The Ontario Building Code | Sleeping Areas in Group B and Child Care Facilities

3.7.1.3. Sleeping Areas in Group B and Child Care Facilities

(1) Except as provided in Sentence (2), a sleeping area in a Group B occupancy shall provide not less than 4.7 m²per person in a room having,

(a) an area not less than 7 m²,

(b) a horizontal dimension not less than 2 000 mm, and

(c) a ceiling height not less than 2 300 mm.

(2) Sleeping rooms for residents in long-term care homes shall have, exclusive of space provided for washrooms and for built-in or portable clothes closets, a floor space not less than,

(a) 10.22 m² in a single-bed unit,

(b) 16.72 m² in a two-bed unit,

(c) 25.08 m² in a three-bed unit, and

(d) 29.73 m² in a four-bed unit.

(3) A child care facility shall provide sleeping accommodation having not less than 0.93 m² of floor surface area for each child with not less than 2 300 mm ceiling height over the entire room area.