To Submit a New Notification/Permit
Please note the following before completing your Notification form:
- Notification forms cannot be submitted directly through the website to the Customer Service Centre. Forms can be submitted as outlined below.
- Payment is required at the time the notification is filed.
- For credit card payments — please contact the Customer Service Centre by phone: 1-877-372-7233.
- For cheque or money orders — download and complete the applicable form, and mail it to:
Electrical Safety Authority, 400 Sheldon Dr., Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9 - Contact the Customer Service Centre for a fee estimate prior to sending a cheque/money order.
Ways to submit your completed form:
Phone: 1-877-372-7233
Fax: 1-800-667-4278
Email: esa.cambridge@electricalsafety.on.ca
Mail: Electrical Safety Authority, 400 Sheldon Dr., Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9
Residential
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New Residential |
For new installations on a residential premise (includes: modular/prefab homes, multi-unit residential complexes [row-house, townhouse, semi detached house, duplex, triplex and quadruplex]) |
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Residential Renovation |
For renovation of individual residential units, including multi-unit buildings consisting of 4 or fewer units, basement apartments, granny suites, detached outbuildings and rewires |
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Apartments |
For new installations (new apartment building/retirement home) and renovations of apartment units, multi unit residential buildings (with common entrance) 5+ dwelling units and retirement home |
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| HVAC Small Job | For HVAC equipment installations done at Residential and Apartment sites. | |
Industrial/Commercial/Agricultural
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High Voltage |
For high voltage (primary) installations >750 Volts (Temporary and Permanent) | |
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Low Voltage |
For low voltage (secondary) installations <=750 Volts (Temporary and Permanent) | |
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Renewable Energy |
For renewable energy (solar, wind, other) installations 10 kw or less | |
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Neon Sign |
For inspection of the wiring of signs & outline lighting installations (includes skeletal neon, outline lighting, and signs with remote transformers or ballasts) | |
Entertainment
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Permission to Show/Energize |
For trade show exhibitors with unapproved equipment that wish to display but not to connect or provide electricity to the equipment or for trade show exhibitors that wish to connect and energize (provide electricity) unapproved equipment. |  |
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Entertainment |
For entertainment notifications/permits including all television, film, commercial, live performance, carnivals, trade shows, or event productions including but not limited to live productions regardless of site or location. | |
Other Notifications/Permits for Inspection
| Re-Energize Electrical Service | To energize electrical service to a site (non-occupancy, non-payment, fire, flood, explosion, lightning strike, other disaster, meter by-pass, grow op/meth lab) | |
| Retrofit Luminaires |
ESA has a program for acceptance of retrofitted luminaires in Ontario – click here to view this guide. A notification of work is required for each project site with retrofitted luminaires. Please note a completed application form must be submitted to process your request. An application cannot be completed over the phone. |
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