UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C., 20549

                                    Form 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (B) OR (G) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         NEVADA                                        33-0264030
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(State or other jurisdiction of            (IRS Employer Identification Number)
 incorporation or organization)

         255 Consumers Road, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario Canada M2J 1R4
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         (Address of principal executive offices and Zip (Postal) Code)


Securities  Act  registration  statement file number to which this form relates:
333-92591

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:

Title of each class                            Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered                            each class is to be registered
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NONE
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If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(b)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. [ ]

If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(g)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [X]


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                         Common Stock Purchase Warrants
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                                (Title of Class)







Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered


                         Common Stock Purchase Warrants


         On December 8, 1999, the Board of Directors of WaveRider Communications
Inc.  authorized the creation of certain  Common Stock  Purchase  Warrants to be
sold in  conjunction  with a public  offering of the  Company's  share of common
stock.  Each  warrant  will  entitle  the holder to  purchase on share of common
stock,  for a period  of two (2)  years  from  the  date of close of the  public
offering, at an exercise price of $2.00 per share.

Item 2.   Exhibits

The following Exhibit is incorporated by reference as part of this report:

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit

1    Form of Warrant,  incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit 4.13 on Form S-3,
     File No. 333-92591



Signatures

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                          WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS INC.

                          By:  /s/ D. Bruce Sinclair
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                               D. Bruce Sinclair, President and Chief Executive
                               Officer