Who can purchase and use high power rocket motors in Canada?
ERD requires that purchasers of high power rocket motors for sport (recreational, hobby) use must be certified members of a recognized national rocketry association. Associations overseeing high power rocketry that are recognized currently by ERD are the Canadian Association of Rocketry (CAR), the Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA), and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). Each of these associations have similar safety codes and rules of operation, and each has a certification program through which members are required to demonstrate their knowledge and competence in the sport, in order to progress to successive levels of certification. High power rocket motors will not be sold to any individual who is not a certified member of one of these associations. Dealers of these products are required to keep records of each sale, and to check the credentials of anyone wishing to buy these products. In addition, the Explosives Regulations allow anyone to refuse sale of explosive material
