As of April 1st 2019, fees for exemption claims filed under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA) have been adjusted as indicated in the table below.
Summary of the Annual Adjusted Fees:
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Claim Type
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Number of Claims (Filed at one time)
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2018-2019 Fee Amount
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2019-2020 Adjusted Fee Amount** **Fee adjustment based on the CPI, 2.2%.
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Small Business*
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2018-2019 Fee Amount
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2019-2020 Adjusted Fee Amount** **Fee adjustment based on the CPI, 2.2%.
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Original
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Claims 1 to 15
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$1800
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$1840
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$900
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$920
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Claims 16 to 25
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$400
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$409
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$200
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$204
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Claims 26 and above
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$200
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$204
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$100
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$102
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Refile
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Claims 1 to 15
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$1440
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$1472
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$720
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$736
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Claims 16 to 25
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$320
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$327
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$160
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$163
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Claims 26 and above
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$160
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$164
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$80
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$82
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*Small Business: The fee required to accompany a claim for exemption is one half of the fee listed above provided the small business:
a. Had a gross annual revenue of not more than three million dollars in the claimant’s fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the claim is filed; and
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Annual fee adjustments have been made according to the Consumer Price Index (CP1) as required by the Service Fees Act (SFA).
Furthermore, Health Canada has selected April 1st as the anniversary date of its annual fee adjustments.
Fees subject to an annual fee adjustment are required to use the April All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada for the previous fiscal year. Fees will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and will be published on Health Canada’s website annually.
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