Federally Regulated Businesses and Industries 

If you work for a federally regulated business or industry, your employment standards are defined by the Canada Labour Code. 

If you work for an employer other than a federally regulated business or industry, your employment standards are defined by the CNESST in Quebec, or else by the appropriate Provincial or Territorial Ministry of Labour.

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​Examples of Federally Regulated Businesses and Industries

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• Banks;

• Marine shipping, ferry and port services;

• Air transportation, including airports, aerodromes and airlines;

• Railway and road transportation that involves crossing provincial or international borders;

• Canals, pipelines, tunnels and bridges (crossing provincial borders);

• Telephone, telegraph and cable systems;

• Radio and television broadcasting;

• Grain elevators, feed and seed mills;

• Uranium mining and processing;

• Businesses dealing with the protection of fisheries as a natural resource;

• Many First Nation activities;

• Most federal Crown corporations; and

• Private businesses necessary to the operation of a federal act.

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