Québec EPR

Packaging EPR in Québec: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Québec. 10 of 15 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 5 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on November 4, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on November 4, 2026.

Regime

Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01)

Regulator

Not yet published

Producers obliged

Yes

System

a single producer responsibility organisation

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

2

Who is the producer in Québec

In Québec, packaging EPR obliges producers to organise or fund the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. The sections below set out who counts as the producer, which thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, and what has to be filed.

The producer hierarchy decides who answers for a pack when several businesses touch it. For Québec, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Roles matter because an online seller, an importer and a brand owner can each be the producer for the same pack, and a pack is counted once. If you sell into Québec through a marketplace, check whether the marketplace or you are recorded as the obligated party. Confirm who is responsible for reporting.

Thresholds that apply in Québec

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Québec publishes 3 verified thresholds.

Basis of the tonnage threshold: targeted materials.

Basis of the tonnage threshold: targeted materials placed on the market.

Basis of the revenue threshold: annual sales (the fee schedule page says 1M or less, 1.3M as of 2024; the step-by-step reporting page says less than 1.3M).

Exemptions in Québec

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Québec lists 1 exemption in the dataset. Some apply automatically; others only apply if you ask the regulator for them, usually within a window.

Registration and the system in Québec

Registration is where an obligation becomes visible to the regulator. The records below show whether Québec asks producers to register, with whom, and which organisation or scheme carries the collection and recycling system.

Who registers: The brand owner or first supplier

Registry (opens the official registry page).

Deadlines in Québec

Québec records 7 deadlines, 7 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Québec.

The next dated obligation we hold for Québec falls on January 31, 2027. 4 more dated obligations follow it.

See every deadline for Québec, with its period and what it requires, on the Québec deadlines page.

A deadline is a date the regulator published, not a date we set. We can estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file; you sign and submit it in the regulator's own portal.

Fees and reporting in Québec

Québec publishes 2 fee schedules, for fee years 2026 and 2027. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

• Québec 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.
• Québec 2027 fees: rates by material for fee year 2027.

The report you file is a defined file or form. Québec records 1 format; we prepare the file to that specification and you upload it yourself.

ÉEQ annual declaration is a csv file submitted through declaration.eeq.ca. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

Columns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Québec report format page.

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Québec

Labelling note: s. 51: every inscription on the product, its container or wrapping, and on documents supplied with it (directions for use, warranty certificates) must be in French; a translation may accompany it but never be more prominent than the French. s. 51.1 and Regulation C-11, r. 9, s. 7.1 (from June 1, 2025): a registered trademark with no French version on the Canadian register may stay in another language, but any generic or descriptive words in it must appear in French on the product or on a medium permanently attached to it.

Labelling, language, target and penalty rules are the parts of a regime that are easiest to miss. A report filed in the wrong language or a pack without a required mark can cost as much as a late payment, so read each of these against your own products.

Québec compared with nearby places

Rules do not stop at a border. A business that sells into Québec usually sells into its neighbours too, and the thresholds and deadlines differ. The table reads Québec against the places closest to it that have verified data.

Québec read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Québec against one place from the table above, using only records verified for both. A part is left out when either side is not yet published.

Québec and Ontario both record an obligation for packaging producers. Québec runs a single producer responsibility organisation, while Ontario runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$2,000,000.00 of revenue in Ontario, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, May 31, 2026.

Québec and New Brunswick both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$2,000,000.00 of revenue in New Brunswick, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and June 30, 2025 in New Brunswick, 335 days later here.

Québec and Maine both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and $2,000,000.00 of revenue in Maine, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and May 31, 2027 in Maine, 365 days earlier here.

Québec and British Columbia both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$1,000,000.00 of revenue in British Columbia, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Québec and Nova Scotia both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$1,000,000.00 of revenue in Nova Scotia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and January 1, 2024 in Nova Scotia, 881 days later here.

Québec and Manitoba both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$750,000.00 of revenue in Manitoba, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Québec and Yukon both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1 tonne of tonnage in Québec and CA$1,000,000.00 of revenue in Yukon, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Where Québec sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Québec holds 10 of 17 and ranks 14 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are Austria (11), British Columbia (11), Switzerland (11), Colorado (11), Bulgaria (10) and New Brunswick (10). The places just behind it are Spain (10), Croatia (10), Latvia (10), Norway (10), Washington (10) and Nova Scotia (9).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Québec holds 21 and ranks 8 of 53. Ahead of it are Austria (26), Oregon (25), United Kingdom (24), United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (24), Belgium (22) and Washington (22). Behind it are British Columbia (20), California (20), Minnesota (19), Germany (18), Maryland (18) and Bulgaria (17).

9 of the 13 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Québec sits with the places that have one.

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Québec comes 9 of 41, on May 31, 2026. Before it come Nova Scotia (January 1, 2024, 881 days earlier), New Brunswick (June 30, 2025, 335 days earlier), Oregon (July 1, 2025, 334 days earlier), Colorado (January 1, 2026, 150 days earlier), Washington (March 1, 2026, 91 days earlier) and Ontario (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come Maryland (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Minnesota (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Belgium (August 12, 2026, 73 days later), Bulgaria (August 12, 2026, 73 days later), Cyprus (August 12, 2026, 73 days later) and Denmark (August 12, 2026, 73 days later).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in tonnage, Québec sits 1 of 5 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Québec

Québec has 5 of 15 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

The regulator

Reason recorded: Regulator naming from the legal-framework page.

Transfer of the obligation

Reason recorded: Sections summarised.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: Not read.

Targets

Reason recorded: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.

Penalties

Reason recorded: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted.