Ways to submit your completed form:

Email esa.cambridge@electricalsafety.on.ca
Phone 1-877-372-7233
Mail → 400 Sheldon Drive, Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9

 

Request for Inspection

Request an inspection on an existing notification of work.

 Download Request for Inspection form (PDF)     Download Request for Inspection form (Word)

 

Payment is required at the time the notification is submitted.

• Credit card payments — contact the Customer Service Centre by phone: 1-877-372-7233. 
• Cheque or money orders — download and complete the applicable form, and mail it to:
  Electrical Safety Authority, 400 Sheldon Drive, 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
Email esa.cambridge@electricalsafety.on.ca
Mail → 400 Sheldon Dr., Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9

 

Residential

New Residential 

New installations on residential premises, includes modular/prefab homes, multi-unit residential complexes (row-house, townhouse, semi-detached, duplex, triplex and quadruplex)

 Download New Residential form (PDF)     Download New Residential form (Excel)

Residential Renovation

Renovation of individual residential units, which includes multi-unit buildings with 4 or fewer units, basement apartments, granny suites, detached outbuildings, and rewires

 Download Residential Renovation form (PDF)     Download Residential Renovation form (Excel)

Apartments

New installations (new apartment building/retirement home) and renovations of apartment units, multi-unit residential buildings with a common entrance and 5 or more dwelling units, and retirement homes

 Download Apartments form (PDF)     Download Apartments form (Excel)

HVAC Small Job

HVAC equipment installations in residential and apartment sites

 Download HVAC Small Job form (PDF)     Download HVAC Small Job form (Excel)

 

Industrial/Commercial/Agricultural

High Voltage

High voltage (primary) installations >750 Volts (Temporary and Permanent)

 Download High Voltage form (PDF)     Download High Voltage form (Low Voltage)

Low Voltage

Low voltage (secondary) installations <=750 Volts (Temporary and Permanent)

 Download Low Voltage form (PDF)     Download Low Voltage form (Excel)

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy (solar, wind, other) installations 10 kw or less

 Download Renewable Energy form (PDF)      Download Renewable Energy form (Excel)

Neon Sign

Inspection of the wiring of signs & outline lighting installations (includes skeletal neon, outline lighting, and signs with remote transformers or ballasts)

 Download Neon Sign form (PDF)     Download Neon Sign form (Excel)

 

Entertainment

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.

 Download Permission to Show/Energize form (PDF)     Download Permission to Show/Energize form (Word)

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.

 Download Entertainment form (PDF)     Download Entertainment form (Excel)

 

Other Notifications/Permits for Inspection

Re-Energize Electrical Service

Energize electrical service to a site (due to non-occupancy, non-payment, fire, flood, explosion, lightning strike, other disaster, meter by-pass, grow op/meth lab)

 Download Re-Energize Electrical Service form (PDF)     Download Re-Energize Electrical Service form (Excel)

Retrofitted 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; it cannot be completed over the phone.

 Download Retrofitted Luminaires form (PDF)     Download Retrofitted Luminaires form (Word)

 

Ways to submit your completed form:

Email: rfi@electricalsafety.on.ca
Phone 1-877-372-7233
Mail → 400 Sheldon Dr., Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9 

 

Record Search

This service generates a report for a specific address indicating if there are open/outstanding notifications of work pertaining to the address. If copies of correspondence, notes and/or specific details about any notifications (open or closed) for an address are required, please submit an Access to Information Request. 

 Download Record Search form (PDF)     Download Record Search form (Excel)

 

Access to Information

A Request for Access to Information is broader in scope than a Record Search and may involve specific information and notes recorded in a notification of work, and/or copies of ESA correspondence. Please note a completed application form must be submitted to process your request; it cannot be completed over the phone.

 Download Access to Information form (PDF)     Download Access to Information form (Excel)

 

 

As October 1, 2024, licensing fees will increase 3.8%. New licence or exam applications received as of October 1, 2024 will be charged the updated fee. For licence renewals, invoices will reflect the fee as of the date the invoice is issued.

Licence fees are used to cover the administration of the program, as well as provide funding for public awareness campaigns and enforcement against unlicensed contractors. The increase reflects the inflationary pressures and economic headwinds that the ESA, and many organizations, are facing, while continuing to deliver on the ESA’s important mandate for sector and public education, and invest in operational efficiencies and the digital strategy. 

ESA is committed to processing 80% of new complete Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor licence applications within 30 business days. Learn more about ESA's commitment here.

Contractor Licensing

Submit your completed application forms, required documents, and fees (if applicable) by:

Email → esa.licensing@electricalsafety.on.ca
Mail → ESA Contractor Licensing, 400 Sheldon Drive, Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9

ECRA/ESA Electrical Contractor Licence Application — Application form and process on how to apply for an ECRA/ESA Electrical Contractor (EC) licence.

 Download the ECRA/ESA Electrical Contractor Licence Application form

Customer Account Application — Apply for a customer credit account with ESA.

 Download the Customer Account Application form

Linking Multiple Accounts with an Electrical Contractors Licence — Link multiple ESA accounts for the same business under one Electrical Contractor Licence (owned & operated under the same name, in different locations).

 Download the Linking Multiple Accounts form

Inspection Notifications Transfer — Transfer Notifications to another Licensed Electrical Contractor.

 Download the Inspection Notifications Transfer form

Notice of Change to Information — Change information for a licence, i.e. address, directors/officers, owners, partners or preferred correspondence method.

 Download the Notice of Change to Information form

Licence Replacement — Replace a lost or destroyed licence.

 Download the Licence Replacement form

Notice of Change to Designated Master Electrician — Report the loss of, or changes to your designated Master Electrician.

 Download the Notice of Change to DME form

 

Master Electrician

To apply for your ME exam, email your application to masters.exam@electricalsafety.on.ca
To apply for your ME licence, email your application to esa.licensing@electricalsafety.on.ca

Master Electrician (ME) Exam Application — Apply to write the ME examination.

 Download the ME Exam Application form

Master Electrician Licence Application — Apply for the ME licence (after you have passed the ME Examination).

 Download the ME Licence Application form

Master Electrician Examination Information Package — Master Electrician Examination information package.

 Download the ME Exam Information Package

Trousse de documentation pour l’examen de maître électricien (French ME Examination Information Package) — Trousse de documentation pour l’examen de maître électricien.

 Télécharger : Trousse de documentation pour l’examen de maître électricien

Interpreter Attendance Request for Master Electrician Exam — If you require an interpreter during the ME Exam.

 Download the Interpreter Attendance Request form

Designated Master Electrician Acknowledgement of Responsibility (Schedule A) — Acknowledge responsibility for the personal planning and direct supervision of all electrical work carried out on behalf of the electrical contractor.

 Download the DME Acknowledgement of Responsibility (Schedule A) form

Notice of Change to Designated Master Electrician — Report the loss of, or changes to your designated Master Electrician.

 Download the Notice of Change to DME form

Notice of Change to Information — Change information for a licence, i.e. address or preferred correspondence method.

 Download the Notice of Change to Information form

Licence Replacement — Replace a lost or destroyed licence.

 Download the Licence Replacement form

 

Report Unlicensed Activity

If you suspect someone is doing electrical work without a licence or not meeting their licence requirements, please let us know. You can report it to ESA anonymously using our online form and we’ll investigate.

File a report of unlicensed activity here

 

Ways to submit your completed form:

Email esa.cambridge@electricalsafety.on.ca
Phone 1-877-372-7233
Mail → 400 Sheldon Dr., Unit 1, Cambridge, ON, N1T 2H9 

 

Owner Application

Owner application for periodic inspection of electrical maintenance work performed on roadway electrical systems.

 Download Owner Application form (PDF)     Download Owner Application form (Word)

 

Contractor Application

Contractor application for the inspection of electrical maintenance work performed on roadway electrical systems.

 Download Contractor Application form (PDF)     Download Contractor Application form (Word)

 

Product Safety Reporting

Use this online form to make an enquiry, report an injury, or file a complaint about a product safety issue.

Visit the Product Safety Reporting Portal

 

Serious Electrical Incident Reporting

Used by local distribution companies (LDCs) to notify ESA of any serious electrical incident

Serious Electrical Incident Reporting Online Form

 

Ways to submit your completed form:

Email substation.reports@electricalsafety.on.ca
Fax 1-800-249-7667

 

Substation Maintenance Condition Report

Form must be completed in its entirety — within 14 days of shutdown — for all substation maintenance jobs and all situations where equipment replacements (equivalent rating/characteristics) are completed.

 Download Substation Maintenance Condition Report form (PDF)     Download Substation Maintenance Condition Report form (Word)

 

Low Voltage Service Maintenance Condition Report

Form must be completed in its entirety — within 14 days of shutdown — for all low voltage service maintenance.

 Download Low Voltage Service Maintenance Condition Report form (PDF)     Download Low Voltage Service Maintenance Condition Report form (Word)

 

All submissions must be made using the Electronic Plan Review (EPR) Portal.  

Visit ESA’s Plan Review page for more information.