Canada: Consumer Protection

Canada's federal government has finalized amendments to the Medical Devices Regulations, introducing significant changes to medical device establishment licensing requirements. These modernized regulations eliminate the need for foreign distributors to hold separate licenses when selling through licensed Canadian importers, mandate supplier list disclosure to Health Canada, and establish explicit documentation requirements for safety-management procedures.

McCarthy Tétrault's Product Liability and Mass Tort Claims group analyzes three recent Canadian court decisions that clarify evidentiary standards in product liability cases. The cases address critical issues including the sufficiency of evidence at pleading stages, establishing general causation between drugs and diseases, and how litigation risk factors into settlement adequacy assessments.

An Act to protect consumers against abusive practices in ticket resale and online subscription renewal (Bill 10) was adopted on June 12, 2026.