Fact Sheets and Other Resources
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- Advisory/scientific/expert committee/panel reports
- Infographics
- Fact sheets
- Information notes
- Research Permit Inspection Program / Posting Areas
Advisory/scientific/expert committee/panel reports
- Eastern Canada Cranberry Integrated Pest Management Manual
- Integrated Pest Management in Food Processing - Adapting to the Phase Out of Methyl Bromide
- Overview - Integrated Pest Management of Sea Lice in Salmon Aquaculture
- Principles of Spruce Budworm Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Infographics
- Professional painters: important painting safety tips – Infographic
- Neonicotinoids in Canada - Infographic
- Pesticides and the Environment
- Pesticides and Human Health
- Health Canada Cares About Bees
- Health Canada Protects Bees from Pesticides
- Consideration of Sex and Gender in Pesticide Risk Assessment
Fact sheets
- Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP)
- Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis (Bti)
- Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki (Btk)
- Buying pest control products online
- Cosmetic Pesticide Bans
- Frequently Asked Questions on the Re-evaluation of Glyphosate
- Getting involved in Canada's pesticide regulatory process
- Glyphosate in Canada
- Healthy Lawns
- Integrated Pest Management of Late Blight on Potatoes
- Integrated Pest Management of Sea Lice in Salmon Aquaculture
- Keep your family safe when using pesticides
- Keep your pets safe when using pesticides
- List of Cancelled Boron/Boric Acid Products for Domestic Use
- Organophosphate pesticides cumulative health risk assessment fact sheet
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency
- Pesticide Gloves
- Pesticides and Food Safety
- Report Pesticide Problems
- Requirements for the Commercial Importation of Pest Control Products
- Responsible Pesticide Use - Help for Landlords and Building Managers
- Sex- and Gender-based Considerations in the Scientific Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Canada
- Staying Safe around Treated Wood
- Stop Bedbugs! Start By Checking Your Room - Luggage Tag
- Understanding Preharvest Intervals for Pesticides
- Understanding Restricted-Entry Intervals for Pesticides
- Use of Deltamethrim for Mosquito Control
- Use of Malathion in Mosquito Control Programs
- Use of Methoprene in Mosquito Control Programs
- Use Pesticides Safely
- Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for pesticide application in Canada: What you need to know
Information notes
- Information Note – External Advisory Review Panel Recommendation on the Notice of Objection for RVD2021-05, Imidacloprid and Its Associated End-use Products
- Information Note – Strychnine emergency use request – Final decision
- Information Note – Cumulative health risk assessment operational planning framework
- Information Note on Health Canada's approach to proportional effort for pest control products
- Information Note on the continuous oversight of scientific literature and regulatory information
- Information Note – Animal testing and use of new approach methods in pesticide assessments
- Information Note - PMRA's conclusion on Notice of Objection 2021-3441 for the imidacloprid re-evaluation decision
- Information Note – Changes to registered uses of lambda-cyhalothrin and some of its associated end-use products
- Information Note - PMRA's conclusion on Notice of Objection 2021-3440 for the imidacloprid re-evaluation decision
- Information Note – Strengthening Consideration of Cumulative Effects on the Environment and Species at Risk in PMRA's Environmental Assessments
- Information Note – Changes to agricultural uses following the re evaluation decision for RVD2021 04: Lambda-cyhalothrin and its associated end-use products
- Information Note – Comparing food and drink consumption data from Canada and the United States
- Information note regarding dsRNA-based pesticides
- Information Note: Human health reference values for pesticides in drinking water sources
- Information Note: Vertical Farming and Pest Control Products
- Information Note: Outcome following External Advisory Review Panel from Notices of Objections for RVD2020-06: Strychnine and Its Associated End-use Products (Richardson's Ground Squirrels)
- Information Note - Update on implementation of post-market decisions
- Information Note – Questions and Answers Related to Data Requirements and Data Protection during Re-evaluation
- Information Note - Regulation of Pesticides to Control Large Vertebrate Predators
- Information Note – Determining Study Acceptability for use in Pesticide Risk Assessments
- Information Note – Treated Articles
- Information Note – Registration of a New Paraquat End-Use Product an Alternative to a Required Mitigation Measure from the 2015 Special Review (REV2015-14)
- Information Note Regarding the Use of Drones when Applying Pesticides
- Administrative Changes to the Publication Process for Maximum Residue Limits Regulated Under the Pest Control Products Act
- Assessing Human Health Risks During Pesticide Review in Canada
- Carcinogenicity Classification of Five Pesticides by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) March 2015
- Data Requirements for Garlic Products
- Evaluation of Canadian Bee Mortalities in 2013 Related to Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Interim Report as of September 26, 2013
- Health Canada Releases Final Re-evaluation Decision on 2,4-D
- Health Canada to research effectiveness of various methods of control for Richardson's Ground Squirrels
- Lindane - December 22, 2006
- New Label Requirements for Soil Fumigant Products Containing Chloropicrin, Dazomet, Metam Sodium or Metam Potassium
- New Use Restrictions for Commercial Class Rodenticides in Agricultural Settings
- Ontario College of Family Physicians Report
- Pesticide Application Methods and Areas of Use
- Pesticide Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- Pesticide Use in High Tunnels
- Pollinator Protection: Reducing Risk From Treated Seed
- Progress on Minimizing Reliance on the 0.1 Parts per Million as a General Maximum Residue Limit for Food Pesticide Residue
- Protecting Pollinators during Pesticide Spraying - Best Management Practices
- Proposed Phase-out of Citronella-Based Personal Insect Repellents
- Request for a Special Review of Glyphosate Herbicides Containing Polyethoxylated Tallowamine
- Review of the Regulatory Approach for Personal Insect Repellents Containing Plant-Derived Essential Oils
- The New Pest Control Products Act
- The PMRA is implementing interim measures for products containing 2,4-D for use on lawn and turf
- Update on Actions to Protect Bees from Exposure to Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Notice of Intent, NOI2013-01
- Update on the Neonicotinoid Pesticides (September 2020)
- Update on the Neonicotinoid Pesticides (January 2020)
- Update on Canadian Bee Incident Reports 2012-2016 (January 2017)
- Update on Neonicotinoid Pesticides (December 2017)
- Update on the Neonicotinoid Pesticides (June 2017)
- Update on Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Bee Health (November 2014)
- Update on Neonicotinoid Pesticides (November 2016)
Research Permit Inspection Program / Posting Areas
- Cooperator Guide to Compliance with the Pest Management Regulatory Agency Research Permit Requirements
- Cooperator Information from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency on Posting of Research Areas
- Registrant Information from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency on Posting of Research Areas
- Registrant Information on the Pest Management Regulatory Agency Research Permit Inspection Program