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S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety
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SCHEDULE IX
(s. 161)
SANITARY FACILITIES
Occupancy W.C. Urinals Lavatories Notes
___________________ __________________ Tubs or Other
men women men women showers fixtures
Arenas
Players 1/30 players 1/30 1/30 players 1/10
players players
Spectators 1/600 3/600 2/600 2/600 2/600
men women men men women
Brasseries 1/40 1/90 See (a) 1/80 1/80
Customers Customers Customers Customers
_
Physicians, 1 2
dentists and See (b)
other health
practitioners
offices
Cinemas,
theatres,
auditoriums,
exhibition
and convention
halls...
1 to 100 1 1 1 1 one
persons service
101 to 200 2 2 1 1 tub
persons
201 to 400 3 3 See (e) 2 2
persons
401 to 750 add add 3 3
persons 1/600 1/600
persons persons
751 or more add add
1/1000 1/1000
persons persons
Employees:
See (d)
Medical 1/floor 1/floor 1/floor 1/floor
clinics
Bars (holding
a liquor
permit)
Customers: 1/25 1/30 See (e) 1/50 1/60
men women men women
Employees:
See (d)
Dormitories, one tub
boarding per 50
houses for persons;
children a sink
1 to 150 1/10 1/8 1/25 1/12 1/12 See (f) or
persons men women men men women 1/8 service
persons tub per
151 persons add add add add add 1/12 add 100
or more 1/10 1/8 1/50 1/12 women 1/20 persons
men women men men persons
Schools one
Primary 1/40 1/35 1/30 1/50 1/50 See (g) service
boys girls boys boys girls 1/5 tub
pupils 1/floor
Other 1/75 1/75 1/30 1/50 1/50 1/5
boys girls boys boys girls pupils 1/floor
Teachers:
See (d)
Office
buildings
(See h)
1 to 15 1 1 1 1 One
employees of service
each gender sink or
16 to 35 2 2 See (e) 2 2 tub per
employees of floor
each gender
36 to 60 3 3 2 2
employees of
each gender
61 to 80 4 4 3 3
employees of
each gender
81 to 90 5 5 3 3
employees of
each gender
91-110 5 5 4 4
employees of
each gender
111-125 6 6 4 4
employees of
each gender
126 and + 75 add add add add
employees of 1/50 1/50 1/60 1/60
each gender men women men women
Churches, 1/300 1/150 1/300 1/300 1/300
chapels, men women men men women
places of
worship
Sentry-boxes, 1 1
shelters,
temporary
buildings,
See (i)
Hospitals At least
(hospital one
centres) service
1)Private 1 1 1 sink per
room floor
2)Communal 1/8 patients 1/8 patients 1/20 for the
room 1/8 patients first 50
3)Waiting 1 patients
room and an
additional
Employees: one per
See (d) each 50
additional
patients
or
signifi-
cant
fraction
of 50
Hotel-Motel See (j) See (k)
1) Private 1/room 1/room 1/room
room
2) Room with
common
bathroom
1 to 4
rooms/floor
5 to 8 1/floor 1/floor 1/floor
rooms/floor
9 rooms or 1/floor 1/floor 1/floor 1/flour 1/gender
more/floor add add add add add
1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
rooms rooms rooms rooms rooms
Professional 1 1 1 1 1 shower
care 1/care unit See (l)
institutes,
personal care
institutes,
beauty salon,
hairstylist,
barber
Apartments 1 sink
1 to 7 units 1/apartment 1/apartment 1 tub per
per apartment
apartment See (m)
8 units or 1/apartment 1/apartment 1 tub 1 sink
more per per
apartment apartement
See (n)
Stores
a) Retail 1 1 See (p)
(See o)
b) Department
Stores,
Shopping
Centres
1) Customers 1/300 1/300 See (e) 1/300 1/300 See (p)
men women men women
2) Employees:
See (d) (q)
Rooming house See (j) See (k) See (r)
(tourist,
furnished,
boarding,
homes.) 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 2/10
rooms rooms rooms rooms rooms
Pools See (s)
1)Indoors 1/60 1/40 1/60 1/100 1/100 1/40
men women men men women swimmers
2)Outdoors 1/120 1/80 1/120 2/600 1/300 1/80 1 Foot
men women men men women swimmers Bath
3)spectators 1/600 3/600 2/600 2/600
men women men women
Jails, prisons
1) Inmates:
See (c)
2) Employees:
See (d)
Restaurants
1 to 25 1 See (t) 1 See (t)
Customers
26 to 50 1 see (t) 1 see (t) 1 see (t) 1 see (t)
Customers
51 to 100 1 2 1 1
Customers
101 to 150 1 1 1 2
Customers
151 to 200 2 3 See (e)
Customers
201 to 300 3 3 3 3
Customers
301 or more add add add add
1/50 1/50 1/50 1/50
men women men women
Employees:
See (d) and (u)
Reception
rooms, meeting
halls...
(holding a
liquor permit) See (a)
Customers 1/30 1/30 1/60 1/60 A tub
men women men women or a
service
sink
Funeral Homes 1 1 1 1 A service
sink and
a floor
drain in
the
embalming
room
Service 1 1 1 1
stations,
gas bars
(See v)
Any other See (w)
establishment
(plants,
warehouses,
workshops,
laundries,
foundries,
etc.)
See (h) 1 1
1 to 10 1 1 add add
employees of
each gender
11 to 25 2 2 1 1/10 1/10
employees of men women
each gender
26 to 50 3 3 2
employees of
each gender
51 to 75 4 4 2
employees of
each gender
76 to 100 5 5 3 add
employees of 1/15
each gender women
101 or more add add add add
of each 1/50 1/50 1/90 1/15
gender men women men men
(a) 2/3 of men W.C. may be replaced by urinals.
(b) A sink shall be installed in the examination room in addition to the one in the toilet room.
(c) According to the requirements of authorities.
(d) Sanitary accommodations for employees shall be the same as those required for office buildings.
(e) For men, half the compulsory W.C. may be replaced by urinals.
(f) In a women’s dormitory, a bathtub shall be added in a proportion of 1/30.
(g) In the gymnasium and according to the largest group that uses it.
(h) Only one toilet room is required for 10 employees or less of both genders.
(i) One W.C. and a lavatory shall be installed, except if written permission is given to use an existing washroom within a maximum radius of 30 m.
(j) Toilet facilities for general use shall be separate from bathrooms and lavatories.
(k) One lavatory is required for each room not equipped with a private toilet.
(l) One shower for each similar massage, physiotherapy or health treatment unit.
(m) One laundry tray per apartment or one connection for an automatic clothes washer).
(n) One double basin laundry tray or one automatic clothes washer per 10 apartments; one automatic washing machine per 20 apartments.
(o) Several stores may use a common washroom provided it is accessible via an indoor passageway.
(p) A tub or sink must be installed in a food store. In dog kennels and pet shops, a tub or a service sink and a floor drain must be installed.
(q) Fixtures for employees may be situated in the customers’ washrooms.
(r) In a home for the elderly, tubs must be installed in a proportion of 1 unit per 10 persons.
(s) The maximum number of swimmers is determined in a proportion of one swimmer per every 1.4 sq. surface metres in the shallow zone and 2.2 sq surface metres in the deep zone. The floor plan for rooms must be arranged so that swimmers may go through the toilet area to get to the showers.
(t) Under 26 customers, 1 W.C. and 1 lavatory will be enough for both customer and employee use. From 26 to 50 customers, 2 W.C. and 2 lavatories will be enough for both customers and employees, but in two separate washrooms. Where customers eat outside, separate washrooms for both genders with access from the outside are required.
(u) Toilet facilities are not required for fewer than 5 employees.
(v) Separate rooms for both genders with access to the outside are compulsory.
(w) A shower is compulsory per 15 employees exposed to excessive heat or to skin contact with corrosive, noxious, irritating or infectious.
