Canada Road & Rail Transport - Legibility and Language Requirements

The information required on a shipping document and on a consist must be easy to identify, legible, in indelible print and in English or French.

When the information related to dangerous goods is on the same shipping document with information related to non-dangerous goods, the dangerous goods information must be shown in one of the following ways:

• Before the information related to the non-dangerous goods and under the heading "Dangerous Goods" or "Marchandises dangereuses"
• Printed or highlighted in a colour that contrasts with the print or highlight used for the information related to the non-dangerous goods
• Following the letter "X" opposite the shipping name in a column under the heading "DG" or "MD"

To learn more about Transporting Dangerous Goods in Canada visit our Transporting Dangerous Good by Road & Rail Online Training web page.