Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program

Overview & PIA Initiation

Government Institution
Transport Canada (TC)

Government official responsible for the PIA
Joshua Larocque
Director General, Transportation Infrastructure Programs Directorate
Transport Canada

Head of the government institution or Delegate for section 10 of the Privacy Act
Mark Peters,
Director, Directorate Access to Information and Privacy
Transport Canada

Standard or institution specific class of record:
Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program, TC IZEV 001

Standard or institution specific personal information bank:
Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program, TC PPU 052

Legislated authority for activity:
The personal information involved in the iZEV Program is collected in accordance with the Minister of Transport’s mandate as described in section 5 of the Canada Transportation Act^{Footnote 1} and by virtue of the powers available under section 20 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act^{Footnote 2}.

Summary of the project / initiative/ change:

In its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change while strengthening the economy with sustainable jobs and clean industrial growth, the Government of Canada created the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan which outlines a sector-by-sector path for Canada to reach its emissions reduction target of 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.

The 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan set out new federal sales targets and requirements for new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and committed to:

• develop a light-duty ZEV sales regulation, which will set annually increasing requirements towards achieving 100% new light-duty ZEV sales by 2035, including mandatory interim targets of at least 20% of all new light-duty vehicles offered for sale by 2026 and at least 60% by 2030;
• reach 35% of total new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales being ZEV by 2030. In addition, the Government will develop a medium- and heavy-duty ZEV regulation to require 100% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be ZEV by 2040 for a subset of vehicle types based on feasibility, with interim 2030 regulated sales requirements that would vary for different vehicle categories based on feasibility and explore interim targets for the mid-2020s.

The objective of the iZEV Program is to contribute to a clean transportation system by increasing the adoption of ZEVs in Canada through financial incentives to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

The iZEV Program contributes to the adoption of ZEVs by providing incentives to Canadians and Canadian businesses of up to $5,000 for the purchase or lease of eligible ZEVs between May 1, 2019, and March 31, 2025. The program is designed to provide consumers incentives at the point-of-sale by applying a rebate on an eligible vehicle through participating Dealerships. Subsequently, Dealerships are reimbursed by TC in the form of a Federal Grant.

Risk Area Identification and Categorization

In its Directive on Privacy Impact Assessment, TBS has expressed that the PIA must include a completed risk identification and categorization section and make public those risk ratings. A risk rating must be assigned to each risk area named and described in Appendix C of the Directive on Privacy Impact Assessment. The numbered risk scale is presented in an ascending order: the first level (1) represents the lowest level of potential risk for the risk area; the fourth level (4) represents the highest level of potential risk for the given risk area. For this PIA the risk areas and associated risk levels are as follows: