First Aid Kit Regulations

Approved for: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia,  Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

First Aid Kits for the workplace are required to be designed to comply with the CSA Z1220-17 Standard.

Workplace first aid kits shall be classified as follows:

Type 1: Personal first aid kit
An organization shall provide a Type 1: Personal first aid kit to all workers who work in isolation or those who do not otherwise have access to a workplace first aid kit.

Type 2: Basic first aid kit: small, medium and large
A Type 2: Basic workplace first aid kit is suitable for most workplaces with a low risk work environment. Basic first aid kit contains the minimum content requirements for each of the three sizes of Type 2: small, medium, large and is based on the number of workers at the workplace per shift.

Type 3: Intermediate first aid kit: small, medium and large
Intermediate first aid kit is suitable for workplaces with higher risk level work environments. A Type 3 kit contains all of the items in a Type 2 kit in accordance with the CSA Z1220-17 Standard plus additional items to meet the needs of workplaces with an increased risk of first aid events in a higher risk environment.

Selection of First Aid Kit

To ensure that workplace first aid kits are readily accessible to all workers and that the particular configurations of workplaces can be accommodated, workplace first aid kits of different sizes (small, medium, and large) may be used in various combinations in accordance with  table above. For workplaces with more than 100 workers, first aid kits should be proportionally distributed in the workplace.

Note: Workplace first aid legislation differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in Canada. It is the user’s responsibility to determine how applicable legislative requirements relate to this Standard.