Health Canada Consultation: Proposed new requirements for lithium-ion batteries and consumer products containing lithium-ion batteries under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
Current status: Open
Opened on December 2, 2025 and will close to new input on February 14, 2026.
The purpose of this consultation is to inform interested parties that Health Canada is seeking comments on a proposed regulatory initiative that would introduce mandatory requirements for lithium-ion batteries and consumer products containing lithium-ion batteries under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA).
Who is the focus of this consultation
- Manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries
- Manufacturers of consumer product(s) that use lithium-ion batteries
- Importers
- Wholesalers
- Retailers
- Government agencies
- Non-governmental organizations including consumer interest groups
- Organized labour
- Academia
- Medical professionals (including poison centres, public health units and others)
- Emergency services (including fire department, law enforcement and others)
- Industry associations
- Safety authorities (municipal, provincial, territorial, international)
- Testing laboratories
- Standards development organizations
- Certification bodies
- General public
Goals of the consultation
Health Canada will use the input received through this pre-consultation to inform next steps, which may include a cost-benefit analysis of the proposal and future consultations. Any future regulatory proposal would be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I for further stakeholder consultation in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Cabinet Directive on Regulation.
Please visit this link for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation-proposed-new-requirements-containing-lithium-ion-batteries-canada-consumer-product-safety-act.html