National Building Code
How buildings are designed and built — structure, fire-resistance of assemblies, accessibility, energy efficiency.
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Search every clause of Canada's National Codes — Building, Fire, and Plumbing. Fast, free, and no account needed.
Each code governs a different part of a building. Pick one to search its full text.
How buildings are designed and built — structure, fire-resistance of assemblies, accessibility, energy efficiency.
Search the Building CodeFire safety in buildings and facilities — prevention, sprinklers and alarms, life safety, hazardous materials.
Search the Fire CodeWater systems — potable supply, drainage and venting, plumbing fixtures, sanitation requirements.
Search the Plumbing CodeEach demo is a cropped, close-up view of the real control — zoomed in, used, then zoomed out to show the result it produces.
The demo is a cropped close-up of just the search bar. It zooms in, types "fire width", zooms out: clauses with both words — even apart in the same sentence — highlighted.
The cursor taps the filter icon, the dropdown drops down, "Part 3" is picked, then a query is typed — zoom out to see only Part 3 results.
While reading, a gold "Suggestion: Part N" chip pops into the search bar. One tap scopes the whole app to that part.
Tap each clause reference in the text — it pops into the ⧉ drawer as a tab. Flip the drawer to a single scrolling page.
Tap the ☾ moon and the whole reading view flips dark — then back to light.
Tap ☆ beside any article to save it. Bookmarks (and theme and text size) live in your browser — no account, no tracking.
An independent, free reference tool for the National Codes of Canada.
This site is a free, independent search tool. For the official, legally authoritative text of each code, download it from the National Research Council of Canada.