Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 46: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

November 15, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Order 2025-87-10-02 Amending the Non-domestic Substances List

Whereas, under subsection 87(5) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ^{footnote a}, the Minister of the Environment has added the substance referred to in the annexed Order to the Domestic Substances List ^{footnote b};

Therefore, the Minister of the Environment makes the annexed Order 2025-87-10-02 Amending the Non-domestic Substances List under subsection 87(5) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ^{footnote a}.

Ottawa, October 23, 2025

Julie Dabrusin
Minister of the Environment

Order 2025-87-10-02 Amending the Non-domestic Substances List

Amendment

1 Part I of the Non-domestic Substances List ^{footnote 1} is amended by deleting the following:

• 321657-09-4

Coming into Force

2 This Order comes into force on the day on which Order 2025-87-10-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List comes into force.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

PROCEEDS OF CRIME (MONEY LAUNDERING) AND TERRORIST FINANCING ACT

Directive on Financial Transactions Associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran

Whereas, the Financial Action Task Force, of which Canada is a member, has called on its members to take measures in relation to the Islamic Republic of Iran on the grounds that the state’s anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist financing measures are ineffective or insufficient;

And whereas, there is a risk that the Islamic Republic of Iran, a foreign entity or a person or entity referred to in section 5^{footnote c} of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act ^{footnote d} may be facilitating sanctions evasion and, as a result, the Minister of Finance is of the opinion that there could be an adverse impact on the integrity of the Canadian financial system or a reputational risk to that system;

Therefore, the Minister of Finance, in order to safeguard the integrity of Canada’s financial system, makes the annexed Directive on Financial Transactions Associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran under section 11.42^{footnote e} of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act ^{footnote b}.

Ottawa, November 25, 2025

François-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Finance

Directive on Financial Transactions Associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran

Definitions

Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in this Directive.

Act

means the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. (Loi)

Regulations

means the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations. (Règlement)

Specified Measures

Transactions

2 Every person or entity referred to in section 5 of the Act must

• (a) treat every financial transaction originating from or bound for Iran, regardless of its amount, as a high-risk transaction for the purposes of subsection 9.6(3) of the Act;
• (b) verify the identity of any person or entity requesting or benefiting from any such transaction, regardless of its amount, in accordance with Part 3 of the Regulations;
• (c) exercise customer due diligence in relation to any such transaction, with particular attention to the risk of a sanctions evasion offence, including by ascertaining the source of funds or virtual currency, the purpose of the transaction and the beneficial ownership or control of any entity requesting or benefiting from the transaction;
• (d) keep and retain a record of any such transaction, regardless of its amount, in accordance with the Regulations;
• (e) report all such transactions to the Centre; and
• (f) before undertaking any financial transaction originating from or bound for any foreign state, foreign entity or entity referred to in paragraph 5(e.1) of the Act, ensure that the compliance program referred to in section 9.6 of the Act includes the development and application of policies and procedures for the person or entity to assess, in the course of the person’s or entity’s activities, the risk of a sanctions evasion offence associated with Iran.

Correspondent banking relationship

3 Before undertaking any financial transaction with a foreign financial institution under a correspondent banking relationship, an entity referred to in subsection 9.4(1) of the Act must

• (a) ensure that it takes into consideration the risk of a sanctions evasion offence associated with Iran when taking the measures referred to in paragraphs 16(2)(h) to (j) and subsection 16(3) of the Regulations and when conducting ongoing monitoring under subsection 16(3.1) of the Regulations; and
• (b) evaluate the measures taken to implement the United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran by the jurisdiction in which the foreign financial institution was incorporated and the jurisdiction in which it conducts transactions in the context of the correspondent banking relationship.

Repeal

4 The Directive on Financial Transactions Associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran ^{footnote 2} is repealed.

Coming into Force

Publication

5 This Directive comes into force on the day on which it is published in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

• Associate Deputy Minister of Industry, to be styled Associate Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  • Schaan, Mark, Order in Council 2025-699
• Defence Investment Agency
• Department of Public Works and Government Services
  • Chief Executive Officer
    • Guzman, Douglas, Order in Council 2025-698
• Nunavut Court of Justice
  • Deputy Judge
    • Gates, The Hon. M. David, Order in Council 2025-707
• Social Security Tribunal
• Employment Insurance Section
  • Part-time Member
    • Nathan, Anita Premila, Order in Council 2025-720
• Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
  • Judges
• Court of Appeal for Ontario
  • Judges ex officio
    • Cowan, J. Scott, Order in Council 2025-727
    • Iacobucci, Edward M., Order in Council 2025-728
    • Juginovic, Rosemarie A., Order in Council 2025-726
    • Leach, Carolyn R., Order in Council 2025-724
    • Mainville, The Hon. Christine, Order in Council 2025-723
    • Tysick, Sharon A., Order in Council 2025-725
• Supreme Court of Yukon
  • Deputy Judge
    • Menzies, The Hon. John A., Order in Council 2025-754

November 6, 2025

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

PILOTAGE ACT

Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Waivers of Compulsory Pilotage Granted by the Pacific Pilotage Authority

Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Waivers of Compulsory Pilotage Granted by the Pacific Pilotage Authority is required to deal with an urgent issue related to the provision of pilotage services that poses a significant risk to safety, human health or the environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Interim Order may be contained in a regulation made under the Pilotage Act ^{footnote f};

Therefore, the Minister of Transport makes the annexed Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Waivers of Compulsory Pilotage Granted by the Pacific Pilotage Authority under subsection 52.2(1)^{footnote g} of the Pilotage Act ^{footnote a}.

Ottawa, November 3, 2025

Steven MacKinnon
Minister of Transport

Interim Order No. 2 Respecting Waivers of Compulsory Pilotage Granted by the Pacific Pilotage Authority

Terminology

1 Unless the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in this Interim Order have the same meaning as in the General Pilotage Regulations.

Section 25.10 of the General Pilotage Regulations

2 The effect of section 25.10 of the General Pilotage Regulations is suspended and section 25.10 as set out in the schedule applies.

Repeal

3 The Interim Order Respecting Waivers of Compulsory Pilotage Granted by the Pacific Pilotage Authority, made on November 4, 2024, is repealed.

SCHEDULE

(Section 2)

Waiver of Compulsory Pilotage

25.10 (1) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship in any of the following circumstances:

• (a) the ship is in distress;
• (b) a person on board the ship requires medical evacuation;
• (c) the ship is engaged in rescue or salvage operations;
• (d) the ship is seeking refuge; or
• (e) a licensed pilot is not available to perform the functions of a pilot and the following conditions have been met:
  • (i) the owner, master or agent of the ship has complied with sections 25.12 and 25.13, and
  • (ii) all persons in charge of the deck watch are familiar with the route and the marine traffic control system in the compulsory pilotage area that the ship is entering.

(2) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship that

• (a) is warping and is not using its engines or a tug except as a line boat for the handling of the ship’s lines;
• (b) is proceeding directly — and, if applicable, in accordance with an established traffic separation scheme — to a pilot boarding station located within a compulsory pilotage area for the purpose of embarking a licensed pilot; or
• (c) is proceeding directly — and, if applicable, in accordance with an established traffic separation scheme — out of a compulsory pilotage area after disembarking a licensed pilot at a pilot boarding station located within that area.

(3) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship of less than 10,000 gross tonnage in Area 1 if, as of the day on which the application is made, every person in charge of the deck watch

• (a) holds the certificates that are required by Part 2 of the Marine Personnel Regulations or, if the ship is not Canadian, equivalent certificates;
• (b) has regularly completed, within the preceding 60 months, voyages in the Authority’s region or the coastal trade;
• (c) in the case of a waiver for the portion of Area 1 west of the New Westminster railway bridge, has completed, within the preceding 24 months, five return voyages through that portion of Area 1, of which the Authority was given prior notice,
  • (i) with a licensed pilot, or
  • (ii) with a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed five return voyages, of which the Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 with a licensed pilot; and
• (d) in the case of a waiver for the portion of Area 1 east of the New Westminster railway bridge, has completed, within the preceding 24 months, 10 return voyages through that portion of Area 1, of which the Authority was given prior notice,
  • (i) with a licensed pilot, or
  • (ii) with a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed 10 return voyages, of which the Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 with a licensed pilot.

(4) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship of less than 10,000 gross tonnage in Area 2, 3, 4 or 5, if, as of the day on which the application is made, every person in charge of the deck watch

• (a) holds the certificates that are required by Part 2 of the Marine Personnel Regulations or, if the ship is not Canadian, equivalent certificates;
• (b) has regularly completed, within the preceding 60 months, voyages in the Authority’s region or the coastal trade;
• (c) in the case of a waiver for the totality of Area 2, has completed, within the preceding 60 months, 10 return voyages, of which one is within the preceding 24 months, in the waters between Cape Mudge and Pine Island;
• (d) in the case of a waiver for Area 2 excluding the portion of the waters between Cape Mudge and Pine Island, has completed, within the preceding 60 months, 10 return voyages within Area 2, of which one is within the preceding 24 months;
• (e) in the case of a waiver for Area 3, 4 or 5, has completed, within the preceding 60 months, 10 return voyages in the Area for which the waiver is being sought, of which one is within the preceding 24 months; and
• (f) during a voyage set out in paragraph (c), (d) or (e), acted as a person
  • (i) in charge of the deck watch,
  • (ii) under the supervision of a licensed pilot, or
  • (iii) under the supervision of a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed 10 return voyages in the Area for which the waiver is being sought.

(5) Compulsory pilotage may be waived in respect of a ship referred to in subsection (4) that is carrying dangerous goods and travelling in the Second Narrows Traffic Control Zone if every person in charge of the deck watch has, as of the day on which the application is made, completed six return voyages through that Zone, at least one of which was completed within the preceding 24 months, of which the Pacific Pilotage Authority was given prior notice,

• (a) with a licensed pilot; or
• (b) with a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed six return voyages, of which that Authority was given prior notice, through that Zone with a licensed pilot.

(6) If a ship is part of an arrangement of ships then the combined gross tonnage of all the ships in the arrangement of ships is taken into consideration in determining whether the ship qualifies for a waiver of compulsory pilotage under subsection (3) or (4).

(7) For greater certainty, the Pacific Pilotage Authority may not waive compulsory pilotage in respect of any period before the embarkation or after the disembarkation of the persons who meet the conditions set out in subsections (3) to (5), as the case may be.

(8) Despite subsections (3) to (5), a ship is subject to compulsory pilotage if there is a risk to navigational safety because of

• (a) ship safety orders resulting from an environmental risk;
• (b) exceptional circumstances on board the ship; or
• (c) extreme conditions related to weather, tides or currents or freshet conditions.

(9) An application for a waiver of compulsory pilotage other than an application made under a circumstance described in subsection (1) or (2) must be made in writing.

(10) At the request of the Pacific Pilotage Authority, the persons in charge of the deck watch referred to in subsections (1) and (3) to (5) must produce evidence that the conditions set out in this section continue to be met.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

PILOTAGE ACT

Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area

Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area is required to deal with an urgent issue related to the provision of pilotage services that poses a significant risk to safety, human health or the environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Interim Order may be contained in a regulation made under the Pilotage Act ^{footnote f};

Therefore, the Minister of Transport makes the annexed Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area under subsection 52.2(1)^{footnote g} of the Pilotage Act ^{footnote a}.

Ottawa, October 7, 2025

Steven MacKinnon
Minister of Transport

Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area

Definition of Regulations

1 In this Interim Order, Regulations means the General Pilotage Regulations.

Compulsory pilotage area

2 The area consisting of all the navigable waters east of a line drawn from Seacow Head to a position at Latitude 46°20′54″N., Longitude 63°54′30″W., and thence to Ives Point is deemed to be described in Schedule 2 to the Regulations as the Summerside compulsory pilotage area within the Atlantic Pilotage Authority’s region.

Experience at sea — pilotage certificate

3 An applicant for a pilotage certificate for the Summerside compulsory pilotage area does not have to meet the additional experience at sea qualifications set out in subsection 22.22(1) of the Regulations if, within the two-year period immediately before the date of the application, they have successfully completed a familiarization program that is established by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority and provides an equivalent degree of experience.

Repeal

4 The Interim Order No. 3 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area, made on October 16, 2024, is repealed.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

PILOTAGE ACT

Interim Order No. 5 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area

Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 5 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area is required to deal with an urgent issue related to the provision of pilotage services that poses a significant risk to safety, human health or the environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Interim Order may be contained in a regulation made under the Pilotage Act ^{footnote f};

Therefore, the Minister of Transport makes the annexed Interim Order No. 5 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area under subsection 52.2(1)^{footnote g} of the Pilotage Act ^{footnote a}.

Ottawa, October 7, 2025

Steven MacKinnon
Minister of Transport

Interim Order No. 5 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area

Definition of Regulations

1 In this Interim Order, Regulations means the General Pilotage Regulations.

Compulsory pilotage area

2 The Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area described in section 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations is deemed to be replaced by the area that consists of the following areas:

• (a) Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone A, Placentia Bay) that consists of all the navigable waters north of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, thence to Ragged Point (the most southerly point of Red Island), thence to Eastern Head; and
• (b) Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone B, Argentia) that consists of all the navigable waters east of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, then along a line to a position of Latitude 47°20′36″N., Longitude 54°01′48″W., thence to Latine Point at a position of Latitude 47°18′54″N., Longitude 54°00′18″W.

Experience at sea — pilotage certificate

3 An applicant for a pilotage certificate for the Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area does not have to meet the additional experience at sea qualifications set out in subsection 22.22(1) of the Regulations if, within the two-year period immediately before the date of the application, they have successfully completed a familiarization program that is established by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority and provides an equivalent degree of experience.

Repeal

4 The Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area, made on October 16, 2024, is repealed.

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

BANK ACT

Questbank — Order to commence and carry on business

Notice is hereby given of the issuance, pursuant to subsection 49(1) of the Bank Act, of an order authorizing Questbank to commence and carry on business, effective November 1, 2025.

November 15, 2025

Peter Routledge
Superintendent of Financial Institution