Regulation

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It is the consumer responsibility to refer to its municipality to know all the local rules that are enforced, in order to comply with the regulations on residential pool safety.

Residential Pool Safety regulation
The residential pools offer many hours of fun in summer, but they may also pose a risk. The residential pool or spa owners are responsible for their safe use and must ensure to meet the regulations for residential pool safety. Most of the children that drown in a pool have not been vigilantly supervised, be it a second. It is mainly young children who have access to a pool where the gate does not close or lock automatically.
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What needs to be known on regulations for the residential pool safety 
According to the regulations on residential pool safety, the mandatory fence for above ground, in ground or semi-in ground pool must be:

• Be of 1.2 m to 15m in height. (Confirm with the requirements of your municipality.) 
• Prevent a round object of 10 cm in diameter between each post.
• Make the climbing for the outside impossible; impossible to hold on or support feet.
• Have a door with an automatic closing devise, inside the enclosure.
• Pool with struts must be surrounded by an enclosure.
• Please note that hedges or shrubs do not constitute as an enclosure.

Compulsory licence, a regulation for residential pool safety 
In order to ensure compliance of standards on residential pool safety regulation, each municipality requires now a licence for all new pool installations or for a construction installation, such as a patio or a deck, giving access to a residential pool. 

The importance of an increased surveillance
An adult active surveillance is of the most importance:
Never leave a child without surveillance, be it a second.

For more information:
Governement of Quebec | Residential Swimming Pool safety regulation
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Parachute Canada | Safer Pool Fencing Laws

Preventing Drowning | Canadian Municipal By-Laws

Canadian Red Cross | Backyard Pools