CANADA’S TSSA ISSUES FIRST ELEVATING DEVICE PENALTY
The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) has issued its first administrative penalties against a condo corporation, totaling CAD$18,000 (US$12,667) for six counts of non compliance involving the use of an unregistered contractor to perform alteration work on six elevators in a residential building in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. TSSA determined that the condominium corporation hired a contractor that did not hold a TSSA registration to carry out alteration work on the elevators in 2025. The violations fall under TSSA’s administrative penalty framework, and the penalties have now been paid in full. These enforcement actions follow TSSA’s introduction of administrative penalties for elevating devices in June 2025. The penalties apply to specific non compliances under Ontario Regulation 209/01: Elevating Devices that involve passenger elevators in residential buildings such as rental buildings, condominiums, long term care homes and student residences.
