Through the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada works closely with growers of food and non-food crops as well as other commercial users of pesticides, to help meet their needs and priorities for pest management. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has a number of programs for this purpose, including the Grower Requested Own Use Program, projects under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Technical Working Group on Pesticides, Sustainable Pest Management Program and the Minor Use Program.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/agri-commerce/index-eng.php
Some useful links that can be accessed through their program are:
PMRA home site
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/index-eng.php
Pesticide Label App
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/registrant-titulaire/tools-outils/label-etiq-eng.php
Label Search Site
http://pr-rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/ls-re/index-eng.php
Label Search Site Instructions
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/registrant-titulaire/tools-outils/label-etiq-eng.php
Minor Use Projects Listed by Crop
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/?id=1298923934733
Biopesticides projects and submissions
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/?id=1392136770253
Incident Reporting
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-proteger/incident/index-eng.php
Pollinator Protection
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/agri-commerce/pollinators-pollinisateurs/index-eng.php
Drift mitigation
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/agri-commerce/drift-derive/index-eng.php
Buffer Zone Calculator
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/agri-commerce/drift-derive/calculator-calculatrice-eng.php
PPE
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/protective-equipment-protection/index-eng.php
Pesticides and Food
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/pesticide-food-alim/index-eng.php
Drift in Residential Areas
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2010/sc-hc/H129-3-2010-eng.pdf
Regulation of Pesticides in Canada
Yvonne Herbison
Scientific Regulator
Health Canada
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
311 - 471 Queensway Ave
Kelowna, BC
V1Y 6S5
ph: 250-470-4890
fax: 250-762-4812