Widely cited frequency, not yet confirmed against a Quebec primary source. Validate with your authority having jurisdiction.
We show it with its caveat, here as in the registers — never as a legal deadline.
Taken as written from the rule that prepares the registers. Cited, never restated.
The caveat, word for word
Exact interval to be confirmed against a Quebec primary source
Where to read the date, in the room
On the suppression system cylinder, above or beside the hood: an inspection tag, usually punched with a month and a year.
The tag is there because the standard requires it: NFPA 17A
It is one of the stops on the kitchen walk — about twenty minutes, a phone, no vendor to call.
What evidence stays on file
A dated service record, handed over by whoever performed the work. That is the document filed in the register, under this obligation.
It concerns one piece of equipment: the kitchen suppression system.
The other obligations
- Keeping the building inspection register
- Hood and duct cleaning — solid fuel
- Hood and duct cleaning — high volume
- Hood and duct cleaning — full service
- Hood and duct cleaning — low volume
- Extinguishers — monthly visual check
- Extinguishers — annual service and tag
- Fire alarm — annual inspection
- First aid kit — contents audit
- Emergency lighting — annual load test
- Grease trap — maintenance
Your establishment already has a prepared register
The obligations above are prepared in advance for every food establishment in Montreal, from the City's open data.
Data: City of Montréal · MAPAQ. Rules: Safety Code ch. VIII, NFPA, CAN/ULC. Rules verified on Aug 21, 2026. Regulatory journal →
The operator remains solely legally responsible for the establishment's compliance. Tigidu is a record-keeping and coordination tool — not a contractor, an inspector, or legal advice.