Domestic Substances List Additions

Summary#

Order 2022-87-06-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List: SOR/2022-180 adds a set of chemicals to the federal Domestic Substances List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The order was signed by Steven Guilbeault on July 22, 2022, registered on July 26, 2022, and published in the Canada Gazette on August 17, 2022.

What it does#

• Adds several substances to Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List (a list the government keeps of chemicals known in Canada).
• Adds several substances and chemical mixtures with descriptive names to Part 3 of the Domestic Substances List.
• States that the Order comes into force on the day it was registered (July 26, 2022).

The entry in the Canada Gazette lists the exact identifiers and chemical names added to each part of the List.

Who's affected#

• Companies that make, import, sell or use the specific chemicals named in the Order.
• Laboratories, environmental consultants, and others who track chemical inventories and regulatory status.
• The public and community groups interested in which chemicals are recorded as present in Canada.

The Gazette text does not say which industries will be most affected, so it may be unclear whether these substances are used widely in particular products or sectors.

Why it matters#

• Being added to the Domestic Substances List is how the government records substances that are known to exist in Canada.
• For businesses, that listing can influence what reporting or review is required under federal chemicals law, so it can affect compliance work.
• For the public, the change updates the official record of chemicals present in Canada and can matter for tracking potential environmental or health issues.

The Order itself is an administrative update; the Gazette notice does not spell out specific regulatory consequences for each listed substance.