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| Title | Description | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in Nova Scotia | Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in Nova Scotia - Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Exemption | |
| Road Safety in Canada – Improve Your Safety | The purpose of this brochure is to provide information to all road users to promote safer behaviour on the roads and promote safer communities. |
Brochure | |
| ELD handout for motor carriers and drivers | ELD handout for motor carriers and drivers | Handout | |
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2021 | Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2021 | Statistics and data | |
| Maxi-Cosi Coral XP, Maxi-Cosi Mico XP Max infant car seats and bases – Universal anchorage system may fail and cause seat to detach | Maxi-Cosi Coral XP, Maxi-Cosi Mico XP Max infant car seats and bases – Universal anchorage system may fail and cause seat to detach. | Public Notice | |
| Road Safety in Canada 2020 | The purpose of this report is to provide information and supporting evidence-based data to road safety professionals to assist them in their efforts to promote road safety and encourage safer behaviour. | Report | |
| Canada’s Action Plan for Clean On-Road Transportation | Canada’s Action Plan for Clean On-Road Transportation details the Government of Canada’s comprehensive strategy of taking key actions to help overcome barriers to greater adoption of zero-emission vehicles, from providing purchase incentives and deploying charging stations to introducing ambitious regulations and supporting our automotive sector to make the transition to these cleaner vehicles. | Report | |
| Be careful when buying car seats online! | Consumer Information Notice | ||
| Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to Hurricane Fiona in the Atlantic Provinces | The purpose of this exemption is to support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to hurricane Fiona in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. |
Exemption | |
| Service Rig Packages - exemption from having to maintain or fill out a record of duty status under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Service Rig Packages - exemption from having to maintain or fill out a record of duty status under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations |
Exemption | |
| Transport Canada Vehicle Exemption Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act - MVSA 2022-1 | This details the vehicle exemption granted to Nova Bus Inc., pursuant to section 9 of MVSA. It allows Nova Bus to replace exterior rear view mirrors with a camera based video system on certain vehicles. | Exemption | |
| Exemption to allow an alternative to operating under the duty cycles established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | The purpose of this exemption is to allow extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to operate under a more flexible work schedule as an alternative to the accumulation of on-duty hours by drivers under either cycle 1 or cycle 2. |
Exemption | |
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2020 | Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2020 | Statistics and data | |
| Shattering Vehicle Sunroof | Shattering Vehicle Sunroof | Safety Advisory | |
| Motor Vehicle Safety Oversight Program | Guidelines on Compliance and Enforcement are intended to inform stakeholders who share responsibility for the safety of regulated vehicles and equipment about what may be expected from Transport Canada officials | Guideline | |
| Transport Canada Vehicle Exemption Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act - MVSA 2021-1 | Group Canada Inc., pursuant to section 9 of MVSA. It allows Volvo to replace exterior rear view mirrors with a camera based video system on certain vehicles. | Exemption | |
| Transport Canada Vehicle Exemptions Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act | Transport Canada Vehicle Exemption Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act | Exemption | |
| Transport Canada Commercial Bus HVEDR Feasibility Study (File No. T8080-160062) Deliverable No. 7 | Transport Canada Commercial Bus HVEDR Feasibility Study (File No. T8080-160062) Deliverable No. 7 | Report | |
| Establishing a consent agreement under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act | Guideline to the development of a consent agreement under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (MVSA). | Guideline | |
| Preliminary Determination – 2000007 ONT. INC. d.b.a Inkas | There are all kinds of vehicles: cars, trucks, vans, school buses, scooters, motorcycles and more. All of these have to share the road, together, so it is important to understand what is different about each type and why all vehicles must be safe. | Public Notice | |
| Guidelines for testing automated driving systems in Canada | These guidelines will help to ensure that trials are conducted in a safe and secure manner, according to a baseline of nationally consistent safety practices. This document further clarifies the roles and responsibilities of each order of government in facilitating these tests, and will serve to promote Canada as a leading destination for research and development of automated vehicles. | Guideline | |
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2019 | Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2019. Main page of Reports and Statistics from the Road Safety Directorate, Transport Canada | Statistics and data | |
| Sharing the Road Safely | Sharing the road safely is the responsibility of every road user. Transport Canada and its partners in road safety want to help everyone safely share Canada's roads. | Safety Advisory | |
| Exemption to allow an alternative to the on-duty time limit before having to take 24 hours off in cycle 2 under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian Pacific Railway and its maintenance of way workers who drive commercial vehicles as part of their duties to take larger periods of daily consecutive off-duty time as an alternative to meeting the mandatory off-duty time requirements of clause 27(b) of the Regulations. |
Exemption | |
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2018 | Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2018. Main page of Reports and Statistics from the Road Safety Directorate, Transport Canada | Statistics and data |
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