Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

• 9.13 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer may provide only one toilet for both male and female employees if

  • (a) the total number of employees normally employed by him in the work place at any one time does not exceed five; and

  • (b) the door of the toilet room is fitted on the inside with a locking device.

• (2) Where the class of employment in a work place is the transaction of business or the rendering of professional or personal services, the employer may provide only one toilet for both male and female employees if

  • (a) the total number of employees normally employed by him in the work place at any one time does not exceed 10 or the area of the work place does not exceed 100 m²; and

  • (b) the door of the toilet room is fitted on the inside with a locking device.

9.14 Toilet rooms shall be located not more than 60 m from and not more than one storey above or below each work place.

9.15 Every toilet room shall be so designed that

• (a) it is completely enclosed with solid material that is non-transparent from the outside;

• (b) no toilet or urinal is visible when the door of the toilet room is open;

• (c) it has a ceiling height of not less than 2.2 m;

• (d) where the toilet room contains more than one toilet, each toilet is enclosed in a separate compartment fitted with a door and an inside locking device; and

• (e) the walls of each separate toilet compartment are designed and constructed to provide a reasonable amount of privacy for its occupant.

9.16 Toilet paper on a holder or in a dispenser shall be provided

• (a) where there is only one toilet in a toilet room, in that toilet room; and

• (b) in each toilet compartment.

9.17 A covered container for the disposal of sanitary napkins shall be provided in each toilet room provided for the use of female employees.

9.18 Hot water provided for personal washing

• (a) shall be maintained at a temperature of not less than 35°C and not more than 43°C; and

• (b) shall not be heated by mixing with steam.

• 9.19 (1) Subject to sections 9.20 and 9.21, every employer shall provide for each toilet room wash basins supplied with cold water and hot water that meets the requirements of section 9.18 as follows:

  • (a) where the room contains one or two toilets or urinals, one wash basin; and

  • (b) where the room contains more than two toilets or urinals, one wash basin for every two toilets or urinals.

• (2) Where an outdoor privy is provided by an employer, the employer shall provide wash basins required by subsection (1) as close to the outdoor privy as is reasonably practicable.