Health Canada
Publishes Safety Code 6, the Canadian RF exposure code that ISED adopts as the basis for certifying phones, base stations and broadcast antennas.
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Last verified 12 August 2026.
Also searched as: Santé Canada, Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau
- Role
- health authority
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Website
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-risks-safety/radiation/occupational-exposure-regulations/safety-code-6-radiofrequency-exposure-guidelines.html
Related records
- Health Canada Safety Code 6 (2015)
Canada's RF exposure code from 3 kHz to 300 GHz, issued by Health Canada as a guideline and made effectively mandatory for wireless equipment through ISED's certification requirements.
Standards & frameworks
- Safety Code 6 uncontrolled reference level, 300–6000 MHz
Frequency-dependent power density of 0.02619 f^0.6834 W/m² (f in MHz) — 4.56 W/m² at 1900 MHz and 5.42 W/m² at 2450 MHz, so Canada is somewhat stricter than ICNIRP across the cellular and Wi-Fi bands.
Exposure limits
Sources
- hc-safety-code-6 Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (Safety Code 6) — Health Canada, 2015. guideline, link checked 2026-08-12.
- hc-safety-code-6-pdf Safety Code 6 (2015), H129-48/2015E-PDF — official PDF edition — Government of Canada Publications, 2015. guideline, link checked 2026-08-12.
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