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  "url": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec",
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    "md": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec.md",
    "json": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec.json"
  },
  "key": "A:CA-QC",
  "family": "A",
  "locale": "en",
  "lang": "en-US",
  "title": "Québec EPR: rules, fees and deadlines",
  "h1": "Québec EPR",
  "description": "Québec requires producers who place packaging on the market to meet packaging EPR duties under Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of.",
  "answer": "Québec requires producers who place packaging on the market to meet packaging EPR duties under Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01). We record 3 thresholds and 7 dated deadlines. 10 of 15 core rule fields are verified against primary sources.",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-05",
  "dateModified": "2026-11-04",
  "dataset": {
    "version": "v1-281284b7e7c1",
    "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "licenceLine": "Reuse is allowed under CC-BY-4.0 with credit to Instica and a link to this page."
  },
  "cite": "Instica, “Québec EPR”, https://instica.com/epr/quebec, last verified 2026-11-05, dataset v1-281284b7e7c1, CC-BY-4.0.",
  "about": [
    {
      "name": "Québec"
    }
  ],
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#regime",
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      "statement": "The packaging EPR regime in Québec is recorded as Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01).",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
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        "quote": "Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "regulator",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#regulator",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.regulator",
      "statement": "The regulator in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Regulator naming from the legal-framework page.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/about-eco-entreprises-quebec/legal-framework",
        "quote": "legal framework",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#obligated",
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      "statement": "Producers placing packaging on the market in Québec carry a packaging EPR obligation.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "producer-default",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#producer-default",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.producer_hierarchy",
      "statement": "In Québec, the party that carries the obligation by default is the brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, and seller.",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/rc/Q-2,%20r.%2046.01",
        "quote": "incombent à la personne domiciliée ou qui a un établissement au Québec qui y agit à titre de premier fournisseur, à l’exclusion du fabricant",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "transfer",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#transfer",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.transfer_rules",
      "statement": "Whether the obligation can be transferred in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Sections summarised.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf",
        "quote": "s.5",
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        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
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      "id": "revenue-scope",
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      "statement": "Where a revenue test applies in Québec, it is measured on revenue earned in the jurisdiction over annual, in CAD.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "affiliates",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#affiliates",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.affiliates",
      "statement": "Whether affiliates are counted together in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Not read.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
        "quote": "Reporting deadline: May 31, 2026",
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        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "threshold-payment_exempt_tonnage",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#threshold-payment_exempt_tonnage",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.thresholds[payment_exempt_tonnage]",
      "statement": "Québec sets a tonnage threshold of 1 tonne; effect: the producer is exempt below it.",
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/fee-schedule-to-help-with-your-report",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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      "id": "threshold-report_exempt_tonnage",
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      "statement": "Québec sets a tonnage threshold of 1 tonne; effect: the producer is exempt below it.",
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "threshold-report_exempt_revenue",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#threshold-report_exempt_revenue",
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      "statement": "Québec sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,300,000.00; effect: the producer is exempt below it.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
        "quote": "your business generates less than one metric ton of targeted materials and has annual sales of less than $1.3 million.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
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      "statement": "Exemption in Québec: Under 1 tonne AND sales under 1.3 million: no report. It applies without a separate application.",
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
        "quote": "You run an online store, with or without a place of business in Quebec.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "organisation",
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      "statement": "In Québec, the system runs through a single producer responsibility organisation: Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ); membership is required.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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    },
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      "id": "categories",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#categories",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.categories",
      "statement": "The packaging taxonomy in Québec has 21 categories. Granularity: material category.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/fee-schedule-to-help-with-your-report",
        "quote": "Newspapers",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "labelling",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#labelling",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.labelling",
      "statement": "Packaging labelling is required in Québec, under Charter of the French Language.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/C-11",
        "quote": "if a generic term or a description of the product is included in the trademark, it must appear in French on the product",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-10-22",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "languages",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#languages",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.languages",
      "statement": "Filings in Québec must be in French.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/C-11",
        "quote": "including the directions for use and the warranty certificates, must be drafted in French.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-10-22",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "target-cardboard",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#target-cardboard",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.targets[cardboard]",
      "statement": "A target in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf",
        "quote": "s.73",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "target-aluminum",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#target-aluminum",
      "leafPath": "CA-QC.targets[aluminum]",
      "statement": "A target in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf",
        "quote": "s.73",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "penalty-1",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#penalty-1",
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      "statement": "A penalty in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "CAD",
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf",
        "quote": "Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-obligated",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.obligated",
      "statement": "Ontario carries a packaging EPR obligation.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "if they supply Blue Box material (packaging, paper products or packaging-like products) comprised of paper, glass, metal or plastic",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-regime",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-regime",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.regime",
      "statement": "The regime in Ontario is recorded as Full producer responsibility for Blue Box material (packaging, paper products, packaging-like products) under the Blue Box Regulation.",
      "value": "Full producer responsibility for Blue Box material (packaging, paper products, packaging-like products) under the Blue Box Regulation",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/",
        "quote": "Blue Box producers became fully accountable and financially responsible for collecting and recycling their materials when consumers discard them.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-regulator",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-regulator",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.regulator",
      "statement": "The regulator in Ontario is Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA).",
      "value": "Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA)",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "Unless otherwise stated, all information must be submitted through RPRA’s registry.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-organisation",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-organisation",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.organisation",
      "statement": "Ontario runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation.",
      "value": "multiple_pros",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "PROs operate in a competitive market, and producers can choose the PRO (or PROs) they want to work with.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-registration",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-registration",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.registration",
      "statement": "Ontario requires registration with RPRA Registry.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "Within 30 days of supplying obligated Blue Box materials in Ontario",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-threshold",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-threshold",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.thresholds[revenue_exemption]",
      "statement": "Ontario sets a revenue threshold of below CA$2,000,000.00.",
      "value": 2000000,
      "unit": "CAD",
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "is exempt from all producer requirements under the regulation.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-ON-deadline",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-ON-deadline",
      "leafPath": "CA-ON.deadlines[supply_report_2026]",
      "statement": "Ontario has a reporting deadline on May 31, 2026.",
      "value": "2026-05-31",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/",
        "quote": "Deadline: Supply data must be submitted by May 31 of each year.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-obligated",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.obligated",
      "statement": "New Brunswick carries a packaging EPR obligation.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "the producer generates less than  $2,000,000 in gross annual revenue in the Province;",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-regime",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-regime",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.regime",
      "statement": "The regime in New Brunswick is recorded as Designated Materials Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2024-37 (Clean Environment Act).",
      "value": "Designated Materials Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2024-37 (Clean Environment Act)",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "This Regulation may be cited as the Designated Materials Regulation – Clean Environment Act",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-regulator",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-regulator",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.regulator",
      "statement": "The regulator in New Brunswick is Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board).",
      "value": "Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board)",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "The stewardship board established by the Minister under section 22.1 of the Act, to be known as Recycle New Brunswick, is continued.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-organisation",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-organisation",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.organisation",
      "statement": "New Brunswick runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials.",
      "value": "single_pro",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "On or before May 31 in each year, a producer shall submit an annual report to the stewardship board",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-registration",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-registration",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.registration",
      "statement": "New Brunswick requires registration with Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board).",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "An application for registration shall be submitted on a form provided by the stewardship board",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-threshold",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-threshold",
      "leafPath": "CA-NB.thresholds[revenue_exempt]",
      "statement": "New Brunswick sets a revenue threshold of CA$2,000,000.00.",
      "value": 2000000,
      "unit": "CAD",
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cr/2024-37",
        "quote": "the producer generates less than  $2,000,000 in gross annual revenue in the Province;",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cmp-CA-NB-deadline",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-NB-deadline",
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      "statement": "New Brunswick has a registration deadline on June 30, 2025.",
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        "url": "https://www.maine.gov/dep/waste/recycle/epr.html",
        "quote": "In July 2021, the Legislature passed a law establishing Maine’s Stewardship Program for Packaging, 38 M.R.S. § 2146.",
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        "quote": "Maine DEP to Revise Request for Proposals for Stewardship Organization. (September 11, 2026)",
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      "id": "cmp-US-ME-deadline",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/449_2004",
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        "url": "https://recyclebc.ca/producers/resources/producer-faqs/",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
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        "url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/envpppextproducer.htm",
        "quote": "For the purposes of these regulations, the implementation date is December 1, 2025.",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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      "source": {
        "url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/envpppextproducer.htm",
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      "id": "cmp-CA-NS-deadline",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/envpppextproducer.htm",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-MB-obligated",
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      "leafPath": "CA-MB.obligated",
      "statement": "Manitoba carries a packaging EPR obligation.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/for-producers/",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
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        "label": null
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      "id": "cmp-CA-MB-regime",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-MB-regime",
      "leafPath": "CA-MB.regime",
      "statement": "The regime in Manitoba is recorded as Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Regulation, M.R. 195/2008.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/195.08.pdf",
        "quote": "Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Regulation",
        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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      "id": "cmp-CA-MB-organisation",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-MB-organisation",
      "leafPath": "CA-MB.organisation",
      "statement": "Manitoba runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Recycle Manitoba (MMSM).",
      "value": "single_pro",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/for-producers/epr-transition/",
        "quote": "Communities run or contract collection services and are funded for up to 80% of eligible net costs.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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      "id": "cmp-CA-MB-registration",
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      "leafPath": "CA-MB.registration",
      "statement": "Manitoba requires registration with WeRecycle Portal.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/for-producers/",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-MB-threshold",
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      "leafPath": "CA-MB.thresholds[obligation_revenue]",
      "statement": "Manitoba sets a revenue threshold of CA$750,000.00.",
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      "unit": "CAD",
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://recyclemanitoba.ca/for-producers/",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-11-03",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-YT-obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-YT-obligated",
      "leafPath": "CA-YT.obligated",
      "statement": "Yukon carries a packaging EPR obligation.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf",
        "quote": "On or before May 31 of each year, a steward must",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "cmp-CA-YT-regime",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-YT-regime",
      "leafPath": "CA-YT.regime",
      "statement": "The regime in Yukon is recorded as Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation, OIC 2024/19 (effective 2024-01-25; launched 2025-11-01).",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
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    },
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      "id": "cmp-CA-YT-regulator",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-YT-regulator",
      "leafPath": "CA-YT.regulator",
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      "unit": null,
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        "quoteLang": "en",
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        "status": "verified",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-YT-organisation",
      "leafPath": "CA-YT.organisation",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
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        "quote": "On or before May 31 of each year, a steward must",
        "quoteLang": "en",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/quebec#cmp-CA-YT-threshold",
      "leafPath": "CA-YT.thresholds[small_steward_revenue]",
      "statement": "Yukon sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,000,000.00.",
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      "unit": "CAD",
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      "source": {
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        "quote": "completed year of less than $1,000,000,",
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      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nQuébec requires producers who place packaging on the market to meet packaging EPR duties under Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01). We record 3 thresholds and 7 dated deadlines. 10 of 15 core rule fields are verified against primary sources."
    },
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "heading": "Packaging EPR in Québec: what we have verified",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"overview\"></a>\n\n## Packaging EPR in Québec: what we have verified\n\nThis 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.\n\n- **Regime**: [Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01)](#regime)\n- **Regulator**: Not yet published\n- **Producers obliged**: [Yes](#obligated)\n- **System**: [a single producer responsibility organisation](#organisation)\n- **Registration**: [Required](#registration)\n- **Fee schedules**: 2\n\n<a id=\"regime\"></a>The packaging EPR regime in Québec is recorded as Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01).\n\n<a id=\"regulator\"></a>The regulator in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Regulator naming from the legal-framework page.\n\n<a id=\"obligated\"></a>Producers placing packaging on the market in Québec carry a packaging EPR obligation.\n\n> Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials\n>\n> Source: Regime (https://www.eeq.ca/assets/pdf/Cadre-legal/EN/Regulation-respecting-a-system-of-selective-collection-of-certain-residual-materials.pdf), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Québec: the regulator, transfer of the obligation, treatment of affiliates, targets, and penalties. Each of these stays blank until a primary source is verified; we do not fill gaps from memory or from other jurisdictions."
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      "id": "who",
      "heading": "Who is the producer in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"who\"></a>\n\n## Who is the producer in Québec\n\nIn 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\n<a id=\"producer-hierarchy\"></a>**Who is the producer in Québec, by packaging level**\n\n| Packaging level | Producer roles recorded |\n| --- | --- |\n| other packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n| primary (sales) packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n| secondary packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n| service packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n| shipping packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n| tertiary (transport) packaging | brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n\n<a id=\"producer-default\"></a>In Québec, the party that carries the obligation by default is the brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, and seller.\n\n> incombent à la personne domiciliée ou qui a un établissement au Québec qui y agit à titre de premier fournisseur, à l’exclusion du fabricant\n>\n> Source: Producer hierarchy (https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/rc/Q-2,%20r.%2046.01), Retrieved: November 4, 2026, Language: fr\n\nParaphrase: fall to the person domiciled or having an establishment in Québec who acts there as first supplier, excluding the manufacturer\n\n<a id=\"transfer\"></a>Whether the obligation can be transferred in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Sections summarised.\n\n<a id=\"affiliates\"></a>Whether affiliates are counted together in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Not read.\n\n<a id=\"revenue-scope\"></a>Where a revenue test applies in Québec, it is measured on revenue earned in the jurisdiction over annual, in CAD.\n\nRoles 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "thresholds",
      "heading": "Thresholds that apply in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"thresholds\"></a>\n\n## Thresholds that apply in Québec\n\nThresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Québec publishes 3 verified thresholds.\n\n<a id=\"thresholds-table\"></a>**Thresholds recorded for Québec**\n\n| Measure | Amount | Effect | Note |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| [tonnage](#threshold-payment_exempt_tonnage) | 1 tonne | the producer is exempt below it | Payment waiver if any one applies - under 1 tonne, or revenue of 1M or less (1.3M as of 2024), or single-outlet retailer under 929 m². It waives payment only; reporting follows report_exempt. |\n| [tonnage](#threshold-report_exempt_tonnage) | 1 tonne | the producer is exempt below it | Reporting is waived only when this AND report_exempt_revenue both hold (less than one metric tonne and annual sales under CAD 1.3 million) |\n| [revenue](#threshold-report_exempt_revenue) | CA$1,300,000.00 | the producer is exempt below it | Reporting is waived only when this AND report_exempt_tonnage both hold (annual sales under CAD 1.3 million and less than one metric tonne) |\n\n<a id=\"threshold-payment_exempt_tonnage\"></a>Québec sets a tonnage threshold of 1 tonne; effect: the producer is exempt below it.\n\nBasis of the tonnage threshold: targeted materials.\n\n> Are a retailer with a single outlet with a floor space of less than 929 m²\n>\n> Source: Threshold (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/fee-schedule-to-help-with-your-report), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"threshold-report_exempt_tonnage\"></a>Québec sets a tonnage threshold of 1 tonne; effect: the producer is exempt below it.\n\nBasis of the tonnage threshold: targeted materials placed on the market.\n\n> your business generates less than one metric ton of targeted materials and has annual sales of less than $1.3 million.\n>\n> Source: Threshold (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step), Retrieved: October 7, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"threshold-report_exempt_revenue\"></a>Québec sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,300,000.00; effect: the producer is exempt below it.\n\nBasis 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).\n\n> your business generates less than one metric ton of targeted materials and has annual sales of less than $1.3 million.\n>\n> Source: Threshold (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step), Retrieved: October 7, 2026, Language: en"
    },
    {
      "id": "exemptions",
      "heading": "Exemptions in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"exemptions\"></a>\n\n## Exemptions in Québec\n\nAn 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.\n\n<a id=\"exemption-small_business\"></a>Exemption in Québec: Under 1 tonne AND sales under 1.3 million: no report. It applies without a separate application.\n\n> your business generates less than one metric ton of targeted materials and has annual sales of less than $1.3 million.\n>\n> Source: Exemption (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step), Retrieved: October 7, 2026, Language: en"
    },
    {
      "id": "registration-system",
      "heading": "Registration and the system in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"registration-system\"></a>\n\n## Registration and the system in Québec\n\nRegistration 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.\n\n<a id=\"registration\"></a>Producers in Québec must register with ÉEQ declaration portal.\n\nWho registers: The brand owner or first supplier\n\n[Registry](https://declaration.eeq.ca) (opens the official registry page).\n\n> You run an online store, with or without a place of business in Quebec.\n>\n> Source: Registration (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"organisation\"></a>In Québec, the system runs through a single producer responsibility organisation: Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ); membership is required.\n\n> You run an online store, with or without a place of business in Quebec.\n>\n> Source: Organisation (https://www.eeq.ca/en/companies-all-about-your-role/preparing-and-submitting-your-report-step-by-step), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"categories\"></a>The packaging taxonomy in Québec has 21 categories. Granularity: material category."
    },
    {
      "id": "deadlines",
      "heading": "Deadlines in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"deadlines\"></a>\n\n## Deadlines in Québec\n\nQuébec 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.\n\nThe next dated obligation we hold for Québec falls on January 31, 2027. 4 more dated obligations follow it.\n\nSee every deadline for Québec, with its period and what it requires, on the [Québec deadlines page](https://instica.com/epr/quebec/deadlines).\n\nA 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "fees-reporting",
      "heading": "Fees and reporting in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"fees-reporting\"></a>\n\n## Fees and reporting in Québec\n\nQuébec 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.\n\n- [Québec 2026 fees](https://instica.com/epr/quebec/fees/2026): rates by material for fee year 2026.\n- [Québec 2027 fees](https://instica.com/epr/quebec/fees/2027): rates by material for fee year 2027.\n\nThe 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.\n\nÉEQ annual declaration is a csv file submitted through declaration.eeq.ca. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.\n\nColumns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Québec report format page."
    },
    {
      "id": "obligations",
      "heading": "Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"obligations\"></a>\n\n## Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Québec\n\n<a id=\"labelling\"></a>Packaging labelling is required in Québec, under Charter of the French Language.\n\nLabelling 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.\n\n> if a generic term or a description of the product is included in the trademark, it must appear in French on the product\n>\n> Source: Labelling (https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/C-11), Retrieved: October 22, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"languages\"></a>Filings in Québec must be in French.\n\n> including the directions for use and the warranty certificates, must be drafted in French.\n>\n> Source: Languages (https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/C-11), Retrieved: October 22, 2026, Language: en\n\n<a id=\"target-cardboard\"></a>A target in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.\n\n<a id=\"target-aluminum\"></a>A target in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Recycling and recovery targets for Québec: Not yet published. Reason: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.\n\n<a id=\"penalty-1\"></a>A penalty in Québec: not yet published. Reason: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Penalties for Québec: Not yet published. Reason: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted.\n\nLabelling, 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "compare",
      "heading": "Québec compared with nearby places",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"compare\"></a>\n\n## Québec compared with nearby places\n\nRules 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.\n\n<a id=\"neighbours\"></a>**Québec read against neighbouring and similar places**\n\n| Place | Producers obliged | Regulator | Registration |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Ontario | [Yes](#cmp-CA-ON-obligated) | [Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA)](#cmp-CA-ON-regulator) | Required |\n| [New Brunswick](https://instica.com/epr/new-brunswick) | [Yes](#cmp-CA-NB-obligated) | [Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board)](#cmp-CA-NB-regulator) | Required |\n| [Maine](https://instica.com/epr/maine) | [Yes](#cmp-US-ME-obligated) | [Maine Department of Environmental Protection](#cmp-US-ME-regulator) | Required |\n| Newfoundland and Labrador | Not yet published | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| [British Columbia](https://instica.com/epr/british-columbia) | [Yes](#cmp-CA-BC-obligated) | Not yet published | Required |\n| [Nova Scotia](https://instica.com/epr/nova-scotia) | [Yes](#cmp-CA-NS-obligated) | [Resource Recovery Fund Board (Divert NS), as Administrator](#cmp-CA-NS-regulator) | Not yet published |\n| [Manitoba](https://instica.com/epr/manitoba) | [Yes](#cmp-CA-MB-obligated) | Not yet published | Required |\n| [Yukon](https://instica.com/epr/yukon) | [Yes](#cmp-CA-YT-obligated) | [Government of Yukon, Ministry of the Environment](#cmp-CA-YT-regulator) | Not yet published |"
    },
    {
      "id": "compare-records",
      "heading": "Records behind the comparison",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"compare-records\"></a>\n\n## Records behind the comparison\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-ON-regime\"></a>The regime in Ontario is recorded as Full producer responsibility for Blue Box material (packaging, paper products, packaging-like products) under the Blue Box Regulation.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-ON-organisation\"></a>Ontario runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-ON-threshold\"></a>Ontario sets a revenue threshold of below CA$2,000,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-ON-deadline\"></a>Ontario has a reporting deadline on May 31, 2026.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NB-regime\"></a>The regime in New Brunswick is recorded as Designated Materials Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2024-37 (Clean Environment Act).\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NB-organisation\"></a>New Brunswick runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NB-threshold\"></a>New Brunswick sets a revenue threshold of CA$2,000,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NB-deadline\"></a>New Brunswick has a registration deadline on June 30, 2025.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-US-ME-regime\"></a>The regime in Maine is recorded as Maine Stewardship Program for Packaging, 38 M.R.S. section 2146.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-US-ME-organisation\"></a>Maine runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-US-ME-threshold\"></a>Maine sets a revenue threshold of below $2,000,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-US-ME-deadline\"></a>Maine has a reporting deadline on May 31, 2027.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-BC-regime\"></a>The regime in British Columbia is recorded as Recycling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 449/2004 (packaging and paper product category).\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-BC-organisation\"></a>British Columbia runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Recycle BC.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-BC-threshold\"></a>British Columbia sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,000,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NS-regime\"></a>The regime in Nova Scotia is recorded as Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act, Part IX (packaging and paper EPR regulations).\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NS-organisation\"></a>Nova Scotia runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NS-threshold\"></a>Nova Scotia sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,000,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-NS-deadline\"></a>Nova Scotia has a reporting deadline on April 30, 2030.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-MB-regime\"></a>The regime in Manitoba is recorded as Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Regulation, M.R. 195/2008.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-MB-organisation\"></a>Manitoba runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Recycle Manitoba (MMSM).\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-MB-threshold\"></a>Manitoba sets a revenue threshold of CA$750,000.00.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-YT-regime\"></a>The regime in Yukon is recorded as Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation, OIC 2024/19 (effective 2024-01-25; launched 2025-11-01).\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-YT-organisation\"></a>Yukon runs its system through a single producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials.\n\n<a id=\"cmp-CA-YT-threshold\"></a>Yukon sets a revenue threshold of CA$1,000,000.00."
    },
    {
      "id": "pairs",
      "heading": "Québec read against each neighbour",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"pairs\"></a>\n\n## Québec read against each neighbour\n\nEach 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.\n\nQuébec and [Ontario](#cmp-CA-ON-obligated) both record an obligation for packaging producers. Québec runs a single producer responsibility organisation, while Ontario runs [more than one producer responsibility organisation](#cmp-CA-ON-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](#cmp-CA-ON-threshold) in Ontario, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, May 31, 2026.\n\nQuébec and [New Brunswick](#cmp-CA-NB-obligated) 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](#cmp-CA-NB-threshold) in New Brunswick, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and [June 30, 2025](#cmp-CA-NB-deadline) in New Brunswick, 335 days later here.\n\nQuébec and [Maine](#cmp-US-ME-obligated) 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](#cmp-US-ME-threshold) in Maine, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and [May 31, 2027](#cmp-US-ME-deadline) in Maine, 365 days earlier here.\n\nQuébec and [British Columbia](#cmp-CA-BC-obligated) 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](#cmp-CA-BC-threshold) in British Columbia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. \n\nQuébec and [Nova Scotia](#cmp-CA-NS-obligated) 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](#cmp-CA-NS-threshold) in Nova Scotia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is May 31, 2026 in Québec and [January 1, 2024](#cmp-CA-NS-deadline) in Nova Scotia, 881 days later here.\n\nQuébec and [Manitoba](#cmp-CA-MB-obligated) 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](#cmp-CA-MB-threshold) in Manitoba, so the figures cannot be compared directly. \n\nQuébec and [Yukon](#cmp-CA-YT-obligated) 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](#cmp-CA-YT-threshold) in Yukon, so the figures cannot be compared directly."
    },
    {
      "id": "position",
      "heading": "Where Québec sits among the places we cover",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"position\"></a>\n\n## Where Québec sits among the places we cover\n\nCounted 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](https://instica.com/epr/austria) (11), [British Columbia](https://instica.com/epr/british-columbia) (11), [Switzerland](https://instica.com/epr/switzerland) (11), [Colorado](https://instica.com/epr/colorado) (11), [Bulgaria](https://instica.com/epr/bulgaria) (10) and [New Brunswick](https://instica.com/epr/new-brunswick) (10). The places just behind it are [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) (10), [Croatia](https://instica.com/epr/croatia) (10), [Latvia](https://instica.com/epr/latvia) (10), [Norway](https://instica.com/epr/norway) (10), [Washington](https://instica.com/epr/washington) (10) and [Nova Scotia](https://instica.com/epr/nova-scotia) (9).\n\nCounting every verified record, not only the core fields, Québec holds 21 and ranks 8 of 53. Ahead of it are [Austria](https://instica.com/epr/austria) (26), [Oregon](https://instica.com/epr/oregon) (25), [United Kingdom](https://instica.com/epr/uk) (24), United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (24), [Belgium](https://instica.com/epr/belgium) (22) and [Washington](https://instica.com/epr/washington) (22). Behind it are [British Columbia](https://instica.com/epr/british-columbia) (20), [California](https://instica.com/epr/california) (20), [Minnesota](https://instica.com/epr/minnesota) (19), [Germany](https://instica.com/epr/germany) (18), [Maryland](https://instica.com/epr/maryland) (18) and [Bulgaria](https://instica.com/epr/bulgaria) (17).\n\n9 of the 13 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Québec sits with the places that have one.\n\nOrdered by earliest verified deadline, Québec comes 9 of 41, on May 31, 2026. Before it come [Nova Scotia](https://instica.com/epr/nova-scotia) (January 1, 2024, 881 days earlier), [New Brunswick](https://instica.com/epr/new-brunswick) (June 30, 2025, 335 days earlier), [Oregon](https://instica.com/epr/oregon) (July 1, 2025, 334 days earlier), [Colorado](https://instica.com/epr/colorado) (January 1, 2026, 150 days earlier), [Washington](https://instica.com/epr/washington) (March 1, 2026, 91 days earlier) and Ontario (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come [Maryland](https://instica.com/epr/maryland) (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Minnesota](https://instica.com/epr/minnesota) (May 31, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Belgium](https://instica.com/epr/belgium) (August 12, 2026, 73 days later), [Bulgaria](https://instica.com/epr/bulgaria) (August 12, 2026, 73 days later), [Cyprus](https://instica.com/epr/cyprus) (August 12, 2026, 73 days later) and [Denmark](https://instica.com/epr/denmark) (August 12, 2026, 73 days later).\n\nAmong 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.\n\n<a id=\"threshold-ladder\"></a>**First thresholds near Québec, lowest first**\n\n| Place | First threshold | Against this page |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Québec](https://instica.com/epr/quebec) | 1 tonne | This page |\n| [Denmark](https://instica.com/epr/denmark) | 3.35 tonnes | Higher |\n| [Germany](https://instica.com/epr/germany) | 10 tonnes | Higher |\n| United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax | 10 tonnes | Higher |\n| [United Kingdom](https://instica.com/epr/uk) | 25 tonnes | Higher |"
    },
    {
      "id": "prepare",
      "heading": "What to prepare for Québec",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"prepare\"></a>\n\n## What to prepare for Québec\n\n1. Work out whether you are the producer for each product you sell in Québec, using the producer roles above.\n2. Compare your Québec revenue and packaging weight with each threshold in the table; keep the working.\n3. Register with ÉEQ declaration portal before you report or pay.\n4. Put every dated deadline above in your calendar, with the period it covers.\n5. Collect packaging weights by material so the report file can be prepared to the format above.\n6. Sign and submit your filings yourself in the regulator's portal; Instica never stores portal credentials and never files for you.\n\nInstica measures packaging, estimates what you may owe and prepares the report file. It does not decide whether you are obliged; that stays with you and the regulator."
    },
    {
      "id": "method",
      "heading": "How to read this page",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"method\"></a>\n\n## How to read this page\n\nEvery statement on this page is generated from a verified record, and each record keeps its source address, the date we retrieved it, and, where the source is a statute or notice, the quoted text. A value marked \"not yet published\" has no verified source yet; we show the reason instead of a number.\n\nQuotes are shown in the language of the source with a labelled summary in English. The summary helps you read; the quote is what the source says. If the two ever differ, the quote governs.\n\nQuébec has 10 of 15 core fields verified. The remaining 5 are listed in the overview. When one of them is published, the page changes and the \"last verified\" date moves; until then, the safest assumption is that the answer is unknown, not that it is no."
    },
    {
      "id": "gaps",
      "heading": "What is still open for Québec",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"gaps\"></a>\n\n## What is still open for Québec\n\nQuébec has 5 of 15 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.\n\n- **The regulator**: Reason recorded: Regulator naming from the legal-framework page.\n- **Transfer of the obligation**: Reason recorded: Sections summarised.\n- **Treatment of affiliates**: Reason recorded: Not read.\n- **Targets**: Reason recorded: Minimum recovery rates read as a partial list from s.73 for 2027; the full table was not re-quoted.\n- **Penalties**: Reason recorded: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted."
    },
    {
      "id": "gaps-meaning",
      "heading": "What an open field means in practice",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"gaps-meaning\"></a>\n\n## What an open field means in practice\n\nA field is marked not yet published when no primary source we can cite says what it needs to say. Below, each open field for Québec is listed with the reason we recorded and what it means for a business that sells there while the field stays open.\n\n- **The regulator**: Without a named regulator we cannot point you to a portal or a contact; the national or state environment authority is the usual starting point.\n- **Transfer of the obligation**: Transfer rules say whether you can hand the duty to a distributor or a service provider; until they are published, assume the duty stays with you.\n- **Treatment of affiliates**: Whether affiliates are added together affects group companies; keep group revenue and tonnage by entity.\n- **Targets**: Targets show how fast the rules are expected to tighten, which helps you plan for higher fees later.\n- **Penalties**: Without published penalties you cannot size the risk of a late or missing filing; assume an unpublished penalty is not a small one.\n\nWe re-check open fields when a source changes and when a reviewer flags one. If you hold a primary source that answers an open field for Québec, the data-gaps page explains how to send it; we publish a field only after we can cite the source and its date."
    },
    {
      "id": "scenarios",
      "heading": "What this means for different sellers in Québec",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"scenarios\"></a>\n\n## What this means for different sellers in Québec\n\nBecause Québec records a packaging EPR obligation, each of the following sellers should expect to do some work. What differs is who the producer is and which threshold applies.\n\n#### A brand owner that makes or packs its own goods\n\nYou are the likeliest producer. Count the packaging you put into Québec by material, compare it with the thresholds, and register (the dataset records that registration is required). Keep the weights; every later step starts from them.\n\n#### An importer or reseller of branded goods\n\nImporters are named producers in many regimes. Check the producer roles above: if the importer is listed for a packaging level, the duty for that pack can move to you from the brand owner, and the brand owner may ask for proof that you handle it.\n\n#### A seller that ships through an online marketplace\n\nSome regimes make the marketplace answerable and some leave the duty with you. This page lists the roles recorded for Québec; where the marketplace role is not listed, assume you remain responsible and check the marketplace's own seller guidance.\n\n#### A small seller that sells only a few parcels a year\n\nCompare your figures with the 3 verified thresholds above. Being under a threshold can mean no fee, a simplified report or only a registration; read the effect column, because it is not always full relief."
    },
    {
      "id": "mistakes",
      "heading": "Common mistakes with Québec packaging EPR",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"mistakes\"></a>\n\n## Common mistakes with Québec packaging EPR\n\nMost problems with packaging EPR do not come from the rule itself; they come from a few repeated slips. These are the ones to avoid when you work from the records for Québec.\n\n- Treating \"not yet published\" as \"no\". An open field means we do not know, and the safe reading is that a duty may exist.\n- Using another place's threshold. Québec sets its own figures (see the table); a neighbour's number does not carry over.\n- Measuring in the wrong unit. Thresholds are written in kilograms, tonnes or a currency; convert before you compare.\n- Counting the wrong period. The period a deadline covers is part of the rule, and the table shows it where it is published.\n- Assuming a marketplace or a supplier handles reporting. Confirm in writing who the producer is for each pack and who is responsible for submission.\n- Filing on a calendar you copied from last year. Dates move; use the dated records on this page and recheck near the deadline.\n\nThe records show what the published sources say. A decision with real exposure belongs with the regulator or a qualified adviser."
    },
    {
      "id": "faq",
      "heading": "Questions about packaging EPR in Québec",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"faq\"></a>\n\n## Questions about packaging EPR in Québec\n\n### <a id=\"faq-obliged\"></a>Do I need to take part in packaging EPR in Québec?\n\nQuébec records a packaging EPR obligation for producers, with thresholds that decide who is in scope; compare your figures with the thresholds table. Whether you are the producer depends on the roles listed for each packaging level.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-who\"></a>Who is the regulator in Québec?\n\nNo regulator is verified for Québec yet.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-threshold\"></a>Is there a small-business threshold in Québec?\n\nQuébec records 3 verified thresholds; see the table above for the amounts and what each one changes.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-deadline\"></a>When are filings due in Québec?\n\nQuébec records 7 verified deadlines; they are listed with the period each covers.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-register\"></a>Do I have to register in Québec?\n\nYes, the dataset records that registration is required in Québec.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-submit\"></a>Does Instica file my report?\n\nNo. We measure your packaging, estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file. You review it, sign it and submit it yourself, and Instica never stores regulator-portal credentials.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-source\"></a>How do I know the data is current?\n\nEach record shows the source address and the date we retrieved it. This page was last verified on November 4, 2026.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-legal\"></a>Can I rely on this page for a decision?\n\nIt summarizes published sources to help you prepare. For a decision that carries real risk, ask the regulator or a qualified adviser."
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          "anchor": "EPR fees for bottles Québec",
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          "anchor": "EPR fees for cans Québec",
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          "anchor": "Cartons EPR fees Québec",
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          "anchor": "Amazon packaging EPR Québec fees",
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          "anchor": "Jars EPR fees Québec",
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          "anchor": "British Columbia EPR reporting deadline",
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