minimal force; and (c) is equipped with a table or counter for food service which, if located in a food service rail car that contains tables, meets the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.2 and 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18. |
C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 105 | Failure to equip a transfer seat on a train with a table or counter for food service. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 106(1) | Failure to ensure that a train in each class of service has at least two adjacent mobility aid spaces and two adjacent transfer seats, as well as a number of additional mobility aid spaces and a number of additional transfer seats equal to one mobility aid space and one transfer seat for every 75 passenger seats. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 106(2) | Failure to ensure that there is no more than two mobility aid spaces in each rail car. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 106(3) | Failure to ensure that a food service rail car that offers passenger seats has at least two mobility aid spaces and, in the case of a bi-level food service rail car, that at least two mobility aid spaces are located on the lower level of the rail car. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 107(1) | Failure to ensure that at least one rail car of a train has a space for the storage of at least one mobility aid. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 107(2) | Failure to store a mobility aid on a train in a manner that protects it from damage, including by using an anchoring system or by placing it in an area that is not intended for use by passengers. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 108 | Failure to ensure that a train has available the following on board
(a) at least five passenger safety features cards that are in large print and at least five passenger safety features cards that are in Braille; or (b) at least five electronic devices that provide passenger safety information in an audio and visual format and permit a person with a disability to adjust the volume of the audio output and the size of the font. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 109 | Failure to ensure that a window emergency exit is identified by a contrasting colour strip around the perimeter and by tactile and Braille signage when a rail car is equipped with a window emergency exit. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 110 | Failure to ensure that a washroom on a train, other than a wheelchair-accessible washroom
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.3 of CSA B651-18, except clause 6.3.1.1(a) and except that (i) the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 6.2.4.1 must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2, (ii) the reference to “clause 5.2” in clause 6.3.2 must be read as excluding clause 5.2.2, and (iii) the reference to “clause 6.2.3” in clause 6.3.1.1(b) must be read as excluding clauses 6.2.3.1(c) and (d); and (b) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signaling an emergency that (i) are located such that at least one button or device is not more than 450 mm above the floor and at least one other button or device is 800 mm to 1,100 mm above the floor, (ii) are colour-contrasted with their background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (iii) are operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 111 | Failure to ensure a wheelchair-accessible washroom on a train
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.3 of CSA B651-18, except clause 6.3.1.1(a); (b) provides a clear area of at least 1,500 mm by 1,500 mm; and (c) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signaling an emergency that meet the requirements set out in paragraph 110(b). |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 112(1) | Failure to ensure that each rail car on a train that has a mobility aid space, except a food service rail car, has at least one wheelchair-accessible washroom. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 112(2) | Failure to ensure that a food service rail car that has one or more washrooms, has at least one wheelchair-accessible washroom. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 113 | Failure to ensure that a menu display board in a food service rail car on a train
(a) is positioned at a height that allows it to be easily seen by a person using a wheelchair; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and has a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 114 | Failure to ensure that a counter in a food service rail car on a train meets the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.2 and 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 115 | Failure to ensure that a food service rail car on a train is adjacent to a rail car that has a mobility aid space or a rail car that has a wheelchair-accessible cabin. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 116 | Failure to equip an on-board entertainment system on a train to permit a person with a disability to
(a) access entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content; and (b) start, stop and pause the entertainment content, turn on and off the closed captioning and audio description, change the language of choice, control the volume and select channels (i) through an interface that meets the requirements for an interface that are set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or (ii) if the interface has not been designed to be used with the on-board entertainment system, through a tactile template overlay affixed to the interface. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 117(1) | Failure to equip a pre-existing train - one that was purchased or leased by the carrier before the day on which this section comes into force; or purchased or leased by the carrier on or after the day on which this section comes into force, if the carrier submitted the call for tenders in respect of that train before that day – that has an on-board entertainment system that does not offer closed captioning and audio description, with personal electronic devices in a number that is sufficient to accommodate the number of persons with disabilities who have made a request for such a device. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 117(2) | Failure to ensure that the personal electronic devices are pre-loaded with — or the train provides wireless streaming of — entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 118(1) | Failure to equip a cabin on a train, other than a wheelchair-accessible cabin, with
(a) operating controls that meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2 of CSA B651-18, except clause 4.2.2; (b) doors that meet the requirements set out in clause 5.2 of CSA B651-18, except clauses 5.2.1, 5.2.2 and 5.2.9.2 and except that the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 5.2.7.1(a) must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2; and (c) at least two call buttons or two other devices for signalling an emergency that (i) are located such that at least one is not more than 450 mm above the floor, and at least one other is 800 mm to 1,100 mm above the floor, (ii) are colour-contrasted with their background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (iii) are operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 118(2) | Failure to ensure that when there are objects that protrude more than 100 mm from the wall in a standard cabin, the objects must be cane-detectable at or below 680 mm from the floor or their undersides must be at a height of at least 2,030 mm from the floor. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 119 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible cabin on a train
(a) has a clear floor area that meets the requirements set out in clause 4.1(b) of CSA B651-18; (b) is equipped with operating controls that meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2 of CSA B651-18; (c) meets the requirements set out in clause 4.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (d) is equipped with an entry door that is identified by the International Symbol of Access and meets the requirements set out in clause 5.2 of CSA B651-18; (e) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signalling an emergency that meet the requirements of paragraph 118(1)(c); and (f) is adjacent to a wheelchair-accessible washroom or have a path of travel adjacent to the cabin that is accessible to persons with disabilities and that provides access to a wheelchair-accessible washroom. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 120 | Failure to ensure that a train that has cabins has at least two wheelchair-accessible cabins that are adjacent to each other. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 121 | Failure to ensure that a shower facility on a train, other than a wheelchair accessible shower facility, meets the requirements set out in clause 6.5 of CSA B651-18, except clauses 6.5.5.1, 6.5.5.2 and 6.5.5.3(c)(i) and except that the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 6.2.3.3(a) must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 122 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible shower facility on a train
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.5 of CSA B651-18 except clauses 6.5.5.1 and 6.5.5.2; (b) has an interior clear area of at least 900 mm by 1,500 mm; (c) has a clear floor area in front of the shower entrance of at least 900 mm by 1,500 mm, with the 1,500 mm dimension parallel to the shower entrance; and (d) is located near to a wheelchair-accessible cabin. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 123 | Failure to ensure that a train that has a standard shower facility has at least one wheelchair-accessible shower facility. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 124(1) | Failure to ensure that an interior door and doorway on a train meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.2.1 and 5.2.6 to 5.2.8 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 124(2) | Failure to ensure that an interior door
(a) in the case of an automatic or semi-automatic door, incorporates devices that prevent the door from closing while a person is in the doorway and, in the case of an automatic door that connects rail cars, opens and closes the door automatically on detecting the movement of a person toward or away from the door; (b) is marked with visual indicators if 75% of the door’s surface is composed of a transparent material; (c) has a clear floor area in front of the shower entrance of at least 900 mm by 1,500 mm, with the 1,500 mm dimension parallel to the shower entrance; and (d) is located near to a wheelchair-accessible cabin. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 125 | Failure to ensure that an exterior door on a train
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 5.2.1 of CSA B651-18; (b) has a handrail (i) on each side of the door, fitted internally as close as is feasible to the outer wall of the rail car, or (ii) on only one side of (A) a doorway that is fitted with a device for boarding or disembarking, such as a lift, or (B) a trap door to which stairs are attached; and (c) if the door is intended to be used by a person using a mobility aid, meets the requirements set out in clauses 5.2.2(a) and (b) of CSA B651-18. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 126 | Failure to ensure that handrails on a train meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 127 | Failure to ensure that the floors of a train meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.1 to 4.3.3 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 128 | Failure to ensure that tactile attention indicator surfaces on a train
(a) are located at the top of stairs and at any other location where there is an unprotected drop-off edge and a change in elevation greater than 250 mm or where the ratio of the slope to surface is steeper than 1:3; and (b) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 129 | Failure to ensure operating controls on a train
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.2.1, 4.2.3 to 4.2.6 and 4.2.8 of CSA B651-18; and (b) if they are intended to be used by a person using a wheelchair, meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2.2 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 130(1) | Failure to ensure that signage on a train, other than a menu display board referred to in section 113
(a) indicates any services, facilities, amenities or equipment that are offered and the direction to follow in order to access them; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and has a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) except in the case of electronic signage, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.7 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 130(2) | Failure to ensure that electronic signage
(a) has letters, numbers, symbols and pictographs that slowly scroll across the screen and are colour-contrasted with their background but are not in red on a black background; and (b) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 131 | Failure to ensure that the elevator meets the requirements set out in clause 5.6.1 of CSA B651-18, if a train is equipped with an elevator. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 132 | Failure to ensure that the alarm system consists of both a visual alarm and an audible alarm, when a train is equipped with an alarm system including in a cabin, and that any visual alarm meets the requirements set out in clause 5.7.1 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 133(1) | Failure to ensure that a train and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, that are subject to any requirements of this Division are in good working order and properly maintained. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 133(2) | Failure to ensure that when any facilities, amenities or equipment that are referred to in subsection (1) are not in good working order, they are repaired as soon as possible and, until they are repaired, measures are taken that will result in a substantially equivalent or greater level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 135(3) | Failure to ensure that when a carrier makes a modification to any amenity or equipment that is used in a pre-existing ferry — other than a modification to a mechanical, electrical or plumbing system or a modification carried out for an aesthetic purpose or for maintenance or repair —, that the modified amenity or equipment meets the requirements of this Division, except in the following circumstances:
(a) the dimensions of the ferry or of the amenity or equipment are unalterable; (b) the structural integrity or safe operation of the ferry or of the amenity or equipment would be materially affected; or (c) the principal purpose of the amenity or equipment would be fundamentally altered. |
This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 137 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that any ferry that it owns, operates or leases and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, meets the requirements set out in this Division. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 138 | Failure to ensure that if a step box is used to assist a person with a disability to board or disembark from a ferry it
(a) is of sound construction; (b) has a tread surface that is firm and slip-resistant; (c) has a glare-free surface; and (d) has a top outer edge that is marked by a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of the box. |
C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 139 | Failure to equip a ferry with a step box if the riser height of the first or last step of any stairs that are used by passengers to board or disembark is greater than the riser height of the other steps. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 140(a) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or gangway that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a ferry has a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of its bottom edge; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 140(b) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or gangway that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a ferry has raised edges to prevent a mobility aid from rolling off the edge of the ramp; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 140(c) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or gangway that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a ferry has a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 140(d) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or gangway that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a ferry is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 363 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 141 | Failure to ensure that a ferry has a vehicle deck that is used for the boarding and disembarking of passengers or is equipped with a ramp or gangway when a ferry terminal does not permit level boarding of a ferry. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 142(1) | Failure to ensure any stairs that are used to board or disembark from a ferry, and any interior stairs on a ferry
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.4.1 and 5.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (b) have handrails that (i) are located on both sides of the stairs, (ii) are located at a uniform height of 860 mm to 920 mm, measured vertically from the leading edge of the tread, and (iii) meet the requirements set out in clause 5.3.1 of CSA B651-18; an (c) have tactile attention indicator surfaces that (i) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18, (ii) are located at the top of the stairs, and (iii) commence one tread length before the top of the stairs, extend the full width of the stairs and measure from 600 mm to 650 mm in length. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 143 | Failure to ensure that an on-board wheelchair that is available on a ferry has footrests and wheel locks. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 144 | Failure to ensure that at least one on-board wheelchair is available on each deck of a ferry, except a deck that is not accessible to a person using a wheelchair. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 145(2) | Failure to have a minimum clear width of 1,115 mm and a minimum clear diameter of 1,500 mm for a hall, path or turning space when access to the path of travel from an exterior door requires passage through a hall or path or requires a 90-degree or similar turn. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 145(3) | Failure to ensure that the aisle width between passenger seats is sufficient to accommodate an on-board wheelchair. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 146 | Failure to ensure that every path of travel that is on a ferry and that is intended for use by passengers is a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 147(a) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a ferry with movable armrests on at least 10% of the seats, which seats are evenly distributed throughout each passenger seating area, except a food service area or lounge area; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 147(b) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a ferry with if there are call buttons, call buttons that are (i) tactilely discernible and colour-contrasted with their background, and (ii) operable using minimal force. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 148 | Failure to ensure that when a marine carrier offers assigned passenger seats to passengers, the assigned passenger seats are equipped with tactile row markers, in raised characters and Braille, that are installed, either permanently or temporarily, on the sides of the seats and above the armrests. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 149 | Failure to ensure that a mobility aid space on a ferry
(a) has a clear floor area of at least 815 mm by 1,650 mm; (b) is positioned such that a person using a mobility aid has adequate manoeuvring space to enter it; and (c) has a table or counter that meets the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.2 and 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 150 | Failure to equip a transfer seat on a ferry with a table or counter for food service. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 151(1) | Failure to ensure that a ferry has, in each passenger seating area, at least two adjacent mobility aid spaces and two adjacent transfer seats. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 151(2) | Failure to ensure that a food service area or a lounge area that offers passenger seats has at least two adjacent mobility aid spaces. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 152(1) | Failure to ensure that each deck of a ferry has a space for the storage of at least one mobility aid. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 152(2) | Failure to ensure a mobility aid is stored on a ferry in a manner that protects it from damage, including by using an anchoring system or by placing it in an area that is not intended for use by passengers. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 153 | Failure to ensure that each passenger deck of a ferry has available on board
(a) at least five passenger safety features cards that are in large print and at least five passenger safety features cards that are in Braille; or (b) at least one electronic device that provides passenger safety information in an audio and visual format and permits a person with a disability to adjust the volume of the audio output and the size of the font. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 154 | Failure to ensure that when a ferry is equipped with a window emergency exit, the window emergency exit is identified by a contrasting colour strip around the perimeter and by tactile and Braille signage. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 155 | Failure to ensure that a washroom on a ferry, other than a wheelchair-accessible washroom
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.3 of CSA B651-18, except clause 6.3.1.1(a) and except that (i) the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 6.2.4.1 must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2, (ii) the reference to “clause 5.2” in clause 6.3.2 must be read as excluding clause 5.2.2, and (iii) the reference to “clause 6.2.3” in clause 6.3.1.1(b) must be read as excluding clauses 6.2.3.1(c) and 6.2.3.1(d); and (b) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signaling an emergency that (i) are located such that at least one button or device is not more than 450 mm above the floor and at least one other button or device is 800 mm to 1,100 mm above the floor, (ii) are colour-contrasted with their background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (iii) are operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 156 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible washroom on a ferry
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.3 of CSA B651-18, except clause 6.3.1.1(a); (b) provides a clear area of at least 1,500 mm by 1,500 mm; and (c) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signalling an emergency that meet the requirements set out in paragraph 155(b). |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 157 | Failure to ensure that if a deck, a food service area or a lounge area of a ferry has one or more washrooms, that at least one of them is a wheelchair-accessible washroom. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 158 | Failure to ensure that a menu display board in a food service area on a ferry
(a) is positioned at a height that allows it to be easily seen by a person using a wheelchair; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and has a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 159 | Failure to ensure that a counter in a food service area or a lounge area on a ferry meets the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.2 and 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 160 | Failure to ensure that at least 5% of the total number of tables in a food service area or lounge area on a ferry are identified by the International Symbol of Access and meet the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.1 to 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 161(1) | Failure to ensure that in a food service area or a lounge area on a ferry a handrail is provided along the side of a food-service counter and that the floor area adjacent to the counter that meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.4.2, 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 161(2) | Failure to ensure that lineup guides in a food service area or a lounge area on a ferry meet the requirements set out in clause 5.1.3 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 162 | Failure to ensure that a counter that is used for serving passengers on a ferry, except a food-service counter referred to in subsection 161(1)
(a) has at least one section that meets the requirements set out in clauses 6.7.1.2 and 6.7.1.3 of CSA B651-18; (b) is free of any object that could impede verbal or visual communications between a passenger and a member of personnel; and (c) has a glare-free surface and is colour-contrasted with its background. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 163 | Failure to equip an on-board entertainment system on a ferry to permit a person with a disability to
(a) access entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content; and (b) start, stop and pause the entertainment content, turn on and off the closed captioning and audio description, change the language of choice, control the volume and select channels (i) through an interface that meets the requirements for an interface that are set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or (ii) if the interface has not been designed to be used with the on-board entertainment system, through a tactile template overlay affixed to the interface. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 164(1) | Failure to equip a pre-existing ferry - one that was purchased or leased by the carrier before the day on which this section comes into force; or purchased or leased by the carrier on or after the day on which this section comes into force, if the carrier submitted the call for tenders in respect of that ferry before that day – that has an on-board entertainment system that does not offer closed captioning and audio description, with personal electronic devices in a number that is sufficient to accommodate the number of persons with disabilities who have made a request for such a device. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 164(2) | Failure to ensure that the personal electronic devices are pre-loaded with — or the ferry provides wireless streaming of — entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 165(1) | Failure to equip a cabin on a ferry, other than a wheelchair-accessible cabin, with
(a) operating controls that meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2 of CSA B651-18, except clause 4.2.2; (b) doors that meet the requirements set out in clause 5.2 of CSA B651-18, except clauses 5.2.1, 5.2.2 and 5.2.9.2 and except that the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 5.2.7.1(a) must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2; and (c) at least two call buttons or two other devices for signalling an emergency that (i) are located such that at least one button or device is not more than 450 mm above the floor and at least one other button or device is 800 mm to 1,100 mm above the floor, (ii) are colour-contrasted with their background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (iii) are operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 165(2) | Failure to ensure that when there are objects that protrude more than 100 mm from the wall in a standard cabin, the objects are cane-detectable at or below 680 mm from the floor or their undersides are at a height of at least 2,030 mm from the floor. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 166 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible cabin on a ferry
(a) has a clear floor area that meets the requirements set out in clause 4.1(b) of CSA B651-18; (b) is equipped with operating controls that meet the standards set out in clause 4.2 of CSA B651-18; (c) meets the requirements set out in clause 4.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (d) is equipped with an entry door that is identified by the International Symbol of Access and meets the requirements set out in clause 5.2 of CSA B651-18; (e) is equipped with at least two call buttons or two other devices for signaling an emergency that meet the requirements of paragraph 165(1)(c); and (f) is adjacent to a wheelchair-accessible washroom or be near a wheelchair-accessible washroom on the same deck. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 167 | Failure to ensure at least five percent of the total number of cabins on a ferry are wheelchair-accessible and that at least two of the wheelchair-accessible cabins are adjacent to each other. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 168 | Failure to ensure that a shower facility on a ferry, other than a wheelchair-accessible shower facility, meets the requirements set out in clause 6.5 of CSA B651-18, except clauses 6.5.5.1, 6.5.5.2 and 6.5.5.3(c)(i) and except that the reference to “clause 4.2” in clause 6.2.3.3(a) must be read as excluding clause 4.2.2. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 169 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible shower facility on a ferry
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 6.5 of CSA B651-18 except clauses 6.5.5.1 and 6.5.5.2; (b) has an interior clear area of at least 900 mm by 1,500 mm; (c) has a clear floor area in front of the shower entrance of at least 900 mm by 1,500 mm, with the 1,500 mm dimension parallel to the shower entrance; and (d) is located on the same deck as a wheelchair-accessible cabin. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 170 | Failure to ensure that a ferry that has a standard shower facility also has at least one wheelchair-accessible shower facility. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 171(1) | Failure to ensure an interior door and doorway on a ferry meets the requirements set out in clauses 5.2.1 and 5.2.6 to 5.2.8 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 171(2)(a) | Failure to ensure an interior door in the case of an automatic or semi-automatic door, incorporates devices that prevent the door from closing while a person is in the doorway and that opens and closes the door automatically on detecting the movement of a person toward or away from the door; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 171(2)(b) | Failure to ensure an interior door be marked with visual indicators if 75% of the door’s surface is composed of a transparent material; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 171(2)(c) | Failure to ensure an interior door in the case of a door to an enclosed space in an area that has no other exit doors, has a safety mechanism that is not a deadbolt and is capable of being manipulated from the outside; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 171(2)(d) | Failure to ensure an interior door in the case of a door that is intended for use by a person using a mobility aid, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.2.2 and 5.2.2 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 172 | Failure to ensure that an exterior door on a ferry
(a) meets the requirements set out in clause 5.2.1 of CSA B651-18; (b) has a handrail (i) on each side of the door, fitted internally as close as is feasible to the outer wall of the ferry, or (ii) on only one side of (A) a doorway that is fitted with a device for boarding or disembarking, such as a lift, or (B) a trap door to which stairs are attached; and (c) if the door is intended to be used by a person using a mobility aid, meets the requirements set out in clauses 5.2.2(a) and (b) of CSA B651-18. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 173 | Failure to ensure that handrails on a ferry meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 174 | Failure to ensure that the floors of a ferry meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.1 to 4.3.3 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 175 | Failure to ensure that tactile attention indicator surfaces on a ferry
(a) are located at the top of stairs and at any other location where there is an unprotected drop-off edge and a change in elevation greater than 250 mm or where the ratio of the slope to surface is steeper than 1:3; and (b) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 176 | Failure to ensure that the operating controls on a ferry
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.2.1, 4.2.3 to 4.2.6 and 4.2.8 of CSA B651-18; and (b) if they are intended to be used by a person using a wheelchair, meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2.2 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 177(1) | Failure to ensure that signage on a ferry, other than a menu display board referred to in section 158,
(a) indicates any services, facilities, amenities or equipment that are offered and the direction to follow in order to access them; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and has a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) except in the case of electronic signage, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.7 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 177(2) | Failure to ensure that electronic signage
(a) has letters, numbers, symbols and pictographs that slowly scroll across the screen and are colour-contrasted with their background but are not in red on a black background; and (b) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 178(1) | Failure to ensure that a ferry on which passengers are travelling for four consecutive hours or more has a designated area for service dogs to relieve themselves that a person with a disability may reach by means of a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities and that is
(a) identified by tactile and Braille signage; and (b) cleaned and maintained on a regular basis. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 178(2) | Failure to ensure that the ferry has signage that indicates the direction to follow in order to access a designated relief area. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 179(a) | Failure to ensure that a ferry that has more than one deck has at least one elevator that provides service from a vehicle deck to all passenger decks, except to a deck that does not have a housing to protect the elevator from the weather; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 179(b) | Failure to ensure that a ferry that has more than one deck has at least one elevator that meets the requirements set out in clause 5.6.1 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 180 | Failure to have signage on each elevator on a ferry that warns passengers that the elevator may not be operational when the ferry’s roll exceeds the safe operating criteria established by the manufacturer of the elevator. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 181 | Failure to ensure that the alarm system consists of both a visual alarm and an audible alarm, when a ferry is equipped with an alarm system, and that the visual alarm meets the requirements set out in clause 5.7.1 of CSA B651-18. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 182(1) | Failure to ensure that a ferry and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, that are subject to any requirements of this Division are in good working order and properly maintained. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 182(2) | Failure to ensure that when any facilities, amenities or equipment that are referred to in subsection (1) are not in good working order, they are repaired as soon as possible and, until they are repaired, measures are taken that will result in a substantially equivalent or greater level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 185(3) | Failure to ensure that when a carrier makes a modification to any amenity or equipment that is used in a pre-existing bus — other than a modification to a mechanical, electrical or plumbing system or a modification carried out for an aesthetic purpose or for maintenance or repair — that the modified amenity or equipment meets the requirements of this Division, except in the following circumstances:
(a) the dimensions of the bus or of the amenity or equipment are unalterable; (b) the structural integrity or safe operation of the bus or of the amenity or equipment would be materially affected; or (c) the principal purpose of the amenity or equipment would be fundamentally altered. |
This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 187 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that any bus that it owns, operates or leases and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, meets the requirements set out in this Division. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 188(a) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus has handrails that are located on both sides of the lift and a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 188(b) | Failure to ensure that a lift that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 272 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 189(a) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or bridge plate that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus has a contrasting colour strip that runs the full width of its bottom edge; | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 189(b) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or bridge plate that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus has raised edges to prevent a mobility aid from rolling off the edge of the ramp; | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 189(c) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or bridge plate that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus has a slip-resistant surface; and | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 189(d) | Failure to ensure that a ramp or bridge plate that is used to assist a person with a disability, including a person in a mobility aid, to board or disembark from a bus is capable of supporting a minimum weight of 272 kg. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 190 | Failure to equip the bus with a lift, ramp or bridge plate when a bus terminal does not permit level boarding of a bus and there is no lift, ramp or bridge plate available at the bus terminal. | D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 191 | Failure to equip the bus with a lift, ramp or bridge plate when a bus makes a stop at any place that is not at a terminal and where passengers are permitted to board and disembark. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 192 | Failure to ensure that any stairs that are used to board or disembark from a bus, and any interior stairs on a bus
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 5.4.1 and 5.4.2 of CSA B651-18; (b) have handrails that (i) are located on both sides of the stairs, (ii) are located at a uniform height of 860 mm to 920 mm, measured vertically from the leading edge of the tread, and (iii) meet the requirements set out in clause 5.3.1 of CSA B651-18; (c) have tactile attention indicator surfaces that (i) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18, (ii) are located at the top of the stairs, and (iii) commence one tread length before the top of the stairs, extend the full width of the stairs and measure from 600 mm to 650 mm in length; and (d) are equipped with lighting that accentuates the steps and handrails. |
D (Very Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 193(a) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a bus with movable armrests on all aisle and middle passenger seats; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 193(b) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a bus with handholds on the back of all aisle passenger seats; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 193(c) | Failure to equip passenger seats on a bus with if there are call buttons, call buttons that are (i) tactilely discernible and colour-contrasted with their background, and (ii) operable using minimal force. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 194 | Failure to equip a bus with tactile row markers, in raised characters and Braille, that are installed, either permanently or temporarily, on the sides of passenger seats and above the armrests or adjacent to the mechanisms for opening overhead bins. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 195 | Failure to ensure that the first row of passenger seats on each side of a bus are designated as priority seats for persons with disabilities and that there is signage that indicates that a person, other than a person with a disability, must vacate a priority seat if the seat is needed by a person with a disability. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 196 | Failure to ensure that a mobility aid space on a bus has a clear floor area of at least 1,220 mm by 760 mm. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 197 | Failure to ensure that a bus has at least two mobility aid spaces. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 198 | Failure to ensure that a bus has a baggage compartment that allows for the storage of at least two mobility aids, each of which weighing no more than 227 kg and having a width of no more than 1,092 mm, a height of not more than 736 mm (with the seat and steering column collapsed) and a length of not more than 2,260.6 mm. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 199 | Failure to ensure that a bus that has any passenger safety features cards available on board has
(a) at least two passenger safety features cards that are in large print and at least two passenger safety features cards that are in Braille; or (b) at least one electronic device that provides passenger safety information in an audio and visual format and permits a person with a disability to adjust the volume of the audio output and the size of the font. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 200 | Failure to ensure that when a bus is equipped with a window emergency exit, the window emergency exit is identified by a contrasting colour strip around the perimeter and by tactile and Braille signage. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 201 | Failure to ensure that a washroom on a bus, other than a wheelchair-accessible washroom, has
(a) doors that are equipped with handles, pulls, latches, locks and other devices that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist ; (b) toilets that (i) are equipped with an automated flush control or a flush control that is operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist, and (ii) have a back support if the toilet has no seat lid; (i) handles or other controls that are tactilely discernible, unless the water temperature is fixed to eliminate the risk of scalding, (ii) in the case of non-automated faucets, handles or other controls that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist, and (iii) in the case of automated faucets, a water activation motion sensor that turns the water on automatically when a hand is below the faucet; (d) grab bars that (i) are located on a wall beside the toilet, (ii) are rounded, slip-resistant and free of any sharp or abrasive elements, (iii) have an exterior diameter and a clearance from the wall surface to which they are attached that permit them to be easily grasped, and (iv) are capable of supporting a minimum weight of 113.4 kg; (e) toilet paper dispensers that are located so as to not interfere with the use of the grab bars; (f) soap dispensers that are operable using minimal force, with one hand in a closed-fist position, or by another method of operation that does not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist; and (g) at least one call button or other device for signalling an emergency that (i) is colour-contrasted with its background and identified by tactile and Braille signage, and (ii) is operable using minimal force. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 202 | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair-accessible washroom on a bus meets the requirements set out in section 201 and
(a) has a door or other opening to the washroom that has sufficient space in front of it and that is wide enough to allow the entry of a person using a wheelchair; (b) has sufficient space to allow a person, with assistance, to transfer to and from a wheelchair and the toilet; (c) has sufficient privacy, including with the use of retractable curtains or walls, to allow a support person or service dog to remain in the washroom with a person using a wheelchair; and (d) is equipped with faucets that are positioned to be easily usable by a person using a wheelchair. |
D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 203 | Failure to ensure that every washroom on a bus is a wheelchair-accessible washroom, unless the washroom does not have
(a) a door or other opening to the washroom that has sufficient space in front of it and that is wide enough to allow the entry of a person using a wheelchair; and (b) sufficient space to allow a person, with assistance, to transfer to and from a wheelchair and the toilet. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 204 | Failure to equip an on-board entertainment system on a bus to permit a person with a disability to
(a) access entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content; and (b) start, stop and pause the entertainment content, turn on and off the closed captioning and audio description functions, change the language of choice, control the volume and select channels (i) through an interface that meets the requirements for an interface that are set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or (ii) if the interface has not been designed to be used with the on-board entertainment system, through a tactile template overlay affixed to the interface. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 205(1) | Failure to equip a pre-existing bus - one that was purchased or leased by the carrier before the day on which this section comes into force; or purchased or leased by the carrier on or after the day on which this section comes into force, if the carrier submitted the call for tenders in respect of that train before that day – that has an on-board entertainment system that does not offer closed captioning and audio description, with personal electronic devices in a number that is sufficient to accommodate the number of persons with disabilities who have made a request for such a device. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 205(2) | Failure to pre-load the personal electronic devices with — or provide wireless streaming of — entertainment content that offers closed captioning and audio description and that is the same entertainment content that is offered to the other passengers or, if that is not possible, that is comparable entertainment content. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(a) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus are sturdy, rounded and free of any sharp or abrasive element; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(b) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus have an exterior diameter and a clearance from the surface to which they are attached that permit them to be easily grasped; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(c) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus are colour-contrasted with their background; | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(d) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus have a slip-resistant surface; | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(e) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus are located (i) where passengers are required to pay fares or show proof of payment, (ii) close to mobility aid spaces, (iii) in priority seating areas, and (iv) on each side of a door; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(f) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus are evenly distributed throughout the bus to assist persons with disabilities to safely board and disembark and to sit and stand; | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(g) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus are located so as to not interfere with the turning and manoeuvring space that may be required by a person using a mobility aid to access a mobility aid space; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 206(h) | Failure to ensure that grab bars, handholds and stanchions on a bus if they are located at a door, are within the reach of a person standing at ground level and installed in a manner that ensures that they are inside the bus when the doors are closed. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 207 | Failure to ensure thatthe floors of a bus meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.1 to 4.3.3 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 208(a) | Failure to ensure that tactile attention indicator surfaces on a bus are located at the top of stairs and at any other location where there is an unprotected drop-off edge and a change in elevation greater than 250 mm or where the ratio of the slope to surface is steeper than 1:3; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 208(b) | Failure to ensure that tactile attention indicator surfaces on a bus meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.3.5.2(a) and (b), 4.3.5.3.1 and 4.3.5.3.4 of CSA B651-18. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 209 | Failure to ensure that operating controls on a bus
(a) meet the requirements set out in clauses 4.2.1, 4.2.3 to 4.2.6 and 4.2.8 of CSA B651-18; and (b) if they are intended to be used by a person using a wheelchair, meet the requirements set out in clause 4.2.2 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 210(1) | Failure to ensure that signage on a bus
(a) indicates any services, facilities, amenities or equipment that are offered and of the direction to follow in order to access them; (b) is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and have a glare-free surface; (c) is colour-contrasted with its background; and (d) except in the case of electronic signage, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.7 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 210(2) | Failure to ensure that electronic signage
(a) has letters, numbers, symbols and pictographs that slowly scroll across the screen and are colour-contrasted with their background but are not in red on a black background; and (b) meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 211(1) | Failure to ensure that a bus and any related facilities, including any amenities and equipment used in them, that are subject to any requirements of this Division are in good working order and properly maintained. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 211(2) | Failure to ensure that when any facilities, amenities or equipment that are referred to in subsection (1) are not in good working order, that they are repaired as soon as possible and, until they are repaired, measures are taken that will result in a substantially equivalent or greater level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 214 | Imposing a charge or fee for any service that the terminal operator is required by this Part to provide to any person. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 215(a) | Failure by a terminal operator to publish, including on its website, information about the services or facilities available at the terminal for persons with disabilities, including information about the curbside zone, including where the curbside zone is located and how to request assistance to or from the curbside zone; | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 215(b) | Failure by a terminal operator to publish, including on its website, information about the services or facilities available at the terminal for persons with disabilities, including information about ground transportation from the terminal that is accessible to persons with disabilities, including whether a vehicle that is capable of carrying a non-folding or non-collapsible mobility aid is available; | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 215(c) | Failure by a terminal operator to publish, including on its website, information about the services or facilities available at the terminal for persons with disabilities, including information about the location of designated areas for service dogs to relieve themselves; | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 215(d) | Failure by a terminal operator to publish, including on its website, information about the services or facilities available at the terminal for persons with disabilities, including information about transportation between facilities within a terminal that is accessible to persons with disabilities; and | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 215(e) | Failure by a terminal operator to publish, including on its website, information about the services or facilities available at the terminal for persons with disabilities, including information about wheelchair and electric cart services. | B (Minor) Amended June 6, 2024 |
250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 216(1)(a) | Failure by a terminal operator, on the request of a person with a disability, to provide the following services to the person without delay: assisting the person with their baggage or assisting with a wheelchair, including by providing a wheelchair if needed by the person; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 216(1)(b) | Failure by a terminal operator, on the request of a person with a disability, to provide the following services to the person without delay: assisting the person to proceed between the general public area and the curbside zone; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 216(1)(c) | Failure by a terminal operator, on the request of a person with a disability, to provide the following services to the person without delay: assisting the person to proceed between the curbside zone and the check-in area or, if there is no check-in area, between the curbside zone and a representative of a carrier. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 217(1) | Failure by the terminal operator to ensure that when it enters into an agreement or arrangement with any service provider for the provision of ground transportation from the terminal, including by taxi, limousine, bus or rental vehicle, the service provider provides transportation that is accessible to persons who are travelling with a mobility aid or any other assistive device or with a service dog, including transportation with vehicles that are capable of carrying non-folding or non-collapsible mobility aids. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 217(2) | Failure by the terminal operator to ensure that when it enters into an agreement or arrangement with any service provider for the provision of rental vehicles from the terminal, that the service provider provides rental vehicles that are equipped with hand-control systems. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 220(2) | Failure to ensure that when a terminal operator makes a modification to any amenity or equipment that is used in a pre-existing terminal — other than a modification to a mechanical, electrical or plumbing system or a modification carried out for an aesthetic purpose or for maintenance or repair — that the modified amenity or equipment meets the requirements of sections 222, 226, 228 and 230, except in the following circumstances:
(a) the dimensions of the terminal or of the amenity or equipment are unalterable; (b) the structural integrity or safe operation of the terminal or of the amenity or equipment would be materially affected; or (c) the principal purpose of the amenity or equipment would be fundamentally altered; or (d) the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act or any other Act of Parliament related to heritage protection would be contravened. |
This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 221 | Failure by a terminal operator to ensure that any terminal that it owns, operates or leases and any related facilities, including any amenities or equipment used in them, meets the requirements set out in this Division. | This provision must be combined with the provision(s) that outline(s) the specific requirement(s). | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 222 | Failure to ensure that a terminal meets the requirements set out in CSA B651-18, excluding clauses 5.6.2, 6.5.6, 6.6.2.2, 6.6.2.7.1, 6.7.3, 7 and 8.5 and all Annexes, commentary and figures. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 223 | Failure to ensure that a lift, ramp or stairs that are used at a terminal for the boarding or disembarkation of persons with disabilities meet the requirements for a lift, ramp or stairs, as the case may be, that are set out in section 69, section 70 or subsection 71(1). | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 224 | In the case of an airport, failure to ensure that the terminal is equipped with a lift, a ramp or portable stairs, if the terminal does not permit level boarding of an aircraft. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 225(1) | Failure to ensure that a terminal has wheelchairs available for use by passengers in a number that is sufficient to accommodate the number of persons with disabilities who are likely to use them at any one time. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 225(2)(a) | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair that is available for use by passengers at a terminal has footrests and wheel locks; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 225(2)(b) | Failure to ensure that a wheelchair that is available for use by passengers at a terminal has in the case of a wheelchair used for boarding, (i) movable armrests and an occupant restraint device, and (ii) a backrest of a height that permits the person using the wheelchair to be safely and easily transferred to and from a seat. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 226(a) | Failure to ensure that a terminal has (a) seats that are located along paths of travel at regular intervals of approximately 30 m; and seats that are located along paths of travel at regular intervals of approximately 30 m; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 226(b) | Failure to ensure that a terminal has (a) seats that are located along paths of travel at regular intervals of approximately 30 m; and in every boarding area, designated priority seats for persons with disabilities that (i) are located so as to be close to members of personnel who are stationed at the boarding gate, (ii) are located so as to permit them to view screens or other boards that display information relating to departures or gate or track assignments, and (iii) are marked with signage that specifies that persons with disabilities have priority access. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 227(1)(a) | Failure to ensure that a designated area for service dogs to relieve themselves is identified by tactile and Braille signage; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 227(1)(b) | Failure to ensure that a designated area for service dogs to relieve themselves is cleaned and maintained on a regular basis. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 227(2) | Failure to ensure that the terminal has signage that indicates the direction to follow in order to access a designated relief area for service dogs. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 227(3) | Failure to ensure that a terminal has a designated area for service dogs to relieve themselves that is located outside of the terminal and that a person with a disability may reach from the terminal by means of a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 227(4) | Failure to ensure that a terminal has a designated area for service dogs to relieve themselves that a person with a disability may reach, from the area of the terminal into which access is strictly controlled, by means of a path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities and that does not require the person to exit and re-enter that area. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 228 | Failure to apply Sections 90 to 93, 96, 102, 109, 127 to 130, 190, 195, 197 and 206, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of any light-rail train and any shuttle bus that operates between any facilities of a terminal. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 229 | Failure to make any object detectible by a person using a cane when there is an object that is obstructing a path of travel inside or outside of a terminal because of repairs or maintenance. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 230 | Failure to ensure that there is an alternative path of travel that is accessible to persons with disabilities and that allows them to access the desired service or reach the desired destination when a path of travel inside or outside of a terminal is not accessible to a person with a disability, including because there are stairs or escalators. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 231(1) | Failure to ensure that a terminal or any related facility that is subject to any requirement under this Division — including a shuttle bus or a light-rail train that operates between any facilities of a terminal — is in good working order and properly maintained. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 231(2) | Failure to ensure that measures are taken that will result in a substantially equivalent or greater level of accessibility for persons with disabilities when any facilities that are referred to in subsection (1), including any amenities or equipment used in those facilities, are not in good working order. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 232(a) | Failure by CATSA to ensure that during the security screening process, on the request of a person with a disability, the following services are provided without delay: expediting the security screening process by directing the person, and any support person travelling with them, to the front of a line or to any other line that is intended to expedite the security screening process; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 232(b) | Failure by CATSA to ensure that during the security screening process, on the request of a person with a disability, the following services are provided without delay: permitting a representative of an air carrier or an individual with a security pass issued by an air carrier or the airport to accompany the person through the security screening checkpoint; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 232(c) | Failure by CATSA to ensure that during the security screening process, on the request of a person with a disability, the following services are provided without delay: assisting the person with proceeding through the steps of the security screening process, including by providing verbal or visual cues or additional instructions; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 232(d) | Failure by CATSA to ensure that during the security screening process, on the request of a person with a disability, the following services are provided without delay: assisting the person with the placement of carry-on baggage and personal items on a screening belt and with their retrieval. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 233(1) | Failure by CATSA , when screening a person with a disability who uses an assistive device or who is travelling with a support person or a service dog, to make a reasonable effort to carry out the screening simultaneously with the screening of the person’s assistive device, support person or service dog, as the case may be. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 233(2) | Failure by CATSA, when it removes an assistive device from a person with a disability for a separate screening, to immediately return the assistive device to the person after it has been screened. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 233(3) | Failure by CATSA, when it removes an assistive device that is a mobility aid from a person with a disability for a separate screening, to offer a chair to the person while the mobility aid is being screened. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 234(a) | Failure by the CBSA to provide the following services without delay during the border clearance process, on the request of a person with a disability: expediting the border clearance process by directing the person, and any support person travelling with them, to the front of the line or to any other line that is intended to expedite the border clearance process; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 234(b) | Failure by the CBSA to provide the following services without delay during the border clearance process, on the request of a person with a disability: assisting the person with proceeding through the steps of the border clearance process, including by providing verbal or visual cues or additional instructions; | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 234(c) | Failure by the CBSA to provide the following services without delay during the border clearance process, on the request of a person with a disability: assisting the person to complete a declaration card or by collecting a verbal declaration; and | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 234(d) | Failure by the CBSA to provide the following services without delay during the border clearance process, on the request of a person with a disability: assisting the person with the placement of personal items on a counter for inspection and with their retrieval, if the person must undergo more extensive clearance. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(1)(a) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that the signage in any areas of a terminal that are used for the purposes of security screening or border clearance of passengers that is under their respective control is located at strategic points throughout those areas, such as close to washrooms and exits; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(1)(b) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that the signage in any areas of a terminal that are used for the purposes of security screening or border clearance of passengers that is under their respective control is positioned to avoid shadow areas and glare and have a glare-free surface; | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(1)(c) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that the signage in any areas of a terminal that are used for the purposes of security screening or border clearance of passengers that is under their respective control is colour-contrasted with its background; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(1)(d) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that the signage in any areas of a terminal that are used for the purposes of security screening or border clearance of passengers that is under their respective control except in the case of electronic signage, meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.7 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(2)(a) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that electronic signage has letters, numbers, symbols and pictographs that slowly scroll across the screen and are colour-contrasted with their background but are not in red on a black background; and | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPDR | 235(2)(b) | Failure by CATSA and the CBSA to ensure that electronic signage meets the requirements set out in clauses 4.5.3 to 4.5.5 of CSA B651-18. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 3(3) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to prepare and publish an updated accessibility plan required by subsection 60(2) of the Accessible Canada Act no later than the third anniversary of the day on which the preceding accessibility plan was required to have been published. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(1)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include the “General” heading in its accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(1)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include a heading in respect of each element referred to in subsection 60(1) of the Accessible Canada Act in its accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(1)(c) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include the “Consultations” heading in its accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(2)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to ensure the information that is included under the heading “General” includes the name of the person designated to receive feedback on behalf of the entity or the position whose incumbent is designated to do so. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(2)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to ensure the information included under the heading “General” includes the means by which the public can provide feedback and request an alternate format of the accessibility plan or an alternate format of the description of the feedback process, including a mailing address, telephone number and email address. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 4(3) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to draft the information included under the heading “Consultations” in accordance with subsection 60(5) of the Accessible Canada Act. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 5(1)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent accessibility plan in clear, simple and concise language on the main digital platform that the entity owns, operates or controls and that it uses to communicate information to the public, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 5(1)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent accessibility plan in clear, simple and concise language in a manner that makes the plan accessible on the digital platform either directly on the homepage or home screen or by way of a hyperlink from that homepage or home screen, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 5(1)(c) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent accessibility plan in clear, simple and concise language in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance that are set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 5(2) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to ensure that if it does not use a digital platform to communicate information to the public, it must publish a print copy of its most recent accessibility plan in clear, simple and concise language and in a conspicuous location in the main reception area of each of its publicly accessible business locations. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 6 | Failure by a regulated transport entity to notify the Agency, by electronic means, of the publication of each version of its accessibility plan within 48 hours of publication and include in the notice a hyperlink to the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the plan or the addresses of the publicly accessible business locations where a print copy of the plan is available. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 7(3)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to make its accessibility plan available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but no later than the 45th day after the day on which the request is received, if the request is for braille or an audio format. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 7(3)(b)(i) | Failure by a Class 1 or Class 2 regulated transport entity to make its accessibility plan available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but no later than the 15th day after the day on which the request is received if the request is for any format other than braille or audio. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 7(3)(b)(ii) | Failure by a Class 3 regulated transport entity to make its accessibility plan available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but no later than the 20th day after the day on which the request is received if the request is for any format other than braille or audio. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 8(1) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to allow feedback to be provided by any means by which the regulated transport entity communicates with the public, including by mail, telephone or electronic means. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 8(2) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to establish a feedback process that allows feedback to be provided anonymously. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 8(3) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to acknowledges receipt of feedback, other than anonymous feedback, in the same manner in which it was received. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 8(4) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to designate and publicly identify a person responsible for receiving feedback on behalf of the entity or the position whose incumbent is designated to do so. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(1)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish a description of its process for receiving feedback in clear, simple and concise language on the main digital platform that the entity owns, operates or controls and that it uses to communicate information to the public, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(1)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish a description of its process for receiving feedback in clear, simple and concise language in a manner that makes the description accessible on the digital platform either directly on the homepage or home screen or by way of a hyperlink from that homepage or home screen, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(1)(c) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish a description of its process for receiving feedback in clear, simple and concise language together with its accessibility plan or progress report, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(1)(d) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish a description of its process for receiving feedback in clear, simple and concise language in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance that are set out in the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(2) | Failure by a regulated transport entity that does not use a digital platform to communicate information to the public, to publish a print copy of the most recent description of its process for receiving feedback, in clear, simple and concise language and together with its accessibility plan or progress report display it in a conspicuous location in the main reception area of each of its publicly accessible business locations. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(3) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to publish the description of its feedback process on the same day that it publishes its accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 9(4) | Failure by a regulated transport entity that updates its feedback process, to publish an updated description of the process in the manner set out in subsection 9(1) or (2) of the ATPRR, as applicable, as soon as feasible. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 10(3)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to make the description of its feedback process available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but at the latest, in the case of a request for a description in braille or an audio format, on the 45th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 10(3)(b)(i) | Failure by a Class 1 or Class 2 regulated transport entity to make the description of its feedback process available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but at the latest in the case of a request for a description in any format other than braille or audio, on the 15th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 10(3)(b)(ii) | Failure by a Class 3 regulated transport entity to ensure that the description of its feedback process is available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but at the latest in the case of a request for a description in any format other than braille or audio, on the 20th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 11 | Failure by a regulated transport entity to, by electronic means, notify the Agency of the publication of the description of its feedback process or of an updated description of its feedback process within 48 hours of publication and include in the notice a hyperlink to the Uniform Resource Locator of the description or updated description or the addresses of the publicly accessible business locations where a print copy of the description or updated description is available. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(1)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include the “General” heading in its progress report. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(1)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include a heading in respect of each element referred to in subsections 60(1) and 62(5) of the Accessible Canada Act in its progress report. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(1)(c) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to include the heading “Consultations” in its progress report. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(2)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to ensure the information that is included under the heading “General” includes the name of the person designated to receive feedback on behalf of the entity or the position whose incumbent is designated to do so. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(2)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to ensure the information that is included under the heading “General” includes the means by which the public can provide feedback and request an alternate format of the accessibility plan, an alternate format of the description of the feedback process or an alternate format of the progress report, including a mailing address, telephone number and email address. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 12(3) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to draft the information that is included under the heading "Consultations" in accordance with subsection 62(4) of the Accessible Canada Act. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 13(1)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent progress report in clear, simple and concise language on the main digital platform that the entity owns, operates or controls and that it uses to communicate information to the public, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 13(1)(b) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent progress report in clear, simple and concise language in a manner that makes the progress report accessible on the digital platform either directly on the homepage or home screen or by way of a hyperlink from that homepage or home screen, if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 13(1)(c) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to electronically publish its most recent progress report in clear, simple and concise language in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance that are set out in the Website Content Accessibility Guide (WCAG), if the entity uses a digital platform to communicate information to the public. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 13(2) | Failure by a regulated transport entity that does not use a digital platform to communicate information to the public, to publish a print copy of its most recent progress report in clear, simple and concise language and display it in a conspicuous location in the main reception area of each of its publicly accessible business locations. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 14(1) | Failure by a Class 1 regulated transport entity to publish a progress report, no later than the anniversary of the day fixed under section 3 of the ATPRR in respect of that entity, in each calendar year in which it is not required to publish an accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 14(2) | Failure by a Class 2 or Class 3 regulated transport entity to publish a progress report by June 1 in each calendar year in which it is not required to publish an accessibility plan. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 15 | Failure by a regulated transport entity to notify the Agency, by electronic means, of the publication of its progress report within 48 hours of publication and include in the notice a hyperlink to the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the progress report or the addresses of the publicly accessible business locations where a print copy of the progress report is available. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 16(3)(a) | Failure by a regulated transport entity to make its progress report available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, but at the latest, in the case of a request for a progress report in braille or audio format, on the 45th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 16(3)(b)(i) | Failure by a for Class 1 or Class 2 regulated transport entity to make its progress report available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, and in the case of a request for a progress report in any format other than braille or audio, at the latest on the 15th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATPRR | 16(3)(b)(ii) | Failure by a Class 3 regulated transport entity to make its progress report available to the person in the requested format as soon as feasible after the request is received, and in the case of a request for a progress report in any format other than braille or audio, for regulated entities, at the latest on the 20th day after the day on which the request is received. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | CTA | 172.1(2) | Not complying with an Agency order requiring the taking of corrective measures. and/or Not complying with an Agency order directing the payment of compensation. |
D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Accessibility | CTA | 172(2) | Not complying with an Agency order requiring the taking of corrective measures. and/or Not complying with an Agency order directing the payment of compensation. |
D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Accessibility | CTA | 173(1) | Knowingly making a false or misleading statement or knowingly providing false or misleading information to the Agency or to any person acting on behalf of the Agency in connection with any matter under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Accessibility | CTA | 173(2) | Knowingly obstructing or hindering or making a false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, to a person designated as an enforcement officer who is engaged in carrying out functions under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Accessibility | CTA | 178(5) | Not providing reasonable assistance at the request of an enforcement officer and/or not furnishing information at the request of an enforcement officer. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 147(1) | Failure to provide the following services to a person with a disability who, as required under subsection 151(1), requested such services at least 48 hours before the scheduled time of departure of the person's flight: (a) assisting with registration at the check-in counter; (b) assisting in proceeding to the boarding area; (c) assisting in boarding and deplaning; (d) assisting in stowing and retrieving the person’s carry-on baggage; (e) transferring the person between the person’s own wheelchair, scooter or other mobility aid and a wheelchair, boarding chair or other mobility aid provided by the air carrier; (f) transferring the person between a wheelchair, boarding chair or other mobility aid and the person’s passenger seat; (g) assisting the person, other than by carrying the person, in moving to and from an aircraft washroom, including assisting the person in using an on-board wheelchair where one is available; (h) assisting in retrieving the person’s checked baggage; (i) assisting in proceeding to the general public area or, where a person is changing to a flight of another air carrier within the same terminal, to a representative of the receiving air carrier; (j) serving special meals, where available, and providing limited assistance with meals such as opening packages, identifying items and cutting large food portions; and (k) inquiring periodically during the flight about the person’s needs, and attending to those needs where the services required are usually provided by the air carrier, or where the services are required to be provided by the air carrier under this Part. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 147(2) | Failure to describe, if requested when a reservation is being made for a person, the services that the air carrier is required, pursuant to this section and sections 148 and 149, to provide to persons with a disability and any conditions in respect of those services set out in those sections and section 151, and any additional service that the air carrier provides to persons with a disability and any conditions in respect of that additional service and/or failure to confirm, after asking the person, which services that person request | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 148(1) | Subject to subsection (2) and section 151, failure to accept for carriage as priority baggage, without charge and in addition to the free baggage allowance permitted to a passenger, the following aids, where it is required for the mobility or well-being of the person with a disability: (a) an electric wheelchair, a scooter or a manually operated rigid-frame wheelchair; (b) a manually operated folding wheelchair; (c) a walker, a cane, crutches or braces; (d) any device that assists the person to communicate better; and (e) any prosthesis or medical device. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 148(2)(b) | Failure to advise a person with a disability about transportation arrangements that are available for electric wheelchairs, scooters or manually operated rigid frame wheelchairs where an air carrier operated an aircraft that had fewer than 60 passenger seats and the design of the aircraft did not permit the carriage of the person's aid. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 148(3) | Failure to allow a person in a manually operated wheelchair to remain in the wheelchair until the person reaches the boarding gate from which the person's flight is to depart; or where facilities permit, while the person is moving between the terminal and the door of the aircraft; or where space and facilities permit, while the person is moving between the terminal and the passenger seat. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 148(4) | Subject to subsection (5), failure by an air carrier that accepts for carriage a person's aid referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) or (c), to, without charge: (a) disassemble and package the aid; (b) where the person has been required to board the aircraft in advance of other passengers pursuant to subsection 147(3), identify the aid as priority baggage; (c) unpackage and reassemble the aid; and (d) return the aid to the person promptly on arrival at the person's destination. |
C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 148(5) | Failure to allow a person who requires a wheelchair to store the wheelchair in the passenger cabin, where space permits, without charge or failure to allow a person who requires either a walker, a cane, crutches, braces, any device that assists the person to communicate better or any prosthesis or medical device to retain the aid in the person's custody during the flight, where space permits, without charge. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 149(1) | Failure to accept a service animal for carriage without charge where the animal is required by a person for assistance and where the animal is certified, in writing, as having been trained by a professional service animal institution to assist a person. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 149(2) | Failure to permit a service animal, where the animal is properly harnessed in accordance with standards established by a professional service animal institution, to accompany the person on board the aircraft and to remain on the floor at the person's passenger seat. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 150 | Failure to inquire periodically about the needs of a person who is in a wheelchair, boarding chair or any other device in which the person is not independently mobile while the person was waiting for a flight after check-in or was in transit between flights and/or failure to attend to those needs where the services required are usually provided by the air carrier or are required to be provided by the air carrier under Part VII. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 151(2) | Failure to provide an additional service set out in the air carrier's tariff when a person with a disability requested the service at least 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 151(3) | Failure to make a reasonable effort to provide the air services where a request for a service referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is not made at least 48 hours before the scheduled time of departure of the person's flight. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 151(4) | Failure to cooperate as much as is possible with the other air carrier in providing the requested service, where a person who has requested from an air carrier a service referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must travel on a flight of another air carrier because of a flight cancellation or the substitution by the original air carrier of an aircraft that has fewer than 30 passenger seats. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 152 | Failure to (a) where the air carrier has facilities to do so, indicate in the record of a person's reservation any services that the air carrier will provide to the person; (b) provide a person with a written confirmation of the services that the air carrier will provide to the person; (c) transmit the information referred to in paragraph (a) to the appropriate personnel of the air carrier and, where a person is changing to a flight of another air carrier, to the appropriate personnel of that other air carrier at any transfer point indicated on the person's ticket and at the person's final destination; and (d) make reasonable efforts to inform the air carrier's agents of the requirements set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). |
A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 153 | (1) Failure to inform the person who identifies the nature of that person's disability of those passenger seats in the aircraft to be used that are most accessible for that person, before assigning a passenger seat to that person, when the person identifies the nature of their disability. (2) Failure to assign accessible passenger seats last to passengers without disabilities, where an air carrier is capable of assigning passenger seats before a passenger flight. (3) Failure to make a reasonable effort to ensure that accessible passenger seats are the last seats made available to passengers without disabilities, where an air carrier is not capable of assigning passenger seats before a flight. |
B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 154 | Failure to accept the determination made by or on behalf of a person with a disability that the person does not require any extraordinary service during a flight. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 155(1) | Failure to immediately provide a suitable temporary replacement of a person's mobility aid, without charge, where it was damaged during carriage or not available at the person's destination. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 155(2) | Failure to arrange for the prompt and adequate repair, at the carrier's expense, of a person's mobility aid where it was damaged during carriage and can be repaired promptly and adequately. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 155(3) | Failure to replace a damaged or lost mobility aid with an identical one satisfactory to the person or reimburse the person for the full replacement cost of the aid where the aid is damaged during carriage and cannot be repaired promptly or adequately or where it is lost for more than 96 hours after the person's arrival at the person's destination. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 155(4) | Failure to allow a person to use a temporary replacement aid until the time the person's own aid is repaired and returned or, where the aid was to be replaced or the person was to be reimbursed, until a reasonable amount of time has elapsed to replace the aid. | D (Very Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | ATR | 156 | Failure to promptly inform the person with a disability that that person may file an application for inquiry with the Agency pursuant to subsection 172(1) of the Canada Transportation Act and any rules made pursuant to section 17 of the same act, where an air carrier receives a complaint in respect of the terms and conditions of carriage set out in Part VII of the Air Transportation Regulations from or on behalf of a person with a disability and is unable to respond to the complaint to the satisfaction of that person. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 4 | Failure by a carrier or terminal operator to ensure that all their employees and contractors who provide transportation related services and who may be required to interact with the public or to make decisions in respect of the carriage of persons with disabilities receive a level of training appropriate to the requirements of their function in the areas listed in this section. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 5 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that all its employees and contractors who may be required to provide physical assistance to a person with a disability receive a level of training appropriate to the requirements of their function in the areas listed in this section. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 6 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that all its employees and contractors who may be required to handle mobility aids receive the training described in section 4 and the level of training appropriate to the requirements of their function in the areas listed in this section. | C (Serious) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 7 | Failure by a carrier to ensure that all its employees and contractors who may be required to assist with special equipment or aids receive the training described in section 4 and the level of training appropriate to the requirements of their function in the areas listed in this section. | B (Minor) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 8 | Failure by a carrier or terminal operator to ensure that all their employees and contractors who are required by these Regulations to receive training to complete their initial training within 60 days after the commencement of their duties. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 9 | Failure by a carrier or terminal operator to ensure that all their employees and contractors receive periodic refresher training sessions appropriate to the requirements of their function. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 10 | Failure by a carrier or terminal operator to keep its training program current by incorporating, at the earliest opportunity, any new information on procedures and services offered or any specific technologies introduced by the carrier or terminal operator to assist persons with disabilities. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Accessibility | PTR | 11 | Failure by a carrier or terminal operator to keep available for inspection by the Agency and the general public a copy of its current training program prepared in the form set out in the schedule and containing the information required therein. | A (Administrative) | 250,000 |
Rail | CTA | 90 | Constructing or operating a railway without being the holder of a certificate of fitness that is issued by the Canadian Transportation Agency under either paragraph 92(1)(a) (for construction or passenger operations) or 92(1)(b) (for other than passenger operations), as the case may be. | - | 250,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Maximum penalty for the first violation |
Rail | CTA | 93.1(1)(a) | If a certificate of fitness was issued for the operation of a railway that relates to a passenger rail service or for the construction of a railway (under paragraph 92(1)(a)), not maintaining adequate liability insurance coverage, as determined in accordance with the regulations, for the operation or construction of the railway for which the certificate was issued. | - | 100,000/100,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 100,000 |
Rail | CTA | 93.1(1)(b), (2) and (3) | If the certificate of fitness was issued under paragraph 92(1)(b) for the operation of a railway that does not relate to a passenger rail service, not maintaining the applicable minimum liability insurance coverage for the operation of a railway, as set out in Schedule IV: 1) including any self-insurance amount that does not exceed the maximum amount of self-insurance that the holder of the certificate of fitness can sustain based on its financial capacity; and 2) covering the risks as described in paragraphs 92(1.1)(a) to (d). |
- | 100,000/100,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 100,000 |
Rail | CTA | 94 | Not notifying the Agency in writing without delay if the liability insurance coverage of the holder of a certificate of fitness is cancelled or altered or if there are any changes to the construction or operation that may affect the liability insurance coverage. | - | 100,000/100,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 100,000 |
Rail | CTA | 95.3(1) | Not complying with an Agency order directing a railway company to undertake changes in its railway construction or operation that the Agency considers reasonable issued as a result of a complaint that a railway company is not complying with its obligation related to noise and vibrations set out in section 95.1 | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Maximum penalty for the first violation |
Rail | CTA | 98 | Constructing a railway line without the approval of the Agency unless the construction is within the right of way of an existing railway line or within 100 m of the centre line of an existing railway line for a distance of no more than 3 km. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Maximum penalty for the first violation |
Rail | CTA | 116(4) | Not complying with an Agency order issued as a result of a determination that a railway company is not fulfilling any of its service obligations. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 117(1) | Charging a rate in respect of the movement of traffic or passengers that is not in a tariff in effect issued and published in accordance with Part III Division IV unless the rate is established pursuant to a confidential contract under section 126. | C (Serious) *per car |
25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 117(2) | Not including in a tariff the information prescribed in the Railway Traffic and Passenger Tariffs Regulations. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 117(3) | Not making a tariff accessible to the public by publishing it on its Internet site. | A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 117(5) | Not keeping a record of a tariff for at least three years after its cancellation. | A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 118 | Not issuing a tariff in respect of the movement of traffic on its railway, when requested by a shipper. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 119(1) | Not publishing a notice of a proposed increase to a rate in a tariff for the movement of traffic at least 30 days before its effective date. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 119(2)(c) | Not charging the rates in effect (the rates have not expired or the tariff which include these rates has not been superseded by a new tariff) applicable to a railway line owned or operated by a railway company when issuing and publishing a tariff of rates for the movement of traffic in accordance with Part III Division IV or VI. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 120.1(5) | Not varying a tariff without delay after the Agency establishes the charges or associated terms and conditions pursuant to an order made under subsection 120.1 (1). | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 120.1(6) | Varying a tariff with respect to any charges or associated terms and conditions established by order of the Agency under subsection 120.1(1) before the period specified in the order. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 122(2) | Not publishing without delay, or within any additional time that the Agency may specify under subparagraph 121(2)(b)(ii), a joint tariff or rate agreed between railway companies or determined by the Agency under subsection 121(2). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 125(1) | Preventing traffic from being moved on a continuous route from the point of origin to the point of destination by any combination, contract or agreement, express or implied, or by any other means. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 127(2) | Not complying with an Agency order directing a railway company to interswitch the traffic or railway companies to provide reasonable facilities for the convenient interswitching of traffic. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 127(3) | Transferring traffic at an interchange, not in accordance with the Railway Interswitching Regulations or the interswitching rate, when the point of origin or destination of a continuous movement of traffic is within a radius of 30 km of an interchange. | C (Serious) *per car |
25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 128.1 | Not providing the Agency by August 31 of every year, in the form and manner specified by the Agency, the information or documents that the Agency considers necessary to exercise its powers or perform its duties or functions as set out in section 127.1, in relation to the determination of the rate per car to be charged for interswitching traffic for the following calendar year. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 136.4(1) | Local carrier not setting out, without delay after a long-haul interswitching order is made by the Agency pursuant to subsection 134(1), the terms established in the order in a tariff and the shipper and local carrier have not agreed to include those terms in a confidential contract. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 136.9(1) | Railway company not preparing and keeping up to date a list of the locations of the interchanges on the railway that it operates and publishing it on its Internet site or on the Internet site of an association or other entity representing railway companies. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 141(1) | Railway company not preparing and keeping up to date a plan indicating for each of its railway lines whether it intends to continue to operate the line or whether, within the next three years, it intends to take steps to discontinue operating the line. | A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 141(2) | Railway company not making the three-year plan referred to in subsection 141(1) accessible to the public by publishing it on its Internet site or the Internet site of an association or other entity representing railway companies. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 141(2.1) | Not notifying the following of a change to the three-year plan within 10 days after the change: (a) the Minister; (b) the Agency; (c) the minister responsible for transportation matters in the government of each province through which the railway line passes; (d) the chairperson of every urban transit authority through whose territory the railway line passes; and (e) the clerk or other senior administrative officer of every municipal or district government through which the railway line passes. |
A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 142(1) | Railway company not complying with the steps described in Part III Division V before discontinuing the operation of a railway line and not publishing and keeping up to date on its Internet site or the Internet site of an association or other entity representing railway companies a report that sets out the date that each step was commenced and completed. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 142(2) | Railway company taking steps to discontinue operating a railway line before its intention to discontinue operating the line has been indicated in its three-year plan for at least 12 months. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 143(1) | Railway company not advertising the availability of the railway line, or any operating interest that it has in it, for sale, lease or other transfer for continued operation and its intention to discontinue operating the line if it is not transferred. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 143(2) | Railway company not including in the advertisement: 1) a description of the railway line; 2) how the line or the operating interest is to be transferred whether by sale, lease or otherwise and; 3) an outline of the steps that must be taken before the operation of the line may be discontinued, including a) a statement that the advertisement is directed to persons interested in buying, leasing or otherwise acquiring the railway line, or the railway company's operating interest in it, for the purpose of continuing railway operations; and b) the date by which interested persons must make their interest known in writing to the company, which must be at least sixty days after the first publication of the advertisement. |
B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 143(3) | Railway company not disclosing in the advertisement the existence of any agreement between the railway company and a public passenger service provider in respect of the operation of a passenger rail service on the railway line; and an indication as to whether or not section 96 applies to the land on which that railway line is located. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 144(1) | Not disclosing the process intended to be followed for receiving and evaluating offers to each interested person who makes their interest known in accordance with the advertisement. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 145(1) | Railway company not offering to transfer all of its interest in the railway line to the governments and urban transit authorities for not more than its net salvage value to be used for any purpose if: a) no person makes their interest known to the railway company, or no agreement with an interested person is reached, within the required time or b) an agreement is reached within the required time, but the transfer is not completed in accordance with the agreement. |
- | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 145(1.1) | Railway company not disclosing in the offer made to the governments and urban transit authorities whether or not section 96 applies to the land on which that railway line is located, and if the information described in paragraphs 141(2.2)(a) and (b) has not yet been provided to the Minister, not providing that information to the Minister with the offer. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.01(1) | Railway company not resuming operations of a line or not following the process set out in sections 143 to 145 within 60 days after the day on which the return takes place if, by reason of the instrument or act by which a railway line or an operating interest in a railway line is transferred through the process set out in sections 143 to 145 or otherwise, a railway line or operating interest in the railway line returns to the railway company that transferred it. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.2(1) | Not preparing and keeping up to date a list of the sidings and spurs planned to be dismantled and that are located in metropolitan areas or within the territory served by any urban transit authority (except for sidings and spurs located on a railway right-of-way that will continue to be used for railway operations subsequent to their dismantlement). | A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.2(2) | Railway company not publishing the list specified in subsection 146.2(1) on its Internet site and, whenever a change is made to the list, not notifying the following of the change within 10 days after the change: (a) the Minister; (b) the Agency; (c) the minister responsible for transportation matters in the government of the province in which the siding or spur that is the subject of the change is located; (d) the chairperson of the urban transit authority in whose territory the siding or spur that is the subject of the change is located; and (e) the clerk or other senior administrative officer of the municipal or district government in which the siding or spur that is the subject of the change is located. |
B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.2(3) | Taking steps to dismantle a siding or a spur before 12 months have elapsed since the siding or spur was added to the list specified in subsection 146.2(1). | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.2(4) | Dismantling a siding or a spur that has been on the list specified in subsection 146.2(1) for at least 12 months without having previously sent simultaneously to each of the following an offer to transfer all of its interest in the siding or spur for not more than its net salvage value: (a) the Minister; (b) the minister responsible for transportation matters in the government of the province in which the siding or spur is located; (c) the chairperson of the urban transit authority in whose territory the siding or spur is located; and (d) the clerk or other senior administrative officer of the municipal or district government in which the siding or spur is located. |
- | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 146.2(6) | Not notifying the other governments and urban transit authorities of the written acceptance of the offer specified in subsection 146.2(4). | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 149(1) | Not issuing and publishing tariffs (prescribed railway companies, i.e. CN or CP) that include single car rates in respect of the movement of grain from each grain delivery point on its railway. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 149(2) | Establishing a single car rate (prescribed railway companies, i.e. CN or CP) in a tariff in respect of the movement of grain from a grain delivery point on one of its branch lines that is more than three per cent higher than any single car rate in its tariffs for the movement of the same type of grain under substantially similar conditions for a substantially similar distance from the grain delivery point on one of its main lines that is nearest, as measured in a straight line, to the grain delivery point on the branch line. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 151.1(1) | Not preparing and keeping up to date (prescribed railway companies, i.e. CN or CP) a list of the sidings that it makes available in the Western Division (as defined in section 147) where railway cars that are allocated by the Canadian Grain Commission under subsection 87(2) of the Canada Grain Act can be loaded. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 151.1(2) | Not publishing (prescribed railway companies, i.e. CN or CP) the list specified in subsection 151.1(1) on its Internet site. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 152.4(1) | Public passenger service provider or a railway company not providing to any person who requests it: (a) a copy of any agreement entered into on or after June 22nd, 2007 concerning the use of the railway company's railway, land, equipment, facilities or services; or (b) a copy of any agreement entered into before June 22nd, 2007 concerning the use of the railway company's railway, land, equipment, facilities or services, except agreement or portion thereof excluded by the Agency pursuant to subsection 152.4(2). |
B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 156(5) | Railway company for which a classification and system of accounts is prescribed, i.e. CN or CP, not keeping its accounts in accordance with the uniform classification and system of accounts prescribed by the Agency. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 157(5) | CN or CP not providing the Agency no later than August 31 of every year, in the form and manner specified by the Agency, all unit costs, output units and other financial, statistical and supporting information for the preceding calendar year that is required for the determination of costs by the Agency under Part III. | - | 25,000/5,000 Case by Case Penalty Up to 25,000 |
Rail | CTA | 173(1) | Knowingly making a false or misleading statement or knowingly providing false or misleading information to the Agency or to any person acting on behalf of the Agency in connection with any matter under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 173(2) | Knowingly obstructing or hindering or making a false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, to a person designated as an enforcement officer who is engaged in carrying out functions under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Rail | CTA | 178(5) | Not providing reasonable assistance at the request of an enforcement officer and/or not furnishing information at the request of an enforcement officer. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | RLIR | 5(2) | Not providing the Agency with: a) the information set out in Schedule 1 (Information for a Certificate of Fitness for the Operation of Passenger Rail Service or the Construction of a Railway); and b) a description of any changes to the information that was most recently provided under this section before the expiry of any insurance coverage, as soon as feasible after the certificate of fitness holder has arranged for new insurance coverage to replace it, and in any case at least once a year. |
B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | RLIR | 6(2) | Not providing the Agency with: a) the information set out in Schedule 2 (Information for a Certificate of Fitness for the Operation of a Railway That Does Not Relate to a Passenger Rail Service); and b) a description of any changes to the information that was most recently provided under this section before the expiry of any insurance coverage, as soon as feasible after the certificate of fitness holder has arranged for new insurance coverage to replace it, and in any case at least once a year. |
B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | RIR | 4 | Terminal carrier not furnishing at all times to interswitched traffic a level of service equal to its own line haul traffic. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Rail | RIR | 5 | Railway company not delivering an empty car to the terminal carrier that interswitches a car at the interchange for delivery to a siding for loading. | C (Serious) *per car |
25,000/5,000 |
Rail | RIR | 6 | Terminal carrier charging for the delivery of an empty car from an interchange to a siding for loading or for the return of an empty car to an interchange after unloading. | C (Serious) *per car |
25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 57(a) | Operating an air service without holding a valid licence in respect of that service. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 57(b) | Operating an air service without holding a Canadian aviation document in respect of that service. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 57(c) | Operating an air service without having the prescribed liability insurance coverage in effect in respect of that service. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 59 | Selling, causing to be sold or publicly offering for sale in Canada an air service for which no licence is held. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 60(1)(b) | Providing all or part of an aircraft with a flight crew to a licensee for the purpose of providing an air service pursuant to the licensee's license or providing an air service using all or part of an aircraft with a flight crew provided by an another person without the approval of the Agency as prescribed in section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(1) | Not giving notice to persons in the form and the manner prescribed in section 14 of the Air Transportation Regulations of a licensee's proposal to discontinue a domestic service to a point where, as a result of the proposed discontinuance, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(1) | Not giving notice to persons in the form and the manner prescribed in section 14 of the Air Transportation Regulations of a proposal to reduce the frequency of a domestic service to a point to less than one flight per week where, as a result of the proposed reduction, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(1.1) | Not giving notice to persons in the form and the manner prescribed in section 14 of the Air Transportation Regulations of a proposal to discontinue a year-round non-stop scheduled air service between two points in Canada where that discontinuance would result in a reduction, as compared to the week before the proposal is to take effect, of at least 50% of the weekly passenger-carrying capacity of all licensees operating year-round non-stop scheduled air services between those two points. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Implementing a proposal to discontinue a domestic service to a point where, as a result of the proposed discontinuance, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point less than 120 days, or 30 days if the service has been in operation for less than one year, after notice of the proposal was given. and/or | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Implementing a proposal to discontinue a year-round non-stop scheduled air service between two points in Canada where that discontinuance would result in a reduction, as compared to the week before the proposal is to take effect, of at least 50% of the weekly passenger-carrying capacity of all licensees operating year-round non-stop scheduled air services between those two points less than 120 days, or 30 days if the service has been in operation for less than one year, after notice of the proposal was given. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Implementing a proposal to reduce the frequency of a domestic service to a point to less than one flight per week where, as a result of the proposed reduction, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point less than 120 days, or 30 days if the service has been in operation for less than one year, after notice of the proposal was given. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Not complying with an Agency order made under subsection 64(2) to not implement a proposal to discontinue a domestic service to a point where, as a result of the proposed discontinuance, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point until the expiry of the notice specified in the order. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Not complying with an Agency order made under subsection 64(2) to not implement a proposal to discontinue a year-round non-stop scheduled air service between two points in Canada where that discontinuance would result in a reduction, as compared to the week before the proposal is to take effect, of at least 50% of the weekly passenger-carrying capacity of all licensees operating year-round non-stop scheduled air services between those two points until the expiry of the notice period specified in the order. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 64(2) | Not complying with an Agency order made under subsection 64(2) to not implement a proposal to reduce the frequency of a domestic service to a point to less than one flight per week where, as a result of the proposed reduction, there will be only one licensee or no licensee offering at least one flight per week to that point until the expiry of the notice period specified in the order. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 66(1)(a) | Not complying with an Agency order disallowing a fare, cargo rate or increase in a fare or cargo rate published or offered in respect of a domestic service provided between two points. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 66(1)(b) | Not complying with an Agency order directing a licensee to amend its tariff by reducing a fare, rate or increase in a fare or cargo rate by the amounts and for the periods specified in the order. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 66(1)(c) | Not complying with an Agency order directing a licensee to refund amounts specified by the Agency to persons determined by the Agency to have been overcharged by the licensee. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 66(2) | Not complying with an Agency order directing a licensee to publish and apply additional fares or cargo rates. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 66(8) | Not complying with an Agency order to protect the confidentiality of information that the Agency is considering in the course of proceedings under section 66. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 67(1)(a) | Not displaying, in a prominent place at the licensee's business offices a sign indicating that the tariffs for the domestic service it offers, including the terms and conditions of carriage, are available for public inspection at its business offices, and allow the public to make such an inspection. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 67(1)(a.1) | Not publishing the terms and conditions of carriage on any Internet site used by the licensee for selling domestic service offered by the licensee. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 67(1)(c) | Not retaining a record of licensee's domestic tariffs and not publishing the licensee's domestic tariffs on its Internet site for a period of at least three years after the tariffs have ceased to be in effect. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 67(3) | The holder of a domestic license applying a fare, rate, charge or term or condition of carriage to the domestic service it offers where the fare, rate, charge or term or conditions has not been set out in a tariff that has been published or displayed and is in effect | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 67(4) | Not providing a copy or excerpt of a domestic tariff on request and/or charging more than the cost of making the copy or excerpt. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | CTA | 67.2(2) | Advertising or applying a term or a condition of carriage that is suspended or has been disallowed. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 68(2) | Including in a confidential contract, between a holder of a domestic licence and another person, provisions with respect to the exclusive use by the person of a domestic service operated by the holder of the domestic licence between two points in accordance with a published timetable or on a regular basis where the contract is not for all or a significant portion of the capacity of a flight or a series of flights. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 68(3) | Not retaining a copy of a confidential contract for a period of at least three years after it has ceased to have effect. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 68(3) | Not complying with an Agency request to provide the Agency with a copy of a confidential contract between a holder of a domestic licence and another person made within three years after the confidential contract has ceased to have effect. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 71(2) | Not complying with the terms and conditions of a scheduled international licence. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 74(2) | Not complying with the terms and conditions of a non-scheduled international licence. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 82(a) | Not notifying the Agency that liability insurance coverage has been cancelled or altered in a manner resulting in the failure to have the prescribed coverage for that service. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 82(b) | Not notifying the Agency that operations have changed in a manner resulting in the failure to have the prescribed liability insurance coverage. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 82(c) | Not notifying the Agency of any changes that affects or is likely to affect the licensee's Canadian status. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 83 | Not providing the Agency, on request, with information or documents available to the licensee that relate to any complaint under review or any investigation being conducted by the Agency. | C (Serious) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 84(1) | Not providing the Agency, when a licensee has an agent in Canada, with the agent's name and address. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 85 | Not notifying the Agency in writing without delay of a change in the address of a licensee's principal place of business in Canada or a change in the name or address of the licensee's agent in Canada. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | CTA | 173(1) | Knowingly making a false or misleading statement or knowingly providing false or misleading information to the Agency or to any person acting on behalf of the Agency in connection with any matter under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 173(2) | Knowingly obstructing or hindering or making a false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, to a person designated as an enforcement officer who is engaged in carrying out functions under the Canada Transportation Act. | D (Very Serious) Amended April 22, 2024 |
25,000/5,000 |
Air | CTA | 178(5) | Not providing reasonable assistance at the request of an enforcement officer and/or not furnishing information at the request of an enforcement officer. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 7(1)(a) | Operating an air service without having passenger liability insurance in the prescribed amount. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 7(1)(b) | Operating an air service without having public liability insurance in the prescribed amount. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 7(3) | Having liability insurance that contains an exclusion or waiver provision, other than those allowed under paragraphs 7(3)(a) to (d), reducing insurance coverage for any accident or incident below the prescribed amounts. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 7(4) | Having single limit liability coverage for an amount less than the applicable combined insurance minima. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8(1) | [Licensee] Not filing a valid certificate of insurance with the Agency. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 8(2) | Not filing a certified true copy of the certificate of insurance on request by the Agency. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.1(2)(a)(vi) | Where the applicant is a corporation ,redeeming capital stock issued and paid for less than one year after the date of issuance or reinstatement of the licence. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.1(2)(a)(vii) | Withdrawing capital injected into a proprietorship or partnership less than one year after the date of issuance or reinstatement of the licence. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.2(4) | Not maintaining prescribed passenger and third party liability insurance coverage for a service for which another person provides an aircraft with flight crew. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.2(5) | Where the licensee is named as an additional insured under the policy of the person who is providing all or part of an aircraft with flight crew, not having a written agreement between the licensee and the person, providing that for all flights for which the person provides all or part of an aircraft with flight crew, the person will hold the licensee harmless from, and indemnify the licensee for, all passenger and third part liabilities while passengers or cargo transported under contract with the licensee are under the control of the person. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.2(6) | Not notifying the Agency in writing of the cancellation of or alteration in any manner to the prescribed liability insurance coverage that results in failure by the licensee or the person who provided the aircraft with flight crew to maintain coverage. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.5(1) | Not notifying the public, in accordance with subsection 8.5(2), that an air service will be operated by a licensee using an aircraft and flight crew provided by another person. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 8.5(3) | Not identifying the person providing the aircraft as well as the aircraft type for each segment of the journey on all travel documents, including, if issued, itineraries. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 18(1)(a) | Not providing, on reasonable request, transportation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the licence and not furnishing such services, equipment or facilities as are necessary for the purposes of that transportation. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 18(1)(b) | Making a public statement that is false or misleading with respect to the licensee's air service or any service incidental thereto. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 18(1)(c) | Operating an international service, or representing by advertisement or otherwise the licensee as operating such service under a name other than the name on the licence, except when the advertisement is put on the exterior of the aircraft. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 19 | Not operating every scheduled international flight in accordance with the licensee's service schedule, subject to any delays due to weather, conditions affecting safety or abnormal operating conditions. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 21 | Operating an international charter without a charter permit issued by the Agency or deemed to have been issued, in respect of that charter. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 22 | Not operating an international charter in accordance with the information submitted in order to obtain the charter permit, if the Agency has issued a charter permit to a licensee for the operation of an international charter. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 31(1) | A licensee that operated a charter flight or series of charter flights not keeping evidence that it has complied with the information submitted in order to obtain the charter permit that was issued for that charter flight or those series or charter flights (including any evidence in regards to advanced payments in the case of resaleable charter and flight coupons). | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 31(2) | Not keeping evidence, for a period of one year after the date of departure of the last charter flight, of operating a charter flight or series of flights in accordance with the information submitted to obtain a permit. | A (Administrative) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 32 | Chartering with more than three charterers, of which one or more may be foreign-origin charterers, when operating a passenger non-resaleable charter destined to a country other than the United States. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 34(7) | Not fully protecting through the financial guarantee any advance payment in respect of a passenger resaleable charter or series of passenger resaleable charters from the time the advance payment is received by the licensee. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 36(1)(a) | Not notifying the Agency in writing of any amendment to the charter contract or arrangement after the issuance of the charter permit, by submitting to the Agency a copy of the amended charter contract or arrangement at least three working days before the amendment takes effect and by obtaining an amended charter permit from the Agency when operating a passenger resaleable charter or series of passenger resaleable charters that use aircraft having an MCTOW greater than 15 900 kg. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 36(1)(b) | Not filing with the Agency, without delay, any amendment to the financial guarantee when operating a passenger resaleable charter or series of passenger resaleable charters that use aircraft having an MCTOW greater than 15 900 kg. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 36(1)(c) | Not notifying the Agency in writing of the cancellation of any charter flight as per the contract or arrangement, specifying the number of the charter permit issued when operating a passenger resaleable charter or series of passenger resaleable charters that use aircraft having an MCTOW greater than 15 900 kg. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(2) | Modifying the monitoring, compliance and disclosure systems during the period of validity of the charter permit issued under subsection 37(1) without the prior written approval of the Agency. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(3)(a) | Not including, during the period of validity of a charter permit issued under subsection 37(1), in every charter contract and arrangement that is in force during that period, the information and statement required under subsections 34(3) and (4) respectively. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(3)(b) | Not including, during the period of validity of a charter permit issued under subsection 37(1), on the page that bears the signatures of both the licensee and the charterer, that a charter permit has been issued by the Agency as well as the period of validity of the permit. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(3)(c) | Not providing, during the period of validity of a charter permit issued under subsection 37(1), each charterer with: (i) a copy of the financial guarantee and any amendment made to the financial guarantee as well as signed documentation that establishes that the advance payments received by the licensee for each charter or series of charters are protected; or, (ii) if the financial guarantee is a letter of credit, not providing the charterer with the original letter of credit along with any amendments made to the letter of credit. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(3)(e) | Not filing, during the period of validity of a charter permit issued under subsection 37(1), with the Agency a copy of all financial guarantees, other than financial guarantees referred to in paragraph 37(1)(a), subsection 34(8) and paragraph 36(1)(b), prior to any advance payments being received from the charterer. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 37(3)(f) | Not filing, during the period of validity of a charter permit issued under subsection 37(1), evidence with the Agency, upon filing with the Agency a copy of a financial guarantee: (i) that the charterer has been provided with the financial guarantee; and (ii) the level of protection specified in the financial guarantee is such that all advance payments are fully protected at all times. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 38 | Not submitting in writing to the Agency within 30 days after the end of each month a report respecting passenger resaleable charter or series of passenger resaleable charters that were operated with aircraft having a MCTOW greater than 15 900 kg pursuant to a charter permit that was issued under subsection 37(1) during the previous month. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(j) | Domestic tariff does not contain information respecting prepayment requirements and restrictions and information respecting non-acceptance and non-delivery of goods. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(l) | Domestic tariff does not contain the terms and conditions governing the tariff, generally, stated in such a way that it is clear as to how the terms and conditions apply to the tolls named in the tariff. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(m) | Domestic tariff does not contain any special terms and conditions that apply to a particular toll and, where the toll appears on a page, a reference on that page to the page on which those terms and conditions appear. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(n) | Domestic tariff does not contain the terms and conditions of carriage clearly stating the air carrier's policy in respect of the matters listed under subparagraphs 107(1)(n) (i) to (xxi). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(o) | Domestic tariff does not contain the tolls, shown in Canadian currency, together with the names of the points from, to or between which the tolls apply, arranged in a simple and systematic manner with, in the case of commodity tolls, goods clearly identified. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 107(1)(p) | Domestic tariff does not contain the routing related to the tolls unless reference is made in the tariff to another tariff in which the routings appear. | A (Administrative) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 110(1) | Commencing the operation of an international service prior to filing, with the Agency, a tariff for that service. | C (Serious) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 110(3)(a) | [Air carrier] Advertising, offering or charging a toll where the toll was in a tariff that had been rejected by the Agency. | C (Serious) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 110(3)(b) | [Air carrier] Advertising, offering or charging a toll where the toll is in a tariff that has been disallowed or suspended by the Agency. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 110(4) | Air carrier Not charging the tolls and applying the terms and conditions set out in a tariff. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 110(5) | Air carrier or Agent of the carrier Offering, granting, giving, soliciting, accepting or receiving a rebate, concession or privilege in respect of the transportation of any persons or goods by the air carrier whereby such persons or goods are or would be, by any device whatever, transported at a toll that differs from that named in the tariffs then in force or under terms and conditions of carriage other than those set out in such tariffs. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 113.1 | Not complying with a requirement imposed by the Agency ordering the taking of corrective measures or the payment of compensation. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 116(1) | Air carrier not keeping available for public inspection at each of its business offices a copy of every tariff in which the air carrier participates that applies to its international service. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 116(2) | Air carrier not displaying in a prominent place at each of its business offices a sign indicating that the tariffs for the international service it offers, including the terms and conditions of carriage, are available for public inspection at its business offices. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 116(3) | Air carrier not keeping a copy of any tariff participated in by the carrier, at the principal place of business in Canada of the carrier or at the place of business in Canada of the carrier's agent, for a period of three years after the date of cancellation of the tariff. | B (Minor) | 10,000/2,000 |
Air | ATR | 116.1 | Air carrier not posting on its Internet site, in a prominent location on the site, the air carrier's terms and conditions of carriage applicable to that international service. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 122(a) | An international tariff not containing the terms and conditions governing the tariff generally, stated in such a way that it is clear as to how the terms and conditions apply to the tolls named in the tariff. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 122(b) | An international tariff not containing the tolls, together with the names of the points from and to which or between which the tolls apply, arranged in a simple and systematic manner with, in the case of commodity tolls, goods clearly identified. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 122(c) | An international tariff not containing the terms and conditions of carriage clearly stating the air carrier's policy in respect of matters listed under subparagraphs 122(c)(i) to (xii). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 122(d) | Every tariff shall contain a policy respecting the refusal to transport a person who is less than five years old unless that person is accompanied by their parent or a person who is at least 16 years old. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 127(4) | Not notifying the Secretary that the international tariff or any portion thereof is disallowed by the competent authorities of the other country. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 127.1(2) | Not notifying the Agency that an international tariff or portion thereof has been rejected by competent authorities of another country. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 129(1) | [Air Carrier or Agent] Failure to file, immediately, with the Agency an appropriate international tariff, to become effective not less than one working day after the date of filing, to restore a provision which was suspended or disallowed by the Agency. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | ATR | 137 | Not filing a service schedule or an amendment to a service schedule as prescribed in section 139 or a filing advice as prescribed in subsection 140(3) of the Air Transportation Regulations, when the schedule is on paper. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 141 | Air carrier failing to keep its current service schedule, with amendments, available for public inspection at each of its business offices. | B (Minor) | 5,000/1,000 |
Air | ATR | 144(b) | Air carrier fails to file appropriate number of timetables with the Agency at the time of publication. | A (Administrative) | 500/100 |
Air | APPR | 4(2) | [Licensee] Not including the obligations to comply with the Air Passenger Protection Regulations in a charter contract for any flight within Canada or where one or more passengers began their journey in Canada, if one or more seats on that flight are purchased for resale to the public. | A (Administrative) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(1)(a) | Not making available, in simple, clear and concise language, terms and conditions on flight delay, flight cancellation and denied boarding. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(1)(b) | Not making available, in simple, clear and concise language, terms and conditions on lost or damaged baggage. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(1)(c) | Not making available, in simple, clear and concise language, terms and conditions on seat assignments to children under 14 years of age. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(2) | Not making available the terms and conditions referred to in subsection 5(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations, on all digital platforms used by the carrier to sell tickets and on all documents on which the passenger's itinerary appears. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(3) | Not making available, in simple, clear and concise language across all digital platforms used by the carrier to sell tickets and on all documents on which the passenger's itinerary appears, information on the treatment of passenger and the minimum compensation owed and recourse available to passengers including their recourse to the Agency. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(5) | Not making available the following notice on all digital platforms used by the carrier to sell tickets and on all documents on which the passenger's itinerary appears: "If you are denied boarding or your baggage is lost or damaged, you may be entitled to certain standards of treatment and compensation under the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. For more information about your passenger rights please contact your air carrier or visit the Canadian Transportation Agency's website Si l'embarquement vous est refusé ou si vos bagages sont perdus ou endommagés, vous pourriez avoir droit au titre du Règlement sur la protection des passagers aériens, à certains avantages au titre des normes de traitement applicables et à une indemnité. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur vos droits, veuillez communiquer avec votre transporteur aérien ou visiter le site Web de l'Office des transports du Canada." |
B (Minor) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 5(6) | Not making available the information referred to in subsections 5(1) or 5(3) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations or the notice set out in subsection (5) in a digital format compatible with adaptive technologies intended to assist persons with disabilities or, if provided in paper format, not making it available upon request in large print, Braille or digital format. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 6 | Not taking reasonable measures to ensure that anyone authorized to sell tickets in the carrier's name complies with section 5 of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 7(1) | Not displaying, in a visible manner at the check-in desk, self-service machines and boarding gate of an airport to or from which a carrier operates a flight, a notice containing the following text: "If you are denied boarding or your baggage is lost or damaged, you may be entitled to certain standards of treatment and compensation under the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. For more information about your passenger rights please contact your air carrier or visit the Canadian Transportation Agency's website. Si l'embarquement vous est refusé ou si vos bagages sont perdus ou endommagés, vous pourriez avoir droit au titre du Règlement sur la protection des passagers aériens, à certains avantages au titre des normes de traitement applicables et à une indemnité. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur vos droits, veuillez communiquer avec votre transporteur aérien ou visiter le site Web de l'Office des transports du Canada." |
B (Minor) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 7(2) | Providing the notice referred to in subsection 7(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations in a digital format that is not compatible with adaptive technologies intended to assist persons with disabilities, OR, not providing, upon request, in large print, Braille or digital format a notice referred to in subsection 7(1) of the of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations provided in a paper format. | B (Minor) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 8(1)(a) | Not providing access to lavatories in working order, if the aircraft is equipped with lavatories, if a flight is delayed on the tarmac after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed, free of charge. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 8(1)(b) | Not providing proper ventilation and cooling or heating of the aircraft, if a flight is delayed on the tarmac after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed, free of charge. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 8(1)(c) | Not providing the means to communicate, if feasible, with people outside of the aircraft, if a flight is delayed on the tarmac after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed, free of charge. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 8(1)(d) | Not providing food and drink, in reasonable quantities, taking into account the length of the delay, the time of day and the location of the airport, if a flight is delayed on the tarmac after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed, free of charge. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 8(2) | Not facilitating a passenger's access to urgent medical assistance while the flight is delayed on the tarmac after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 9(1)(a) | Not providing an opportunity for passengers to disembark, if a flight is delayed on the tarmac at an airport in Canada, three hours after the aircraft doors have been closed for take-off unless it is impossible to do so, including for reasons related to safety and security or to air traffic or customs control UNLESS, it is likely that take-off will occur less than three hours and 45 minutes after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed and the carrier is able to continue to provide the standard of treatment referred to in section 8. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 9(1)(b) | Not providing an opportunity for passengers to disembark if a flight is delayed on the tarmac at an airport in Canada, three hours after the flight has landed, or at any earlier time if it is feasible, unless it is impossible to do so for reasons related to safety and security or to air traffic or customs control UNLESS, it is likely that take-off will occur less than three hours and 45 minutes after the doors of the aircraft are closed for take-off or after the flight has landed and the carrier is able to continue to provide the standard of treatment referred to in section 8. | D (Very Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 9(3) | Not giving a passenger with a disability and their support person, service animal or emotional support animal, if any, the opportunity to disembark first, if it is feasible, when allowing passengers to disembark in the case of a tarmac delay referred to in subsection 9(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(1)(a) | Not providing information on the reason for the delay, cancellation or denial or boarding to passengers who are affected by a cancellation, delay or a denial of boarding. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(1)(b) | Not providing a passenger that is affected by a delay, cancellation or denial of boarding the information on the compensation to which that a passenger may be entitled for the inconvenience. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(1)(c) | Not providing a passenger that is affected by a delay, cancellation or denial of boarding information on the standard of treatment that passenger is entitled to receive. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(1)(d) | Not providing a passenger that is affected by a delay, cancellation or denial of boarding information on the recourse available against the carrier, including their recourse to the Agency. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(2) | Not communicating status updates to passengers, in the case of a delay, every 30 minutes until a new departure time for the flight is set or alternate travel arrangements have been made for the affected passengers. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(3) | Not communicating to passengers, any new information as soon as feasible. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(4) | Not providing the information referred to in subsection 13(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations by means of audible announcements and upon request, by means of visible announcements. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 13(5) | Not providing the information referred to in subsection 13(1) Air Passenger Protection Regulations using the available communication method that the passenger indicated that they prefer, including a method that is compatible with adaptive technologies intended to assist persons with disabilities. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 14(1)(a) | Not providing, free of charge, food and drink in reasonable quantities to a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled, taking into account the length of the wait, the time of day and the location of the passenger IF 1) the passenger has been informed of the delay or cancellation less than 12 hours before the departure time that is indicated on their original ticket, 2) the passenger has waited two hours after the departure time that is indicated on their original ticket and 3) the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes) UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 14(1)(b) | Not providing, free of charge, a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled access to a means of communication IF 1) the passenger has been informed of the delay or cancellation less than 12 hours before the departure time that is indicated on their original ticket, 2) the passenger has waited two hours after the departure time that is indicated on their original ticket, and 3) the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes) UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 14(2) | Not offering, free of charge, a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled hotel or other comparable accommodation that is reasonable in relation to the location of the passenger, or transportation to the hotel or other accommodation and back to the airport, IF 1) the passenger has been informed of the delay or cancellation less than 12 hours before the departure time that is indicated on their original ticket, and 2) the carrier expects that the passenger will be required to wait overnight for their original flight or for a flight reserved as part of alternate travel arrangements UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger and 3) the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 15(1) | Denying boarding to a passenger without having asked all passengers if they are willing to give up their seat, IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 15(2) | Denying boarding to a passenger who is already on board the aircraft when the denial of boarding is not required for reasons of safety. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 15(3) | Not providing a passenger, before the flight departs, with a written confirmation of the benefit that the carrier has offered, and that the passenger has accepted, in exchange for that passenger to willingly give up their seat in accordance with subsection 15(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 15(4) | Selecting, for denied boarding, passengers without giving priority for boarding to passengers in the following order: 1. an unaccompanied minor; 2. a person with a disability and their support person, service animal, or emotional service animal, if any; 3. a passenger who is travelling with family members; and 4. a passenger who was previously denied boarding on the same ticket |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 16(1)(a) | Not providing a passenger who has been denied boarding, food and drink in reasonable quantities free of charge, taking into account the length of the wait, the time of the day and the location of the passenger, before that passenger boards the flight reserved as part of an alternate travel arrangement, IF the denial of boarding was within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 16(1)(b) | Not providing, free of charge, a passenger who has been denied boarding access to a means of communication before that passenger boards the flight reserved as part of an alternate travel arrangement, IF the denial of boarding was within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 16(2) | Not offering, free of the charge, a passenger who has been denied boarding hotel or other comparable accommodation that is reasonable in relation to the location of the passenger, as well as transportation to the hotel or other accommodation and back to the airport, IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control and the carrier expects that the passenger will be required to wait overnight for a flight reserved as part of alternate travel arrangements UNLESS providing that treatment would further delay the passenger. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(i) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within nine hours of the departure time that is indicated on that original ticket, IF the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(i) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger that has been denied boarding, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within nine hours of the departure time that is indicated on that original ticket, IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(ii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled, and who has not been provided alternate travel arrangements in accordance with subparagraph 17(1)(a)(i), alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for a flight that 1) is operated by any carrier, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within 48 hours of the departure time that is indicated on that original ticket IF the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(ii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger that has been denied boarding, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for a flight that 1) is operated by any carrier, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within 48 hours of the departure time that is indicated on that original ticket if the carrier cannot provide a confirmed reservation that complies with subparagraph 17(1)(a)(i), IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(iii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled and who has not been provided alternate travel arrangements in accordance with subparagraphs 17(1)(a)(i) or (ii), alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide 1) transportation to another airport that is within a reasonable distance of the airport at which the passenger is located and 2) a confirmed reservation for a flight that is operated by any carrier and is travelling on any reasonable air route from that other airport to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket, IF the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(a)(iii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger that has been denied boarding, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide1) transportation to another airport that is within a reasonable distance of the airport at which the passenger is located and 2) a confirmed reservation for a flight that is operated by any carrier and is travelling on any reasonable air route from that other airport to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket, if the carrier cannot provide a confirmed reservation that complies with subparagraphs 17(1)(a)(i) or (ii), IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(b) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled for three hours or more, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that is operated by the original carrier or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket, IF the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(1)(b) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger that has been denied boarding, alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that is operated by the original carrier or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket, IF the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, including when the denial of boarding is required for safety purposes. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(2)(a) | Not refunding the passenger ticket or not providing to the passenger, free of charge, a confirmed reservation for a flight to that point of origin that accommodates the passenger’s travel needs, IF 1) the passenger's flight has been cancelled, delayed by three hours or more or the passenger has been denied boarding, 2) the alternate travel arrangements offered in accordance with subsection 17(1) do not accommodate the passenger's travel needs, 3) the passenger is no longer at the point of origin that is indicated on the original ticket, 4) the travel no longer serves a purpose because of the delay, cancellation and denial of boarding, and 5) the delay, cancellation or denial of boarding is within the carrier's control (including when required for safety purposes). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(2)(b) | Not refunding the unused portion of the passenger's ticket IF 1) the passenger' flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled and the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control (including when the delay or cancellation is required for safety purposes), and 2) the alternate travel arrangements offered in accordance with subsection 17(1) do not accommodate the passenger's travel needs and; 3) the passenger is not entitled to the refund and confirmed reservation referred to in paragraph 17(2)(a). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(2)(b) | Not refunding the unused portion of the passenger's ticket IF 1) the passenger has been denied boarding and the denial of boarding is within the carrier's control, and 2) the alternate travel arrangements offered in accordance with subsection 17(1) do not accommodate the passenger's travel needs and; (3) the passenger is not entitled to the refund and confirmed reservation referred to in paragraph 17(2)(a). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(3) | Not providing, to the extent possible, alternate travel arrangements referred to in subsection 17(1) of the Air Passenger protection regulations that provide services that are comparable to those of the original ticket. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 17(5) | Requesting supplementary payment for providing alternate travel arrangements that provide for a higher class of service than the original ticket. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1) | Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled, a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within 48 hours of the departure time that is indicated on that ticket, IF the delay or cancellation is due to a situation outside the carrier's control (paragraph 10(3)(b) or (c) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1.1)(a) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled, at the passenger’s choice, either a refund for any unused portion of the ticket or, free of charge, a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that 1) is operated by any carrier and is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located, or another airport that is within a reasonable distance of that airport, to the destination that is indicated on the passenger’s original ticket and, 2) if the new departure is from an airport other than the one at which the passenger is located, transportation to that other airport, IF 1) the carrier could not provide a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that complies with subsection 18(1), and 2) the delay or cancellation is due to a situation outside the carrier's control (paragraph 10(3)(b) or (c) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1.1)(b) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed for three hours or more or cancelled, at the passenger’s choice, either a refund for any unused portion of the ticket or , free of charge, a confirmed reservation for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, and is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger’s original ticket, IF 1) the carrier could not provide a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that complies with subsection 18(1), and 2) the delay or cancellation is due to a situation outside the carrier's control (paragraph 10(3)(b) or (c) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1.2) | Not refunding the ticket or not providing to the passenger a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for a flight to the point of origin indicated on the passenger's original ticket that accommodates the passenger’s travel needs, IF 1) the passenger chooses to be refunded but is no longer at the point of origin that is indicated on the original ticket, 2) the travel no longer serves a purpose because of the delay or cancellation, and 3) the delay or cancellation is due to a situation outside the carrier's control. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1.4)(a) | [Large carrier] Not providing to the passenger alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger who has been denied boarding completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, 2) is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger's original ticket and 3) departs within 48 hours of the departure time that is indicated on that ticket; OR a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that 1) is operated by any carrier and is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located, or another airport that is within a reasonable distance of that airport, to the destination that is indicated on the passenger’s original ticket and, 2) if the new departure is from an airport other than the one at which the passenger is located, transportation to that other airport, IF the denial of boarding is due to a situation outside of the carrier's control (paragraph 10(3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(1.4)(b) | [Small carrier] Not providing to the passenger alternate travel arrangements, free of charge, to ensure that the passenger who has been denied boarding completes their itinerary as soon as feasible, by failing to provide a confirmed reservation, free of charge, for the next available flight that 1) is operated by the original carrier, or a carrier with which the original carrier has a commercial agreement, and is travelling on any reasonable air route from the airport at which the passenger is located to the destination that is indicated on the passenger’s original ticket, IF the denial of boarding is due to a situation outside of the carrier's control (paragraph 10(3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18.1(1)(a) | Not refunding the cost of any additional services purchased in connection with the passenger’s original ticket if the passenger has been provided with alternate travel arrangements under section 17 or 18, IF the passenger did not receive those services. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18.1(1)(b) | Not refunding the cost of any additional services purchased in connection with the passenger’s original ticket if the passenger has been provided with alternate travel arrangements under section 17 or 18, IF those services were paid for a second time. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18.1(2) | Not refunding the difference in the cost of the applicable portion of the ticket, IF the alternate travel arrangements provide for a lower class of service than the original ticket. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(2) | Not providing, to the extent possible, alternate travel arrangements that provide services that are comparable to those of the original ticket. | B (Minor) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18.2(1) | Not refunding to the person who purchased the ticket or additional service the refund, or not providing the refund using the method used for the original payment, UNLESS 1) the person has been informed in writing of the monetary value of the original ticket or additional service and the availability of a refund by the method used for the original payment, 2) the refund is offered in another form that does not expire, 3) the person confirms, in writing, that they have been informed of their right to receive the refund by the method used for the original payment and have chosen to receive the refund in another form. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18.2(2) | Not providing a refund within 30 days after the day on which the carrier becomes obligated to provide the refund. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 18(3) | Requesting supplementary payment for providing alternate travel arrangements that provide for a higher class of service than the original ticket. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(a)(i) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $400, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by three hours or more but less than six hours. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(a)(ii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $700, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by six hours or more but less than nine hours. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(a)(iii) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $1000, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by nine hours or more. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(b)(i) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $125, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by three hours or more but less than six hours. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(b)(ii) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $250, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by six hours or more but less than nine hours. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(1)(b)(iii) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's flight has been delayed or cancelled the minimum compensation of $500, IF 1) the delay or cancellation was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, 2) the passenger is informed 14 days or less before the departure time on their original ticket that their arrival at the destination indicated on their original ticket would be delayed and 3) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by nine hours or more. (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies to a carrier). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(2)(a) | [Large carrier] Not providing a passenger who's ticket is refunded in accordance with subsection 17(2) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations a minimum compensation of $400 IF 1) the passenger's original flight has been delayed three hours or more or cancelled, and 2) the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, and (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d) applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(2)(b) | [Small carrier] Not providing a passenger who's ticket is refunded in accordance with subsection 17(2) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations a minimum compensation of $125 IF 1) passenger's original flight has been delayed three hours or more or cancelled, and 2) the delay or cancellation is within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes (paragraph 12(2)(d) or (3)(d)applies). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 19(4) | Not providing the compensation or an explanation as to why compensation is not payable, within 30 days after the day on which the carrier receives a request for compensation referred to in subsection 19(3). | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(1)(a) | Not providing a passenger who has been denied boarding the minimum compensation of $900, IF 1) the denied boarding was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes, and 2) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by less than six hours. (paragraph 12(4)(d) applies to a carrier). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(1)(b) | Not providing a passenger who has been denied boarding the minimum compensation of $1,800, IF 1) the denied boarding is within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes and 2) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by six hours or more, but less than nine hours (paragraph 12(4)(d) applies to a carrier). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(1)(c) | Not providing a passenger who has been denied boarding the minimum compensation of $2,400, IF 1) the denied boarding was within the carrier's control, but not required for safety purposes and 2) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on the original ticket is delayed by nine hours or more (paragraph 12(4)(d) applies to a carrier). | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(2) | Not providing the compensation referred to in subsection 20(1)of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations to the passenger as soon as it was operationally feasible or more than 48 hours after the time of the denial of boarding. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(4) | Not providing a passenger who was not paid the compensation referred to in subsection 20(1) before the boarding time of the flight reserved as part of alternate travel arrangements, a written confirmation of the amount of the compensation owed to that passenger. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 20(5) | Not adjusting the amount of compensation paid or confirmed in writing to the passenger in accordance with subsections 20(3) or (4) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations, IF 1) the arrival of the passenger's flight at the destination that is indicated on their original ticket is after the time it was expected to arrive when the compensation was paid or confirmed in writing and 2) the amount that was paid or confirmed no longer reflects the amount due in accordance with subsection 20(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 21 | Not providing compensation in the form of money, when required to, unless 1. the carrier offers compensation in another form that has a greater monetary value than the minimum monetary value of the compensation that is required under these Regulations; 2. the passenger has been informed in writing of the monetary value of the other form of compensation; 3. the other form of compensation does not expire; and 4. the passenger confirms in writing that they have been informed of their right to receive monetary compensation and have chosen the other form of compensation. |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 22(1) | Not facilitating the assignment of a seat to a child who is under the age of 14 years in close proximity to a parent, guardian or tutor in accordance with subsection 22(2) at no additional charge by failing to (a) assign a seat before check-in to the child that is in close proximity to their parent, guardian or tutor; or (b) if the carrier does not assign seats in accordance with paragraph 22(1)(a)by failing to : (i) advise passengers before check-in that the carrier will facilitate seat assignment of children in close proximity to a parent, guardian or tutor at no additional charge at the time of check-in or at the boarding gate, (ii) assign seats at the time of check-in, , (iii) if it is not possible to assign seats at the time of check-in, ask for volunteers to change seats at the time of boarding, or (iv) if it is not possible to assign seats at the time of check-in and no passenger has volunteered to change seats at the time of boarding, ask again for volunteers to change seats before take-off. |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 22(2) | Not facilitating the assignment of a seat to a child who is under the age of 14 years in close proximity to a parent, guardian or tutor at no additional charge by failing to: (a) in the case of a child who is four years of age or younger, assign a seat that is adjacent to their parent, guardian or tutor's seat; (b) in the case of a child who is 5 to 11 years of age, assign a seat that is in the same row as their parent, guardian or tutor's seat, and that is separated from that parent, guardian or tutor's seat by no more than one seat; and (c) in the case of a child who is 12 or 13 years of age, assign a seat that is in a row that is separated from the row of their parent, guardian or tutor's seat by no more than one row. |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 22(3) | Not reimbursing the price difference between the classes of service when the passenger was assigned a seat in accordance with subsection 22(2) that is, in a lower class of service than their ticket provided. | C (Serious) Amended April 2, 2024 | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 23(1) | Not providing baggage compensation, IF 1) the carrier admits to the loss of baggage, or 2) the baggage is lost for more than 21 days or is damaged, that is equal to or greater than the sum of 1. the fees paid for that baggage, 2. in cases where the Carriage by Air Act applies, the compensation payable in accordance with that Act, and 3. in cases where the Carriage by Air Act does not apply, the amount that would be payable by the carrier in accordance with the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air set out in Schedule VI to that Act, if the carrier were conducting international carriage of baggage within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of that Convention. |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 23(2) | Not providing baggage compensation, IF baggage is lost for 21 days or less, that is equal to or greater than the sum of 1. the fees paid for that baggage, 2. in cases where the Carriage by Air Act applies, the compensation payable in accordance with that Act, and 3. in cases where the Carriage by Air Act does not apply, the amount that would be payable by the carrier for delay in the carriage of baggage in accordance with the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air set out in Schedule VI to that Act, if the carrier were conducting international carriage of baggage within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of that Convention. |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 24(1)(a) | Not establishing terms and conditions with regard to musical instruments that may be carried in the cabin or that must be checked that includes 1. restrictions with respect to size and weight, 2. restrictions with respect to quantity, and 3. the use of stowage space in the cabin |
C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 24(1)(b) | Not establishing terms and conditions with regard to fees for transporting musical instruments. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 24(1)(c) | Not establishing terms and conditions with regard to passenger options IF, because a flight will occur on a different aircraft than expected, there is insufficient stowage space in the cabin for the transportation of a musical instrument. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 24(2) | Not accepting a musical instrument as checked or carry-on baggage where accepting the instrument is not contrary to general terms and conditions in the carrier's tariff with respect to the weight or dimension of baggage or to safety. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(a) | Not including in the advertisement the total price that must be paid to the advertiser to obtain the air service, expressed in Canadian dollars and, if it is also expressed in another currency, the name of that currency. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(b) | Not including in the advertisement the point of origin and point of destination of the service and whether the service is one-way or roundtrip. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(c) | Not including in the advertisement any limitation on the period during which the advertised price will be offered and any limitation on the period for which the service will be provided at that price. | C (Serious) | 25,000/5,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(d) | Not including in the advertisement the name and amount of each tax, fee or charge relating to the air service that is a third party charge. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(e) | Not including in the advertisement each optional incidental service offered for which a fee or charge is payable and its total price or range of total prices. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(1)(f) | Not including in the advertisement any published tax, fee or charge that is not collected by the advertiser but must be paid at the point of origin or departure by the person to whom the service is provided. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(2) | Not including all third party charges in an advertisement under the heading "Taxes, Fees and Charges" unless that information is only provided orally. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 28(3) | Not including an air transportation charge in an advertisement under the heading "Air Transportation Charges" unless that information is only provided orally. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 29 | Providing information in an advertisement in a manner that could interfere with the ability of anyone to readily determine the total price that must be paid for an air service or for any optional incidental service. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 30 | Setting out an air transportation charge in an advertisement as if it were a third party charge or using the term tax in an advertisement to describe an air transportation charge. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
Air | APPR | 31 | Referring to a third party charge in an advertisement by a name other than the name under which it was established. | A (Administrative) | $5,000/1,000 |
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