Output-Based Pricing System Regulations (SOR/2019-266)

This document implement an output-based pricing system for industrial GHG emissions with respect to cov- ered facilities where industrial activities are engaged in.These Regulations set out 1) the manner in which a person responsible for a covered facility must, under Part 2 of the Act, provide a report that sets out the information with respect to the GHG emissions limit and cause the report to be verified; 2) the methods to quantify the GHGs from a covered facility and the production from each specified industrial activity engaged in at the covered facility; 3) the manner of determining the covered facility’s GHG emissions limit based on the facility’s production from each specified industrial activity and the applicable output-based standard; and 4) the manner in which compensation is provided for excess emissions and surplus credits are issued.

On 15 March 2025, the Regulations Amending the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations: SOR/2025-108 were issued to ensure that the on-site transportation emissions of covered facilities remain subject to carbon pollution pricing, and, in circumstances where the Minister cancels the designation of a voluntary facility in 2025, to align the compliance period for these facilities to end when the fuel charge rate is set to 0$.