Road Transportation

The key to safe driving is to pay attention to the road - at all times - and to make sure passengers (and kids) are always properly buckled up.

Transport Canada has proposed that Electronic Stability Control (ESC) be required on all passenger cars, multi-purpose vehicles, trucks and buses with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 4536 kg or less and manufactured on or after September 1^st, 2011.

• Licensing
  • Obtain a driver’s license

• Importing
  • Importing a vehicle
  • Importation from the United States
  • Importation of vehicles into Canada from countries other than the United States

• Vehicle Safety
  • Road Safety Recalls Database
  • Defects and recalls of vehicles, tires, and child car seats
  • Vehicle Safety Features
  • Air Bags
  • School Buses, Buses and Large Vans
  • Low Speed Vehicles
  • Safe Snowmobiling
  • All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety

• On the road
  • Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
  • Winter driving
  • Winter Tire Safety Tips
  • Roundabouts
  • Seat belt sense
  • Canada Map Office (Natural Resources Canada)

• Road Transportation and the Environment
  • ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles
  • Urban Transportation Showcase
  • Learn how to keep your car operating as fuel-efficiently as possible
• Child Safety
  • Child Safety
  • Car Seats, Seat Belts and Your Child
  • School Bus Safety
  • Child Restraint and Booster Cushion Public & Consumer Information Notices

Safe, sustainable and efficient public transit systems are essential to Canada’s economy, environment and quality of life. While urban transit infrastructure is a shared municipal and provincial/territorial responsibility, the Government of Canada recognizes that making urban transportation more sustainable and efficient is a significant challenge that requires the cooperation of all levels of government.

Canada’s cities and regions are making clean, efficient and convenient transportation options a reality. Transport Canada’s Urban Transportation Showcase highlights innovative sustainable transportation projects and issues that are changing how Canadians move.

• Sustainable Transportation
  • Urban Transportation Showcase
  • Urban Transportation Emission Calculator
  • Transportation Infrastructure Programs – Transit Programs
• Accessible Transportation
  • Acessible Schedules Intercity Bus Services Complaint Form
• Transit Passes
  • Tax credit for public transit passes

As a commercial vehicle operator, you help move the goods and services that Canadians produce, import and export, through North America’s vast network of highways.

Transport Canada is leading an experimental study aimed at developing and validating scientifically sound napping and recovery strategies for truck drivers.

• Operators
  • Commercial Vehicle Driver Hours of Service Regulations
  • Driver Fatigue
  • Human Factors in Motor Carrier Safety
  • Motor Carriers

• Highways and Borders
  • Highways and Border Policy
  • Freight Integration and Motor Carrier Policy

• Technology and Innovation
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Safety
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods
  • Sharing the Road Safely

The information in this section will help Canadian and foreign manufacturers design and build vehicles that meet the standards and regulations under Canada's Motor Vehicle Safety Act (MVSA).

We have information on vehicle manufacturing, such as the guidelines for making and selling trailers and "kit cars".

• General
  • Safety standards for vehicles, tires, and child car seats
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  • Guidelines on Enforcement and Compliance Policy
  • Trailer Information Guide