New Substances program
The New Substances program consists of officials from Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada. It is responsible for administering the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) [NSNR (Chemicals and Polymers)] and the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms) [NSNR (Organisms)] made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). These regulations ensure that no new substances (chemicals, polymers or living organisms) are introduced into the Canadian marketplace before undergoing ecological and human health assessments, and that appropriate control measures have been taken, when required.
New Substances: Services and information
Chemicals and polymers
Requirements, advisory notes and guidance documents for the NSNR (Chemicals and Polymers)
Organisms
Requirements, fact sheet, advisory notes and guidance documents for the NSNR (Organisms)
Masked name regulations
Regulations respecting the masking of substance names to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.
Fees regulations
Regulations respecting the fees required during the submission of a New Substances Notification
Notification forms
New Substances Notification, interpretation of person, Domestic and Non-domestic Substances List nomination
Canada Gazette publications
Published risk management measures and waivers for New Substances
Risk assessment summaries
Summaries of human health and environmental risk assessments of New Substances
Administration of New Substances Notifications
Learn how the New Substances program manages your submission throughout the notification process and best practices for your files
Consultation and engagement: amendment to the regulations
Consultations and engagement on the modernization of the regulations administered by the New Substances Program