Health Canada, Pesticide and Pest Management

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 

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_formats/pdf/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/regulation-Pesticides-reglementation-eng.pdf

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

Yvonne.Herbison@canada.ca