Canadian Aviation Regulations · SOR/96-433
Nutrition Breaks
At least 15 minutes to eat and drink for every 6 hours within a flight duty period.
Applies to 703704705 · in force since December 12, 2020
Section 700.37 in full: “An air operator shall provide a flight crew member with not less than 15 minutes every 6 hours within a flight duty period to eat and drink.”
The nutrition break is time within the flight duty period — the FDP clock keeps running through it. It is not a rest period or a split-duty break.
Related
Regulation text — CARs 700.37
Reproduced from the consolidated Canadian Aviation Regulations ( SOR/96-433) on the Justice Laws website. CARs 700.37
700.37 An air operator shall provide a flight crew member with not less than 15 minutes every 6 hours within a flight duty period to eat and drink.
What changed in 2018
In plain language
New with the 2018 rules: an explicit minimum time to eat and drink during a flight duty period.
Paraphrased from Advisory Circular 700-047 .