Consultation closes on April 24, 2025

The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) invites you to provide feedback on its draft publication of the Code Adoption Document (CAD) for Boilers and Pressure Vessels (BPV). 
 
The CAD adopts the latest CSA B51:24 code with additional revisions to sections 3 to 9 of the CAD. Section 2 of the CAD adopting CSA B52:23 has not been changed. 

The opportunity to provide feedback is open for 30 days from March 24 to April 24, 2025. TSSA aims to publish the final CAD after reviewing feedback from the consultation. 

Please visit BPV Code Adoption Document Consultation 2025 to provide your feedback.



If you have questions or concerns, please contact Shakir Majeedi at smajeedi@tssa.org for assistance.

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The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) will require insurers to report specific violations through TSSA’s Boilers and Pressure Vessels Certificate of Inspection (BPV COI) Portal for Insurers beginning April 14, 2025. High-risk violations must be resolved by the device owners before a Certificate of Inspection can be issued.

Why This Matters
This initiative is part of TSSA’s transition to an outcome-based regulatory approach, ensuring the collection of high quality, consistent, and complete data on high-risk non-compliances and incidents.

Currently, compliance data from insurance inspectors is not systematically tracked or analyzed. This new process will enable TSSA to receive, track, and analyze data on high-risk devices that could pose an elevated public safety risk. The collected data will help:
 
• Improve safety performance tracking
• Identify and understand risk trends and emerging issues
• Strengthen public safety outcomes

Next Steps
TSSA is finalizing a Director’s Order related to this initiative. We are sharing an advanced copy of the Director’s Order with you to ensure it is written clearly. See attached.

Advice on wording can be shared through tssaadvisorycouncil@tssa.org by March 31, 2025.

Stay tuned for further updates.

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The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) has updated the Manufacturer's Data Report for Pressure Vessels.
 
TSSA’s data reports are updated continually to align the requirements with changes to the CSA and ASME Codes, updates required by TSSA and from industry feedback. Please use this updated manufacturer's data report for pressure vessels.
 
Changes to this data report includes:

• A new section to document data for pressure testing the shell side and tube side separately
• Additional lines for tubes, tubesheets and jackets

TSSA has posted an updated  Guidelines for Registration of Pressure Piping that addresses P-standard registrations.
 
The P-Standard is a type of piping registration applicable to standard piping design to be installed in multiple locations. The updated guidelines include a new section clarifying what can be registered as a P-standard.

Applications submitted after February 1, 2025, without mandatory supporting documents will not be processed
 
To enhance the efficiency of processing design registrations for boilers and pressure vessels (BPV), design registrations submitted after February 1, 2025, without mandatory supporting documents will not be processed. All fees are non-refundable.
 
Currently, BPV owners, manufacturers, agents and contractors submit equipment designs for an engineering review before TSSA issues a Canadian Registration Number for the equipment. 

As part of the engineering review to ensure the equipment design complies with the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000, Ontario Regulation 220/01: Boilers & Pressure Vessels and adopted safety codes and standards, the applicant needs to include the required supporting documents when submitting BPV design registrations.
 
Submitting mandatory supporting documents along with the application is critical to ensure the timely processing of design registrations. Please ensure that mandatory supporting documents are complete.
 
Below is a list of mandatory supporting documents for BPV design registrations:  

You can also refer to the applicable guidelines outlining the documents that need to be submitted as part of the application.  
 
Boilers and Pressure Vessels
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