Submit a New Notification/Permit
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)