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Canadian Registration Number (CRN) Information
Pressure Vessel Engineering was created in response to manufacturers' difficulty and frustration dealing with the Canadian registration system in 1999. Since then we have successfully completed thousands of registrations for a global customer base comprised of numerous industries and products. To date we have completed more CRN's than any other company.
Many of our customers come to us after pursuing registration on their own only to find their submission does not meet provincial requirements and having substantial time and money invested. Pressure Vessel Engineering can advise of the listed and more importantly unlisted requirements. We have the experience to know what must be done and also what can be omitted. We can complete or review design packages to ensure they are in compliance in order to reduce provincial registration time and fees. Many of our customers find that they experience a cost savings by using our services as opposed to attempting registration themselves.
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While every effort has been made to make the contents of this page accurate and current, the contents of this page are the opinion of the author and are provided for information purposes only. Pressure vessel registration in Canada is far too complicated to be covered in a brief write-up. Please consider this the first 20% of the information you require.
This page has very little content on piping systems and fitting registration. These are difficult and complicated issues. Contact the appropriate organizations listed below for more information.
Pressure Vessel Engineering provides Canadian registration assistance - please see the bottom of this page for more information.
Both Canada and the United States use the ASME VIII-1 pressure vessel code for construction - but -
--- Canada has a B51 standard that provides a more inclusive definition of a pressure vessel. You can purchase the Canadian B51 standard from CSA (1-800-463-6727 or 1-416-747-4044).
--- Canada has a FITTINGS category for items that are not vessels but need to be built under a quality control program. Please see TSSA's guideline for non nuclear fittings.
--- Pressure Vessels and fittings installed/used in Canada need a CRN (Canadian Registration Number).
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Use the following charts to determine if your vessel is classified as a Pressure Vessel, a Fitting, or if no CRN is required in Canada. Read the descriptions of what each classification requires. These charts are from the Canadian B51 standard and include more items as pressure vessels than the definition found in ASME VIII div 1 section U-1.
You normally need to send the following to the local jurisdiction to get a CRN:
--- 2 copies of the vessel drawing, see Provincial Contacts for provincial requirements for drawings to have a P. Eng. stamp
--- Vessel calculations (sometimes the number of copies of the drawing and calculations varies - see below).
--- Copies of your National Board and ASME U stamp authorization.
--- A submission form if the jurisdiction requires specific cover forms to be used.
--- Your statutory declaration form if it is a fitting.
--- If registering more than one category of fitting, separate statutory declarations will be required for each category.
--- The appropriate fees if the Jurisdiction requires payment up front.
--- Note: ACI central handles the registration for several regions. They review the design and recommend that the destination province/territory accept it. When "See ACI Central" is listed in the boxes below, send your design to them. They will handle the rest.
--- Statutory Declarations are only required for fitting registrations. They are not required for pressure vessel registration.
The CRN system can best be understood as a regional registration system. Your design needs to be registered in each jurisdiction (province or territory) where it will be used.
To register your design in one jurisdiction, determine where your product will be shipped to and submit all of the required information to the organization listed below. They will review your submission and return a CRN. If your product is a vessel, the CRN is stamped into the nameplate. Example CRN number 357.5 registered in Ontario.
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These review graphs are based on all PVEng submissions sent to all jurisdictions from 2006 to early 2009. There is a huge mix of jobs from simple vessels to complex catalog registrations and large vessels or towers. Time is measured from the day the courier package leaves our office to the day the CRN number is received by us, including any rework required to get the CRN.
This web page is primarily written by Laurence Brundrett at Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd. The first edition only had a list of provincial contacts. Many people have assisted in expanding it. Special thanks go to all of my co-workers at Pressure Vessel Engineering who said "You can't write that, we'll get sued!"
This web page is far from complete, and considering how complex vessel registration is in Canada, probably never can be. The laws governing pressure vessels in Canada are continually changing. It is up to you to contact the jurisdiction where the vessel will be registered to get the latest requirements.
Interesting facts for anyone thinking of writing a page like this: 1) The more information added to this page, the more business Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd has got registering vessels. 2) We get twice as much business when the Author's Opinions section is included. Why I do not know.
Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd. has been doing registration work in Canada for over ten years and 1200 CRNs. It is obvious to someone that works in this field that the CRN system is not simple or logical. In my opinion three particular issues need to be addressed...
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