Canada Energy Efficiency and Refrigerant Regulations

Regulated Products

All of these regulated products must meet federal energy efficiency standards in order to be imported into Canada or shipped from one province to another for the purpose of sale or lease.

The regulations continue to apply to these products if they are incorporated into a larger unit or machine, even when they are an unregulated product.

Commercial Refrigeration Equipment

• Commercial refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers
• Ice-makers
• Walk-in freezer and walk-in cooler components

Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment

• Chillers
• Electric boilers
• Gas furnaces
• Gas boilers
• Gas-fired unit heaters
• Ground-source heat pumps
• Internal water loop heat pumps
• Large air conditioners, heat pumps, and condensing units
• Oil-fired boilers
• Oil-fired furnaces
• Packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps
• Room air conditioners
• Single package central air conditioners and heat pumps
• Split-system central air conditioners and heat pumps
• Single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps

Water Heaters

• Electric water heaters
• Gas-fired storage water heaters
• Oil-fired water heaters

Energy efficiency regulations by province

The following provinces also have their own energy efficiency regulations for many of the federally regulated products:

• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia