Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins)
Citation	S.C. 2019, c. 11
Enacted by	Parliament of Canada
Royal assent	2019-06-21
Effective	2019-06-21
Legislative history
Bill title	S-203
Introduced by	Wilfred Moore
First reading	2015-12-08
Second reading	2016-11-23
Third reading	2018-10-23
First reading	2018-10-29
Second reading	2019-02-01
Third reading	2019-06-10
Amends
Criminal Code Fisheries Act Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act
Status: In force

The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (French: Loi visant à mettre fin à la captivité des baleines et des dauphins) is an act of the Parliament of Canada. Passed into law in 2019, the Act bans the capture and keeping in captivity of cetaceans (the biological taxon comprising whales, dolphins, and porpoises). There is a grandfather clause for cetaceans in captivity when the law first came into force, and other exceptions, such as where a provincial government has issued a licence to keep cetaceans for research purposes.