Canacha Inc. - conviction information for 2025-10-14
| Corporation name: | Canacha Inc. |
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| Address: | 336-1804 Le Corbusier Blvd. |
| City: | Laval |
| Province/territory: | Quebec |
| Postal code: | H7S 2N3 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 562 - Waste management and remediation services |
| Location of offense: | 336-1804 Le Corbusier Blvd., Laval, Quebec |
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| Case summary: |
On October 14, 2025, the Quebec Court ordered the company Canacha Inc. to pay a fine of $125,000, after pleading guilty to one count of violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The offence relates to a failure to comply with an environmental protection compliance order. The fine will be paid into the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
In March and April of 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers, working with Canada Border Services Agency officers, intercepted several shipping containers declared to contain bales of paper to be exported to India from the ports of Montreal and Halifax. However, the shipping containers were contaminated with household waste, including plastic and metal. The company Canacha Inc. could not export them to India, as they did not have the required authorization.
Following these findings, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers issued an environmental protection compliance order against Canacha Inc. This order required them, in addition to other requirements, to submit to the Department a detailed environmental management plan for their export activities and to ensure compliance with the Act.
As of September 9, 2022, the date by which the required remedial measures had to be in effect, the company had not submitted an environmental management plan to Environment and Climate Change Canada. Failure to comply with an environmental protection compliance order is an offence under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. |
| Charges: |
Between August 18, 2022, and September 9, 2022, failed to provide Environment and Climate Change Canada with a copy of an environmental management plan, in contravention of an Environmental Protection Compliance Order pursuant to subsection 238 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, thereby committing an offence by summary procedure under subparagraph 272 (3)(b)(i) of that Act. |
| Enforcement notification: | Canacha Inc. fined $125,000 for failing to comply with an environmental protection enforcement order - Canada.ca |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2025-10-14 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | 238(1) |
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2025-10-14 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Montreal |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $125,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On October 14, 2025, before the Court of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec City, Canacha Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to provide Environment and Climate Change Canada with a copy of an environmental management plan, in contravention of an Environmental Protection Compliance Order pursuant to subsection 238 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, thereby committing an offence by summary procedure under subparagraph 272 (3)(b)(i) of that Act.
Canacha Inc. was ordered to pay a fine of $125,000, which will be paid into the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. |