# 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.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/safety-code-6
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:hc-safety-code-6`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/safety-code-6
- Also known as: Safety Code 6, SC6, Canada RF exposure limits

## Key values

- **Organization:** Health Canada
- **Edition:** 2015 revision
- **Jurisdiction:** CA
- **Frequency range:** 3 kHz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Recommended by a scientific or standards body, enforceable only where adopted into law

## Scope

Health Canada publishes Safety Code 6 as a guideline: it applies directly to federally regulated sites and may be adopted by provinces and industry. Its practical force comes from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, which adopts it as the scientific basis for equipment certification and RF compliance of phones, base stations and broadcast antennas. Values are structured as basic restrictions (SAR, internal field) and reference levels (field strength, power density), with separate uncontrolled and controlled environment tiers.

## Sources

- `hc-safety-code-6` Health Canada (2015). *Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (Safety Code 6)*. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-risks-safety/limits-human-exposure-radiofrequency-electromagnetic-energy-range-3-300.html — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12
- `hc-safety-code-6-pdf` Government of Canada Publications (2015). *Safety Code 6 (2015), H129-48/2015E-PDF — official PDF edition*. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/sc-hc/H129-48-2015-eng.pdf — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12

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