Menstrual products in New Brunswick:what applies in New Brunswick
New Brunswick provides free menstrual products in schools, and, as Canada's only officially bilingual province, institutional buyers typically require bilingual service documentation. Federally regulated workplaces follow the 2023 standard.
Federally regulated workplaces
Since December 2023, federally regulated employers must provide menstrual products free of charge in every toilet room, along with a covered disposal receptacle in each stall. That covers banking, telecom, broadcasting, interprovincial and international transport, marine shipping, ports, airports and federal Crown corporations, including their sites in this province or territory. Roughly 6% of Canadian employees work under this jurisdiction, but the list captures a large share of multi-site washroom portfolios: every bank branch and every federally regulated terminal counts. Coin-operated dispensers do not satisfy the free-of-charge requirement, so existing coin units need free-vend conversion. The requirement is continuous availability, not a one-time stocking: an empty dispenser is a compliance gap, which is why a dated service log per washroom is the practical proof an inspector asks for.
Schools and bilingual institutions
Free menstrual products are provided in New Brunswick schools under provincial programs; confirm current scope with the district.
Institutional procurement here is bilingual by law and by habit, service records, labels and invoices in both languages are a practical requirement for suppliers, and ship that way from us as standard.
A four-point checklist
Enforcement and documentation in New Brunswick
WorkSafeNB administers occupational health and safety in New Brunswick, and washroom conditions fall under its general duty for sanitary facilities. The province's defining operating feature is bilingualism: New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province, so service records, labels and site communications need to work in both languages by default rather than on request — the same requirement federal sites carry, applied province-wide. Demand concentrates in the Moncton–Saint John–Fredericton triangle, and portfolios spanning all three run best on one contract with per-site frequencies, because a Moncton distribution centre and a Fredericton government office generate very different fill rates from the same square footage.
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General information only, current at time of publication. This is not legal advice, confirm your obligations with counsel or the applicable regulator.