Weights and Measures Act

Schedule IV · Reference Standards (Section 11)

For Measurement of Length1 The national standard for length in Canada realized, through the use of any device, in compliance with the definition metre adopted by the 26^e Conférence générale des poids et mesures as reported in the Comptes rendus de la 26^e Conférence générale des poids et mesures published by the Bureau international des poids et mesures, and determined by the National Research Council of Canada under subparagraph 5(1)(c)(iv) of the National Research Council Act.For Measurement of Mass or WeightAvoirdupois Weight1 A standard of a nominal mass of one pound, designated MR-2.Troy Weight2 A standard of nominal mass of one hundred troy ounces, designated MR-3.Metric Weight3 A standard of a nominal mass of one kilogram, designated MR-1.For Measurement of TemperatureItem | Standard Number | Description1 | VS767_1808 | Platinum Resistance Sensor, manufactured by Fluke Hart Scientific, having serial number 1808, and Black Stack thermometer module, manufactured by Fluke Hart Scientific, having serial number A780222 | [Repealed, SOR/2009-80]3 | VS767_1203 | Thermistor sensor, manufactured by Thermometrics having serial number 1203; and Black Stack thermometer module, manufactured by Hart Scientific having serial number A131084 | VS1163_4749 | Precision temperature scanner, Model 1586A, manufactured by Fluke Calibration, having serial number 48175028; and Platinum Resistance Thermometer, Model 5626, manufactured by Fluke Calibration, having serial number 4749For Measurement of ElectricityItem | Standard Number | Description1 | L-57 | Variable Burden Box for Voltage Transformers, manufactured by H. Tinsley & Co. Ltd. having serial number 12982 | L-1014 | Shielded Precision Capacitor, manufactured by Trench Electric Ltd. having serial number 75993 | L-1046 | Voltage Transformer, manufactured by Sangamo Company Limited having serial number 5557624 | EL-1847 | Voltage Transformer, manufactured by Instrument Transformer Inc. having serial number 5472225 | EL-1848 | Voltage Transformer, manufactured by Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. having serial number 395183606 | EL-1954 | Standard Capacitor Model 1404A, manufactured by IET Labs, Inc., having serial number D3-130912987 | EL-1892 | Current Transformer, manufactured by Tettex Instruments having serial number 1496918 | EL-1894 | Programmable Electronic Burden Box for Current Transformers, manufactured by Tettex Instruments having serial number 1495449 | EL-857 | Current Transformer, manufactured by Smith Hobson Ltd. having serial number G-03312710 | EL-1720 | Current Transformer, manufactured by Knopp Inc. having serial number 803939111 | EL-1955 | Multifunction Transducer (W/Wh/VA/VAh/var/varh/V/Vh/V2h/I/Ih/I2h), Radian Dytronic Model RD-23-433, manufactured by Radian Research, Inc., having serial number 20728612 | E-1877 | Standard Capacitor Model NK30, manufactured by Haefely Trench AG, having serial number 060565/213 | EL-1947 | High Precision Decade Resistor Model HPRS-C-5-0.01, manufactured by IET Labs, Inc., having serial number E1-111278314 | EL-1948 | Three-Stage Electronically Compensated Current Transformer, manufactured by the National Research Council of Canada, having serial number ECCT-2010-00115 | EL-1949 | Electronically Compensated Current Transformer, manufactured by the National Research Council of Canada, having serial number ECCT-2010-00216 | EL-1963 | Single-phase Electricity Reference Standard, Radian Xytronic Model RX-23-PQ, manufactured by Radian Research Inc., having serial number 710590For Measurement of GasItem | Standard Number | Description1 | GL-2279 | Dead Weight Tester, manufactured by DH Instruments Inc. having serial number 4872 | GL-2280 | Dead Weight Tester, manufactured by GE Sensing having serial number 638093 | [Repealed, SOR/2009-80]4 | GL-2033 | Dead Weight Tester, manufactured by Ruska Instruments Co. having serial number 445095 | GL-2104 | Dead Weight Tester, manufactured by Ruska Instruments Co. having serial number 46404