Elevator safety enforcers to impose new fines
Inadequately monitoring elevator technicians’ credentials could have financial consequences for multifamily landlords, condominium corporations and long-term care home and student residence operators in Ontario, as of June 9, 2025. That’s when the provincial Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is scheduled to begin imposing fines, known as administrative penalties, which were established in a 2021 enabling regulation.
Building owners/managers are already required to comply with the underpinning safety requirements for elevating devices, but the new fines are described as an “enforcement tool” for the TSSA. The regulation stipulates that elevating device owners are responsible for ensuring that:
- all contractors involved in installing or altering those devices hold TSSA licences; and
- only certified mechanics or mechanics-in-training under the supervision of a TSSA licence-holder undertake work on an elevating device.
Non-compliance with either of those requirements will warrant fines of $3,000 per contravention for subject elevating device owners and $5,000 per contravention for subject contractors. Other individuals deemed to be party to non-compliance could be fined $1,000 per contravention.
An additional $5,000 fine will come into force for contractors who fail to submit a written report to the TSSA within 24 hours of being informed about an injury or death related to an elevating device they are contracted to maintain.
“This enforcement tool will be applied as a measure to strengthen compliance with regulatory requirements and enhance public safety across Ontario,” the TSSA advises. “The administrative penalties will be imposed when a business or an individual fails to comply with the safety requirements.”
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