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A Guide to Canada's Export Controls

The Export Control List, which is included in A Guide to Canada’s Export Controls, identifies specific goods and technology that are controlled for export from Canada to other countries.

The Export Control List is divided into the following seven Groups:

  • Group 1: Dual-Use List
  • Group 2: Munitions List
  • Group 3: Nuclear Non-Proliferation List
  • Group 4: Nuclear-Related Dual-Use List
  • Group 5: Miscellaneous Goods and Technology
  • Group 6: Missile Technology Control Regime List
  • Group 7: Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation List

Regulation – Order amending the Export Control List

A Guide to Canada's Export Controls - June 2010

Changes and Corrections

On December 16, 2011, the Government of Canada concluded the regulatory process to amend the Export Control List. This regulation brings into effect the June 2010 version of the Government of Canada’s “A Guide to Export Controls”. This regulation includes a number of additions, deletions, and clarifications to the controls relating to the exportation of various goods and technologies. A brief overview of the key changes resulting from this amendment is provided below. Please contact the Export Controls Division at (613) 996-2387 for further clarification.

Additions of controls

  • 1-1.A.4.d. – Electronic equipment to detect explosive residue
  • 1-1.A.6. – Equipment for the disruption or destruction of Improvised Explosive Devices
  • 1-1.A.7. – Equipment designed to initiate charges and devices containing energetic materials, by electrical means
  • 1-1.A.8. – Shaped charges, devices and components
  • 1-3.A.1.b.10. – Certain oscillators and oscillator assemblies
  • 1-3.A.1.b.11. – Certain frequency synthesizer electronic assemblies
  • 1-3.A.1.h. – Solid-state power semiconductor switches, diodes, or ‘modules’
  • 1-3.C.2.e. –Resists for imprint lithography equipment that use a thermal or photo-curable process
  • 1-3.C.6 .– Silicon Carbide, Gallium Nitride, Aluminium Nitride or Gallium Nitride substrates with at least one epitaxial layer of Silicon Carbide, Gallium Nitride, Aluminium Nitride or Gallium Nitride
  • 1-5.A.1.b.1.d .– Underwater communications systems that use “lasers” or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
  • 1-5.A.1.h. – Electronic equipment to prematurely activate or prevent initiation of Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices
  • 1-5.E.1.c.6. – Technology for the production of certain mobile telecommunications equipment
  • 1-5.E.1.d. – Technology for the development or production of Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit power amplifiers
  • 1-5.E.1.e. – Technology for the development or production of telecommunications equipment and components containing superconductive materials
  • 1-5.A.2.a.7. – Non-cryptographic information and communications security systems and devices
  • 1-6.A.1.a.1.e. – Diver detection systems
  • 1-6.A.1.b. – Correlation –velocity and Doppler-velocity sonar log equipment
  • 1-6.A.1.c. – Diver deterrent acoustic systems
  • 1-6.A.2. – Electron multiplying CCDs (EMCCD).
  • 1-6.A.3. – Cameras incorporating EMCCDs.
  • 1-6.A.5.d.1.e. – Stacked arrays of semiconductor lasers
  • 1-6.A.8.j.3. – LIDAR equipment for carrying out airborne bathymetric littoral surveys
  • 1-6.D.3.c. – software for increasing the frame rate of microbolometer cameras
  • 1-9.A.12.b.4. – reciprocating and rotary internal combustion engines designed for high-altitude “UAVs”
  • 2-2.d. - New entry for certain weapon mounts
  • 2-8.b.7. - New entry for propellants specially designed for military use
  • 2-9.a.2. – New entry for vessels having features or functions of military significance
  • 2-17.p. - New entry for "Fuel cells" including a new definition
  • 6-3.A.1.b. - Addition of engines designed or modified for systems specified in 6-1.A or 6-19.A.2.
  • 6-3.A.9. - New entry for certain turboprop engine systems
  • 6-3.B.1. - New reference to 6-3.A.8 and 6-3.A.9
  • 6-3.B.2. - New reference to 6-3.A.8 and 6-3.A.9
  • 6-3.D.2. - New reference to 6-3.A.9
  • 6-3.E.1. - New reference to 6-3.A.9
  • 6-4.C.4.b.5. – New entry for 2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
  • 6-4.C.6.d.5. – Addition of new esters and plasticisers
  • 6-4.C.6.d.6. – Addition of new esters and plasticisers
  • 6-4.C.6.d.7. – Addition of new esters and plasticisers
  • 6-6.A-1. - New references to 6-19.A.1., 6-19.A.2. and 6-20.A.
  • 6-6.A.2.b. - New references to 6-19.A.1.
  • 6-6.B.1. - New references to 6-19.A.1. and 6-19.A.2.
  • 6-10.E.1. - New reference to 6-19.A.2.
  • 6-10.E.2. - New reference to 6-19.A.1.
  • 6-11.A.4. - New reference to 6-19.A.
  • 6-15.B.1. - New references to 6-19.A.1., 6-19.A.2. and 6-20.A.
  • 6-15.B.3. - New references to 6-19.A.1., 6-19.A.2., and 6-20.A.
  • 6-15.B.4. - New references to 6-19.A. and 6-20.A.
  • 6-15.B.5. - New references to 6-19.A.1, 6-19.A.2. and 6-20.A
  • 7-2.1.f. – Certain ceramic materials for valves

Clarifications and changes to controls

  • Category 1 Title Changed from “Advanced Materials” to “Special Materials and Related Equipment”
  • 1-1.A.4.a. – Now includes Equipment for defence against Riot Control agents, including a specified list
  • 1-1.A.4.Note.b – Decontrol expanded to include equipment for residential safety
  • 1-1.A.4.Technical Note – Added, clarifies that protective and detection equipment proven effective to detect agents which are “adapted for use in war”, are still controlled even if they are used in the civil industry
  • 1-1.B.1.g. – Relaxation of controls on tape laying machines.
  • 1-1.C.10. – Relaxation of controls on carbon fibrous and filamentary materials
  • 1-2.B.2.c. – Changed the number of axis from 3 to 4 (or more)
  • 1-2.B.2.d. – New optical finishing processes added: ‘Inflatable membrane tool finishing’ and ‘Fluid jet Finishing’
  • 1-3.A.1.a.7. – Relaxation of controls on Field Programmable Logic Devices
  • 1-3.A.1.a.10. – Relaxation of controls on custom integrated circuits
  • 1-3.A.1.c.1. – Relaxation of controls on acoustic wave devices
  • 1-4.D.1.b.1. – ‘Adjusted Peak Performance’ (APP) changed from 0.04 to 0.25 weighted TeraFLOPS (WT)
  • 1-4.E.1.b.1. – ‘Adjusted Peak Performance’ (APP) changed from 0.04 to 0.25 weighted TeraFLOPS (WT)
  • 1-5.E.1.c.1. – Threshold increased from 15 Gbit/s to 50 Gbit/s
  • 1-6.A.2.a.Note – Removed decontrol note regarding germanium and silicon photodevices
  • 1-6.A.5.d.1.b.1. – Increased the threshold for CW output from 10W to 15W
  • 1-6.A.5.d.1.c.1. - Increased the threshold for CW output from 80W to 100W
  • 1-7.A.2.a. – The term  “drift rate” “stability” was replaced with “bias” “stability”
  • 1-7.A.5. – Changes to GNSS controls to address Galileo
  • 1-8.A.1.b.3. – Requirement of having a crew of 4 or a length less than 21 m has been removed
  • 1-8.A.2.f. – modified to apply to cameras with image intensification or EMCCDs 
  • Group 2 - Revision to Note 2
  • 2-1. - Notes 1 to 4 realigned
  • 2-1.d. – Incorrect spelling corrected 
  • 2-2.b. - Entry amended to incorporate ‘specially designed or modified for military use’
  • 2-5.c. – New Note clarifying detection equipment
  • 2-6.b .- Grammatical issues
  • 2-6 - Note 2: Paragraph. b. deleted; following paragraphs reformatted
  • 2-7.b.4.b. - CAS numbers added
  • 2-7.e. – ‘Designed or modified’ added after military use
  • 2-7.f.1. – ‘Specially’ deleted after Equipment at the start of the entry
  • 2-7.f.1. - For ‘military use’ deleted
  • 2-7.f.2. - ‘Specially’ deleted after Equipment at the start of the entry
  • 2-7.f.2. - For ‘military use’ deleted
  • 2-7.g. – ‘Designed or modified’ added after military use
  • 2-7. - Note 2: ‘Listed in’ replaced with ‘specified by’
  • 2-8. - New Nota Bene 2 added to reflect recent related changes to Group 1; existing Nota Bene numbered 1
  • 2-8.a.6. - CAS numbers added
  • 2-8.a.33. - Entry amended to include paras. a. and b
  • 2-8.a.34. - Entry amended to include paras. a. and b
  • 2-8.b.6. - ‘Listed in’ replaced with ‘specified by’
  • 2-8.d.3. - Notes 1 and 2: CAS numbers added
  • 2-8.e.6. - Entry rewritten for clarity; «and» replaced with «or» after «plasticizers»
  • 2-8.e.13. - Entry amended to include paras. a. and b.
  • 2-8.f.19. - CAS number added
  • 2-8.g.4. - CAS number added
  • 2-8, Note 5 - Note 5 deleted (included in new Nota Bene 2 at start of 2-8.)
  • 2-8, Note 6 - CAS numbers added to many of the paragraphs from a. to dd.
  • 2-10. Note 1 – 'Having' has been replaced with 'and which are'; 'Not' inserted at start of sub-para. a.
  • 2-11., Note j. - New reference and new definition for "Automated Command and Control Systems"
  • 2-11. - New Nota Bene referring to 2-21.
  • 2-17.e.3. - New Technical Note clarifying EMP
  • 2-21.b.4. - Specially designed for military use added after "Software" at the start of the entry 
  • 6-2.A.1.c. – Changes to the Note
  • 6-3.A.2. - New Technical Note defining ‘combined cycle engines’
  • 6-4.C.2. - CAS numbers added/revised
  • 6-4.C.2.b.3. - Hydrazine nitrate changed to hydrazine mononitrate
  • 6-4.C.2.b.20. - 1,4-dihydrazine replaced with 3,6-dihydrazino tetrazine
  • 6-4.C.2.b.20. - New Technical Note defining 3,6-dihydrazino tetrazine nitrate
  • 6-4.C.4. - CAS numbers added
  • 6-4.C.4.a.6 - New Note explaining why Nitrogen Trifluoride is not controlled
  • 6-4.C.6.c. - CAS numbers added
  • 6-4.C.6.c.2.o. - New Note on certain ferrocene derivatives which are not controlled
  • 6-4.C.6.d. - Nitrate esters replaced with Esters
  • 6-9.A.5. - Continuous accelerometers replaced with accelerometers
  • 6-9.A.5. - New Note clarifying that certain accelerometers are not controlled
  • 6-9.B.2. - New Notes 6. and 7. added to clarify 6-9.B.2.c. and 6-9.B.2.e. respectively
  • 6-12.A.5.b.1. - Angular resolution changed from 3 mrad to 1.5 mrad
  • 6-15.B.1.b. - Real time bandwidth replaced with ‘real time control bandwidth’
  • 6-15.B.1.b. – Addition of  new Technical Note defining ‘real time control bandwidth’
  • 7-2.1.f. – Technical note defining nominal size added
  • 7-5. – Introduction of a generally available software note. 
  • 7-12.1. – Updated WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual reference
  • 7-12.4.a.2. – Updated parameters for cross-low filtration equipment
  • 7-14. – Introduction of a generally available software note. 

Removal of controls

  • 1-5.A.2. Note 4 – Decontrol for ancillary cryptography
  • 1-5.A.2.Note.g – Decontrol for Portable or mobile radiotelephones and similar client wireless devices
  • 1-5.A.2.Note.h - Decontrol note for equipment for the servicing of portable or mobile radiotelephone and similar client devices
  • 1-5.A.2.Note.i – Decontrol note for wireless “personal area network” that implement only published or commercial cryptographic capability
  • 1-6.A.1.a.2.b.6. – Deletion of towed Hydrophone Arrays that use Multiplexed Hydrophone group signals which can operate at depths exceeding 35 m.
  • 2-2.a. – New Note 3 concerning Certain hand-held projectile launchers
  • 5001. – Pancreas glands of cattle and calves
  • 5011. – Human serum albumin
  • 7-13.1.a.18. – Reference to white pox virus has been deleted
  • 7-13.1.d. - Decontrol note for clinical or pharmaceutical products containing conotoxins

Previous Guides to Canada’s Export Controls

Recent Guides to Canada’s Export Controls can be downloaded from the links below. Each Guide includes the Export Control List that was in force during the time frames indicated below.

In force from April 2009 to December 2011:

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Date Modified:
2012-01-04