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Menstrual equity rules,province by province
The December 2023 federal requirement applies nationwide to federally regulated employers. Each province and territory layers its own rules on top — thirteen plain-language pages.
01OntarioTwo separate rule sets apply in Ontario: the federal standard for federally regulated workplaces, and provincial requirements for everyone else.02QuebecQuebec employers follow provincial occupational health and sanitation rules; federally regulated workplaces in the province follow the 2023 federal standard.03British ColumbiaBC moved first: free menstrual products have been required in all public schools since 2019, and expectations have since extended into public buildings.04AlbertaAlberta has no province-wide workplace mandate for menstrual products.05ManitobaManitoba schools provide free menstrual products through provincial and partner programs, while workplaces follow either provincial sanitation rules or, for federally regulated employers.06SaskatchewanSaskatchewan access runs through school-division programs; no province-wide workplace mandate exists.07Nova ScotiaNova Scotia was among the first provinces to provide free menstrual products in public schools (2019).08New BrunswickNew Brunswick provides free menstrual products in schools, and, as Canada's only officially bilingual province, institutional buyers typically require bilingual service documentation.09Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador provides free menstrual products in schools and has extended access into public buildings.10Prince Edward IslandPEI provides free menstrual products in schools, and its compact institutional market means most buyers procure through a small number of provincial channels.11Northwest TerritoriesTerritorial programs provide menstrual products in NWT schools, and the 2023 federal standard covers federally regulated workplaces.12YukonYukon schools provide menstrual products through territorial programs, and Whitehorse's government-centred employer base means the 2023 federal standard shapes much of the local market..13NunavutTerritorial programs support menstrual-product access in Nunavut schools, and federal workplaces across the territory follow the 2023 standard.