There's another issue too.
If the vehicle doesn't bear a label that says it complies with CSA Z240 or equivalent, i.e. the new version of the US (they've changed their standards to equal ours recently) RVDA spec's as of the date of manufacture then it must be inspected and if required modified to meet Canadian specifications.
Here's the straight goods;
Ontario Regulation 164/99 (Electrical Safety Code) made under the (Ontario) Electricity Act is an extremely short regulation that merely adopts the "Canadian Electrical Code Part I, C22.1-12" as the (Ontario) Electrical Safety Code.
Ontario Regulation 438/07 (Product Safety) made under the (Ontario) Electricity Act, RSO 1998 (and the relevant sections) says;
Definitions and application.
1. (1) In this Regulation,
(shortened in context)
(2) This Regulation applies to electrical products and devices governed by the Electrical Safety Code adopted under Ontario Regulation 164/99 (Electrical Safety Code) made under the Act.
Deemed approvals.
2. (1) An electrical product or device that falls into one of the following categories is deemed to be approved:
1. An electrical product or device for which a certification body has issued a report certifying that the electrical product or device conforms to the applicable standards for the electrical product or device and,
i. the report is available to the Authority from the certification body,
ii. the electrical product or device complies with all standards of design and construction and all terms and conditions set out in the report, and,
iii. the electrical product or device bears the certification body's mark, which identifies the electrical product or device as certified for use in Canada.
Prohibition, selling etc. non-approved product or device.
5. (1) No person shall use, advertise, display, sell, offer for sale or other disposal any electrical product or device unless it has been approved in accordance with this Regulation.
So, when all that is taken together, the law in Ontario (and in fact the rest of Canada too) says;
a) the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) is the Ontario Electrical Code,
b) anything that connects to the grid, or produces electricity (generator) is required to comply to the CEC, and,
c) it's ILLEGAL to "use, advertise, sell, offer for sale" an electrical product or device that doesn't comply, and bear proof of compliance, I.E. CSA Z240 sticker or ESA approval.
People are trying to paint dealers and the Canadian and ORVDA as being complicit in some sort of conspiracy to defraud Canadians by artificially inflating prices based on some imaginary need to have CSA approval on RV's imported into Canada.
That is not the case, the requirement is very real and based in Canadian law.
