CSA Standards
Machinery Safety in Canada: Main Reference Technical standards and Codes
SPE-1000-13
All you need to know about field evaluation of electrical equipment according to SPE-1000-21 Model Code.
C22.2 N°301
For Machineries to be sold in Canada the first edition of a new standard was published in December 2016.
C22.2 N°301: Industrial electrical machinery
Let's distinguish immediately between electrical equipment and interconnections and industrial control panels: from January 2022, C22.2 N°286 becomes the reference Standard for the compliance of industrial control panels in Canada, the equivalent of UL 508A for the USA. Previously, the reference standard was C22.2 No. 14: Industrial Control Equipment.
On the other hand, until 2021, as reference Standard for electrical equipment and inte
CE CODE
Il CE Code, or Canadian Electrical Code Part I, or CSA C22.1 is the reference standard for the electrical installations in Canada. In Italy the equivalent standard is derived from IEC 60364 and is called CEI 64-8. Based upon the CE Code, each canadian province publish its own electrial standard or Amendments to that main reference.
It is revewed every 3 years and the new edition was published in March 2018, a year after the NEC (or, like they say in Canada, "two years ahead"). It's adoption is different in each province: for example in Ontario it will be mandatory during 2019; in Yukon ins
C22.2 No. 244-05
C22.2 No. 244-05 Standard is called a Tristandard because the same content is found in the following three Standards:
CSA Group: CSA C22.2 No. 244-05
Underwriters Laboratories Inc: UL 891
Association of Standardization and Certification: NMX-J-118/2-ANCE-2012
The Standard covers switchboards. The equivalent European standards are EN IEC 61439-1 and EN IEC 61439-2, but the approach is different. EN IEC 61439 puts a lot of emphasis on design verification and testing of the switchgear whereas UL 891 is primarily focused on how to design switchgear.
The Standard applies to switchboards no
C22.2 No. 286-17
From January 2022 C22.2 N°286 becomes the reference Standard for the conformity of industrial control panels in Canada, the equivalent of UL 508A for USA.
In the past the reference Standard was C22.2 N°14: Industrial control equipment. But that is not really a Standard for the conformity of control panels of machinery, since it was written for the conformity of electrical components like contactors (manual motor controllers in North American technical language).
UL Z432
On October 25, 2016, the third edition of Canadian Standard Z432 on safeguarding of machinery was published.
It is the reference Standard for the Assessment and Reduction of Risk due to hazards of mechanical nature. Inside this Standard there is also a set of regulations inspired by EN ISO technical Standards.
For the first time, the use of EN ISO13849 for the functional safety of control systems is made official.
Moreover, additional Annex material has been added to provide a technical guidance for users and allowable minimum (safe) distances have been changed to allow for the use of CA
