Sask Film Safety

Ontario

Toronto / Ontario: NABET working terms and provincial film safety guidance.

Ontario’s film safety guidelines cover production responsibilities and specific activities. They can help with planning, but they refer to a different province’s requirements.

Look up the activity

Use the original guideline for the task or department involved. Read its scope before relying on a particular recommendation.

Confirm who is responsible

Use the guideline to discuss who plans, supervises and carries out the work on your production.

Check the Saskatchewan requirements

Keep Ontario references labelled as outside guidance. Ask a qualified local adviser about requirements that differ or are unclear.

For a pay or safety decision, confirm the requirements and agreement that cover your job. These links are not a crew rate sheet.

Working agreement examples

NABET agreement terms

NABET agreement, 2025–2027. Other Ontario unions, departments and productions have different terms.

NABET 700-M / CMPA Collective Agreement, 2025–2027 (opens in a new tab)

Covered NABET Ontario technicians

Sets a nine-hour minimum credited call; it does not call every Toronto job a twelve-hour day.

Passage, source date & limits

Article 14.2, printed p. 19

NABET 700-M UNIFOR / CMPA · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 20

NABET 700-M / CMPA Collective Agreement, 2025–2027 (opens in a new tab)

Covered NABET Ontario technicians

Ordinary days: 1.5× for hours 10–12, 2× for hours 13–14, 3× from hour 15.

Passage, source date & limits

Article 14.6, printed pp. 20–21

NABET 700-M UNIFOR / CMPA · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 21

NABET 700-M / CMPA Collective Agreement, 2025–2027 (opens in a new tab)

Covered NABET Ontario technicians

Sets at least ten hours between calls, with turnaround payments and weekend rules.

Passage, source date & limits

Article 14.9, printed pp. 21–22

Nearby-location rules can require more rest; read Article 9.7(j) as well.

NABET 700-M UNIFOR / CMPA · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 22

NABET 700-M / CMPA Collective Agreement, 2025–2027 (opens in a new tab)

Covered NABET Ontario technicians

Defines first meals, paid-through arrangements and late-meal compensation.

Passage, source date & limits

Articles 12.2–12.4, printed pp. 16–17

NABET 700-M UNIFOR / CMPA · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 17

NABET 700-M / CMPA Collective Agreement, 2025–2027 (opens in a new tab)

Covered NABET Ontario technicians

Nearby-location rules address paid travel, shuttles and accommodation or transport after qualifying long days.

Passage, source date & limits

Article 9.7(b)–(f), printed pp. 10–11

Zone boundaries, shuttle exceptions and the worker’s circumstances matter. This is not a blanket claim that every commute is paid.

NABET 700-M UNIFOR / CMPA · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 11