Fishtape in Manitoba
Built for Manitoba electrical contractors
The Manitoba Electrical Code (CEC 2024 with the Manitoba schedule), permits through Manitoba Hydro or the City of Winnipeg, and RST on the whole contract, labour included.
Manitoba, set up for you
Pick your province when you sign up and Fishtape sets the code book, permit authority, tax and safety reporting to match. These facts come from the same data the app uses.
- Electrical code
- CEC 2024, in force since 2026-04-01Manitoba Electrical Code (CEC 2024 + Manitoba schedule) since 2026-04-01
- Permits and inspections
- Manitoba Hydro (outside Winnipeg) / City of WinnipegInside Winnipeg, permits and inspections are by the City of Winnipeg; elsewhere by Manitoba Hydro.
- Sales tax on your invoices
- GST 5% + RST 7%Default: PST/RST on the whole contract. Manitoba: electrical systems count as goods, so RST applies to the whole contract, labour included (Bulletin 031). Buy wire and gear RST-exempt with your RST number.
- Injury reports
- WCB Manitoba, Employer Incident ReportWithin 5 business days. Safety lists what to report to Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health and when.
Provincial amendments in the app
Manitoba's voltage drop rule applies to branch circuits only, and the calculator says so for Manitoba companies. Our own one-line summaries; the code book and your inspector decide.
- Rule 2-004. Section 2 administrative rules 2-000 and 2-004 to 2-032 do not apply; Manitoba Hydro or the Winnipeg Electrical By-law administers permits.
- Rule 6-400. Utility metering standards prevail.
- Rule 8-102. The voltage drop limit applies to branch circuits only.
- Rule 8-202. EV loads count at 100% in apartment calculations unless an energy management system is used.
- Rule 10-102. Rod electrodes: two rods at least 15.8 mm in diameter, at least 3 m apart.
- Rule 10-116. No splices in the grounding conductor except by approved methods.
- Rule 10-210. Replaced by Manitoba's own rule.
- Rule 12-2208. Cable tray bonded at least every 15 m.
- Rule 26-704. GFCI on block-heater receptacles for emergency or fleet vehicles may be left off with written approval.
- Rule 26-724. One duplex receptacle per driveway or parking area.
- Rule 64-110. Single-phase inverters may not connect to three-phase systems.
- Rule 76-006. Requirements for temporary service posts.
Built for the way you work
CEC calculators
Conductor sizing, voltage drop, conduit and box fill, demand loads and motors, with the rule numbers.
Every plan
Box auto-placement and CEC checks
Draw a room and Fishtape places the boxes, then checks spacing, GFCI, AFCI and TR on the drawing.
Pro and up
Estimates to invoices
Quote from your price book and takeoff, then invoice with the right GST, HST or PST and get paid online.
Every plan
Safety
FLHAs, toolbox talks, incidents and near misses, inspections and training, signed on the iPad.
Every plan
No caps on your work
Every plan, trial included, lets you make as many as you need of:
- Invoices
- Estimates and quotes
- Jobs
- Clients and leads
- Drawings and plan sheets
Plans differ by features and by how many users are included, nothing else. Downgrading never deletes anything: you keep reading everything you made.
Try Fishtape in Manitoba
14 days free on the plan you pick. A $1 deposit confirms your card and comes off your first month. Cancel before the trial ends and the plan is never charged.