Electrician leads in Canada

Electrician is a compulsory certification trade: only certified journeypersons or registered apprentices may perform its restricted activities. Electrical work falls under the Safety Codes Act permit system; in Calgary, if you hire someone to do the work, they must apply for the permit.

Sources: Tradesecrets – Compulsory certification trades · Alberta – Permits and Alberta’s safety code system · Calgary – Home renovations and basements

Both licensed contractors and homeowners installing electrical equipment need an electrical installation permit. Technical Safety BC issues them, except in local governments that issue their own, such as Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria. Construction electrician is a compulsory trade.

Sources: Technical Safety BC – Electrical installation permits · Technical Safety BC – Jurisdiction · SkilledTradesBC – Skilled Trades Certification (compulsory trades)

Outside Winnipeg, Manitoba Hydro issues electrical permits; in Winnipeg, the City’s Planning, Property and Development department does. Contractors need a Manitoba journeyperson electrician’s licence to apply, and construction electrician is a compulsory trade.

Sources: Manitoba Hydro – Electrical permits and inspections · Apprenticeship Manitoba – Construction electrician

An electrical contractor licence is required to obtain electrical wiring permits and to carry out an electrical installation. Permits must be obtained before construction begins and before a utility power connection is made.

Sources: New Brunswick – Electrical licences · New Brunswick – Electrical wiring permits

Construction electrician and plumber are compulsory occupations among those designated under New Brunswick’s Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Act.

Sources: New Brunswick – Fast facts about skilled trades (designated occupations)

Electrical permits are only issued to registered electrical contractors, with limited exceptions. To register, a contractor must hold or employ someone who holds a journeyperson certificate of qualification in electrical construction.

Sources: Newfoundland and Labrador – Electrical permits and inspections · Newfoundland and Labrador – Electrical contractor’s registration certificate

Construction electrician and residential electrician are among the province’s compulsory trades. Plumber is not on the compulsory list, so ask about the plumber’s certification and check it in the registry.

Sources: Newfoundland and Labrador – Compulsory certification of designated occupations · Newfoundland and Labrador – Tradesperson registry

Once registered, you need a valid permit before starting any type of electrical or electronic installation in the NWT.

Sources: GNWT Infrastructure – Electrical permits

Electrical installations must be done by qualified people under a wiring permit and inspected by the local electrical inspection department. Nova Scotia Power, which does electrical inspections, says only a person holding a valid Nova Scotia certificate in the electrical construction trade (or a certified communications cabling specialist) can obtain a wiring permit.

Sources: Nova Scotia – Electrical safety · Nova Scotia Power – Electrical inspections

Construction electrician, plumber, oil heat system technician, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic, and sheet metal worker are among Nova Scotia’s compulsory certified trades. When you hire, ask about qualifications and ask to see the tradesperson’s identification card.

Sources: Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency – Compulsory certified trades

An electrical permit is required before any electrical work starts. Qualified electrical workers get wiring permits, and a person who owns and lives in a dwelling can get a residential property owner’s permit to work on its wiring.

Sources: Government of Nunavut – Electrical permits

Only a Licensed Electrical Contractor can be hired to do electrical work in your home, and the work must be reported to ESA through a notification (permit). A building permit doesn’t replace it. Ask for the contractor’s ECRA/ESA licence number before you hire.

Sources: ESA – Finding the right contractor · ESA – Notifications and inspections

Only an electrical contractor licensed to work in PEI can get an electrical permit, and trade certification for construction electricians is compulsory in PEI.

Sources: Prince Edward Island – Apply for an electrical permit · Job Bank (Government of Canada) – Construction electrician in Prince Edward Island: requirements

Electrical work for others must be done by a contractor holding the appropriate licence. The CMEQ qualifies electrical contractors on behalf of the Quebec government.

Sources: RBQ – Electrical work: licence (in French) · RBQ – List of licence subclasses · CMEQ – A licence is mandatory (in French)

A TSASK electrical contractor licence is what lets a business take out electrical permits. Under a homeowner electrical permit, the work must be done by someone holding a Saskatchewan electrical journeyperson licence, such as an immediate family member.

Sources: TSASK – Electrical contractor licence · TSASK – Electrical permits

Electrical permits are available to registered electrical contractors hired to do the work, or to homeowners who pass the homeowner’s electrical test and wire their own principal residence. If any part of the home is a rental unit, you must hire an electrical contractor.

Sources: Yukon – Get electrical permits and schedule inspections · Yukon – Find a registered electrical contractor