Ok, Sorry to keep taking up everyone's time with the long posts, but just trying to be helpful. I know that my suggestion to not have a main CB in the sub panel was brought up in earlier posts and then disregarded. But I don't believe it is a requirement to have a main circuit breaker, just a "disconnect means"... which could be a circuit breaker but can also be just a switch or disconnect or just a $14 un-fused AC disconnect. Again, I think a main circuit breaker panel is one way to have a disconnect means, but is not required.
I also think that you may be meeting the code with the individual branch circuit breakers in the panel I recommended without a main breaker or even a main disconnect. NEC code in the states allows up to 6 separate disconnect switches (circuit breakers) instead of a single disconnect means. That is under article 225 Part II. This means that as long as you keep the individual branch circuit breakers in the panel to 6 or less, that panel is all you need.
I can not fully research CEC, but did find section 14-418 that shows the need for a "disconnecting means"...(does not have to be a circuit breaker). and section 4(subrule 3) states "two or more ... needs to be grouped together" this indicates that multiple disconnects (circuit breakers) may be used instead of one, but I could not find a specific number. I don't want to provide misinformation, so please let me know if I am mis-stating or mis-using the code, but I don't think the requirement that there has to be a main circuit breaker in a remote subpanel is true.
I also think that you may be meeting the code with the individual branch circuit breakers in the panel I recommended without a main breaker or even a main disconnect. NEC code in the states allows up to 6 separate disconnect switches (circuit breakers) instead of a single disconnect means. That is under article 225 Part II. This means that as long as you keep the individual branch circuit breakers in the panel to 6 or less, that panel is all you need.
I can not fully research CEC, but did find section 14-418 that shows the need for a "disconnecting means"...(does not have to be a circuit breaker). and section 4(subrule 3) states "two or more ... needs to be grouped together" this indicates that multiple disconnects (circuit breakers) may be used instead of one, but I could not find a specific number. I don't want to provide misinformation, so please let me know if I am mis-stating or mis-using the code, but I don't think the requirement that there has to be a main circuit breaker in a remote subpanel is true.