Online Training: Reporting Specific Violations in Client Portal

The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is hosting a second online training session to demonstrate to insurer administrative personnel how to utilize the new ‘Violations’ page to enter information about failed inspections and Records of Inspection (ROI) for boilers and pressure vessels (BPVs) in the Client Portal.

We encourage all administrative personnel or users responsible for entering information about failed inspections and ROIs to attend the online training session on:

September 29, 2025 (Monday), 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Training
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.: Enforcement of Non-Compliance
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.: Q&A

Link to join the online training:
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Meeting ID: 218 376 758 828 6
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The requirement for insurers to report specific BPV violations in the Client Portal took effect on April 14, 2025. High-risk violations must be resolved by BPV owners before a Certificate of Inspection can be issued. Read more

Boilers and Pressure Vessels Safety Program

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A new search tool, launching in early September on TSSA’s Client Portal, will make it easier for consultants and engineering firms to find their clients’ account numbers when submitting boiler and pressure vessel (BPV) design registrations.

To obtain a Canadian Registration Number for boilers, pressure vessels or piping, third-party submitters (such as consultants or engineering firms) must correctly link each design registration to the appropriate client or owner. This requires knowing the client’s account number ─ a detail that has sometimes been difficult to locate, leading to mis-linked applications, processing delays and extra administrative work.

To avoid linking design registrations to the incorrect client, the new search tool is designed to facilitate third-party submitters to look up a client’s account number using:

-  The client’s name
-  The client’s address, or
- The client’s previous Canadian Registration Number (or Piping Registration number, if applicable)

By making it easier to find the correct account number, this tool helps ensure that design registrations and engineering applications are properly linked to the right client from the start, reducing errors and avoiding unnecessary delays.
 
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TSSA is proposing an increase to the fees for Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Certificates of Inspection (COI) and is seeking feedback on this proposed change. More information about the change, including an online survey, is available here. 
 
In 2018, TSSA started introducing gradual fee increases across all the sectors it regulates after many years of no fee increases. TSSA has kept fee increases below the cumulative rate of inflation, and all the sectors that TSSA oversees are at cost recovery except the BPV COI program.
 
As a not-for-profit regulator, TSSA is required to ensure there are adequate financial resources to deliver its safety mandate and comply with the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 (“the Act”). TSSA must recover all direct and indirect program costs from the industries it regulates. Ontario’s Auditor General found in 2018 that TSSA was not adequately meeting this obligation, which creates a fairness gap. Currently, the fees collected from the BPV COI program do not cover the costs of administering the program.
 
To eliminate the projected deficit and achieve cost recovery, the fees have been recalculated using an up-to-date BPV inventory count.
 
TSSA recommends implementing the proposed fees on January 2, 2026. Once the new fees have been finalized, clients will be notified 60 days prior to implementing the new fees.

TSSA has been transforming to an Outcome-Based Regulator and improving safety across Ontario. Over the last five years, there has been a decline in the number of serious injuries and fatalities in TSSA-regulated sectors. TSSA remains focused on delivering a better client experience while improving safety in Ontario.

Consultation closes August 29, 2025.

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