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List of consultations
| Closing date | Topic | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Closed | Road | Updating Technical Standards Document 208 | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the list of child restraints used for testing air bag suppression systems and expanding requirements for seat belt reminders in Technical Standards Document 208. |
| Ongoing | Road, Marine, Rail, Aviation | Are disruptions to supply chains impacting your organization? | Supply Chain Office is looking for industry feedback on how disruptions are impacting organizations in the transportation sector. This feedback will be used to help improve government’s response to supply chain disruptions. |
| Closed | Road | Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night | Transport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night. |
| Closed | Road | The United Nations Global Technical Regulation on Automated Driving Systems | Consultation on the proposed global technical regulations on Automated Driving Systems. |
| Closed | Road | Update to TSD 139 on Parasitic Tread Block Chunking (PTBC) | Update to TSD 139 on Parasitic Tread block Chunking |
| Closed | Road | Proposal to update the regulatory requirements concerning the safety of restraint systems and vehicle anchorages | Proposal to update the regulatory requirements concerning the safety of restraint systems and vehicle anchorages |
| Closed | Road | Various changes to the regulations under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (MVSA) (2026) | Consultation under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act on 6 topics which include: bilingual notice requirements, inconsequential non-compliance, digital speedometer, relocate a table, glazing code marking and bilingual Technical Standards Documents. |
| Closed | Road | New standards for hydrogen vehicles in Canada | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the regulations to introduce requirements for new hydrogen vehicles |
| Closed | Road | Various changes to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSR) (2025) | Transport Canada is seeking feedback on various changes to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations |
| Closed | Road | Allowing Product Identification Numbers for restricted-use vehicles and snowmobiles | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the regulations to allow restricted-use vehicles and snowmobiles to use either a PIN or a VIN. |
| Closed | Road | Updating requirements for Technical Standards Documents (TSD) 105, 121, 122, 126, 135 and 500 | Consultation on the proposed TSD updates on SRTT. |
| Closed | Road | Amending the Winter Tire Regulations | Consultation on updating the regulations on various aspects of Winter Tires. |
| Closed | Road | Updated requirements for Technical Standards Document 108 | Transport Canada is seeking feedback on proposed changes to TSD 108. |
| Closed | Road | Updated requirements for Technical Standards Document (TSD) 108 | We are looking for your feedback on the changes Transport Canada is proposing. |
| Closed | Road | Updating Canada’s theft protection options for new vehicles | Transport Canada is seeking your feedback on our possible approach to reducing vehicle theft in Canada. |
| Closed | Road | What we heard: Updating Canada’s theft protection options for new vehicles | This webpage is a What we heard report stemming from public consultations held between May 20-July 19, 2024. The public consultations were intended to gather feedback from Canadians on improvements to strengthen the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards related to vehicle theft prevention. |
| Closed | Road | Let’s talk: Improving how we enforce commercial vehicle safety | We want your views on adding new contraventions (violations) to the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations. |
| Closed | Aviation, Marine, Rail, Road | Let’s Talk Supply Chains | Transport Canada understands that supply chain issues have wide-ranging impacts and would like to hear the views of all Canadians. We want to continue this important conversation and gather additional comments, questions, and feedback from the public. |
| Closed | Road | Allowing Product Identification Numbers for restricted-use vehicles | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the regulations to allow restricted-use vehicles to use a PIN instead of a VIN. |
| Closed | Road | Updating regulations to modernize and strengthen motor vehicle safety for Canadians | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating regulations under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to improve how we identify possible safety issues in vehicles and equipment, and to improve Canadians’ access to vehicle recall information. |
| Closed | Road | Updating the requirements for Technical Standards Document (TSD) 208 – Occupant Crash Protection | We are looking for your feedback on the changes Transport Canada is proposing. |
| Closed | Road | Updating the requirements for exemption labelling | Transport Canada wants your feedback on ways to improve exemption labelling |
| Closed | Road | Creating a new regulation for Administrative Monetary Penalties under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act | Transport Canada wants feedback on creating a new safety regulation under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (the Act) for administrative monetary penalties. |
| Closed | Road | Creating a standard for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations to include advanced driver assistance systems |
| Closed | Road | Should automatic emergency braking systems be required for new vehicles? | Transport Canada wants feedback on updating the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations to require automatic emergency braking and pedestrian automatic emergency braking on all new vehicles in Canada, in particular school buses and commercial trucks, but also passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, and buses. |