Important: If you supply products for sale on Amazon, you must comply with all
federal, provincial, and local laws and Amazon policies applicable to those products and
product listings.
Examples of Permitted Listings
If listing a permitted but hazardous item, sellers must ensure they are shipping the item
in compliance with Transport Canada requirements and applicable laws.
Products that are packaged and labelled to meet the requirements of all applicable laws
and regulations, including the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and related
regulations, have been tested to meet all prescribed safety standards, and are not
otherwise restricted
Examples of Prohibited Listings
Products listed in Schedule 2 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, such
as:
Baby walkers that are mounted on wheels or on any other device permitting movement
of the walker and that have an enclosed area supporting the baby in a sitting or
standing position so that their feet touch the floor, thereby enabling the horizontal
movement of the walker
Jequirity beans or any substance or article that is made from or that includes
jequirity beans in whole or in part
Products for babies, including teethers, pacifiers and baby bottle nipples, that are
put in the mouth when used and that contain a filling that has in it a viable
micro-organism
Structural devices that position feeding bottles to allow babies to feed themselves
from the bottle while unattended
Kites, any part of which is made of uninsulated metal and whose dimensions do not
comply with legal standards
Kite strings made of a material that conducts electricity
Lawn darts with elongated tips
Polycarbonate baby bottles that contain Bisphenol A (BPA)
Products that do not meet the safety requirements set out in the Toys Regulations
under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, such as those related to:
Mechanical hazards
Suffocation hazards
Strangulation hazards
Sharpness and punction hazards
Hearing damage hazards
Flammability hazards
Toxicological hazards
Micobiological hazards
Electrical hazards
Thermal hazards
Products that pose a choking hazard to a child under three years of age, such as:
Simple puzzles with small pieces that fit into the small parts cylinder defined in
the Toys Regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
Simple puzzles with small pegs for grasping that are not securely attached and will
pull or break off
Simple cars and trucks with small wheels and tires that can separate from the
vehicle
Dolls, plush toys and soft toys with small attachments (for example, eyes, nose,
decorations) that can be pulled off when exposed to the appropriate force
Bath toys and squeeze toys with squeakers and reeds that can be pulled out of the
toy
Rattles and other infant toys made of brittle plastic
Products intended for use by a child under three years of age containing plant seeds as
pellets for making noise, such as a wooden rattle containing plant seeds
Products that contain plant seeds as stuffing material
Products that have a surface coating material applied to them that contains any of the
following substances:
total lead in excess of legal limits
a compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium in excess of legal
limits
a compound of mercury
Products that contain carbon tetrachloride, methyl alcohol, petroleum distillate,
benzene, turpentine, boric acid or ethyl ether, which under reasonably foreseeable
circumstances could become accessible to a child, or if they are used as a filling could
be released on breakage or leakage
Products that contain any type of asbestos where the asbestos can be separated from the
product, such as play sand containing asbestos
Balloon blowing kits that contain any aromatic, aliphatic or other organic solvent
Children's jewelry that contains lead or migratable lead in excess of legal limits
Child, infant and booster car seats that do not bear the Canada National Safety Mark and
do not comply with the Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster
Seat Safety Regulations and other applicable safety standards.
Science education sets that do not meet the requirements set out in the Science
Education Sets Regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, such
as:
Science education sets containing potassium permanganate (other than an
aqueous solution containing 10 per cent or less potassium permanganate)
Upholstered or stuffed articles that are not appropriately labelled pursuant to
applicable provincial regulations, such as the Upholstered and Stuffed Articles
Regulation under the Technical Standards and Safety Act in Ontario