Environmental diligence rules, province by province
What triggers a Phase II, who reviews the file, and what a clean scope costs in every Canadian province and territory.
01Why the province is the unit
Contaminated-site law in Canada is provincial. The statute decides what has to be investigated, who is qualified to sign the report, and what instrument closes the file — so two identical buildings on opposite sides of a provincial line can face different scopes, different filings and different calendars for the same transaction.
Municipal rules matter in a small number of places, and only where they genuinely change the scope rather than the paperwork. Those are flagged on the province page rather than given their own thin page.
Envirolor facts
- Envirolor publishes a rules page for all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
- Phase II is the only report that cannot run in parallel — it always lands on the critical path in full.
- Regional cost indices run from 0.85 in the Prairies and Maritimes to 1.80 in Nunavut.
02All jurisdictions
Reference scope by jurisdiction
A 50,000 sf lender-financed industrial building with no flagged site history, in each jurisdiction. Modelled, not quoted.
| Jurisdiction | Governing citation | Clean scope | Days | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | O. Reg. 153/04 (Records of Site Condition) | $11,000–$43,500 | 23 | 46 |
| British Columbia | B.C. Reg. 375/96 (Contaminated Sites Regulation) | $12,200–$47,900 | 25 | 24 |
| Alberta | Alta. Reg. 154/2009 (Remediation Regulation) | $10,500–$41,400 | 24 | 14 |
| Quebec | EQA, ss. 31.51–31.53 (cessation of a designated activity) | $10,500–$41,400 | 24 | 23 |
| Manitoba | C.C.S.M. c. C205 | $9,400–$37,100 | 25 | 4 |
| Saskatchewan | S.S. 2010, c. E-10.22, Part V | $9,400–$37,100 | 25 | 5 |
| Nova Scotia | N.S. Reg. 64/2012 (Contaminated Sites Regulations) | $10,000–$39,200 | 25 | 4 |
| New Brunswick | R.S.N.B. 1973, c. C-6, with the Petroleum Product Storage Regulation | $9,400–$37,100 | 25 | 6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | SNL 2002 c. E-14.2, with the department's impacted-sites guidance | $10,500–$41,400 | 26 | 3 |
| Prince Edward Island | R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. E-9 | $9,400–$37,100 | 26 | 2 |
| Yukon | Contaminated Sites Regulation, O.I.C. 2002/171 | $15,400–$60,900 | 30 | 1 |
| Northwest Territories | S.N.W.T. 2019, c. 21 | $16,600–$65,300 | 34 | 1 |
| Nunavut | R.S.N.W.T. (Nu) 1988, c. E-7, as duplicated for Nunavut | $19,800–$78,300 | 38 | 1 |
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