Farm buildings—such as those used to store and pack produce or house livestock and poultry—are typically remotely located, and few people tend to work in them. For these reasons, they do not fall exclusively under the National Building Code of Canada and instead call for their own requirements.

The National Farm Building Code of Canada 1995 applies to farm buildings of low human occupancy and provides minimum requirements for human health, fire safety and structural sufficiency in farm buildings.

Published by the National Research Council Canada's Institute for Research in Construction, this document is tailored to the needs of the agricultural community.

Note: Farm buildings that do not qualify as having low human occupancy (i.e. a house on a farm property) must comply with the National Building Code or the applicable provincial code.