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WHMIS 2015 (GHS) for workers
Eight short modules written for people who handle, store or work near hazardous products in a Canadian workplace. Read them in any order, finish the knowledge checks, then take the 25-question final exam. Pass at 80% and your certificate of completion is ready the same day for CAD 24.95.
Updated for the December 2025 changes. Health Canada's amended Hazardous Products Regulations became mandatory for suppliers on December 15, 2025. Module 8 covers what changed, including the new "chemicals under pressure" class and the revised aerosol and flammable-gas categories, so you don't have to retake training written for the old rules.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain what WHMIS is, how it lines up with the international GHS, and who is responsible for what.
- Describe how hazardous products get into the body and the difference between acute, chronic and latent effects.
- Recognize all ten pictograms and the hazard classes behind them.
- Read a supplier label and prepare a compliant workplace label.
- Find what you need, fast, on a 16-section safety data sheet.
- Apply the hierarchy of controls, choose PPE from an SDS, and respond to a spill.
- State your rights and duties under provincial and federal OHS law.
How the certificate works
- Work through the eight modules at your own pace. Progress is saved in this browser.
- Enrol with your name and email (free), then take the final exam. Unlimited attempts.
- Pass at 80% or higher and pay CAD 24.95 once. Your certificate PDF and wallet card download immediately and are emailed to you.
- Each certificate carries a unique ID and QR code. Employers can confirm it at whmiscert.ca/verify at any time.
The course delivers the WHMIS education component (generic, portable knowledge). Your employer must still provide workplace-specific training on the actual products and procedures at your site, and must review the WHMIS program at least annually. No government body issues WHMIS certificates; a certificate of completion is the industry-standard record that generic education has been delivered.