We provide guidance on various topics through our publications. You will find reports, guides, procedures and other publications related to road transportation.
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| Title | Description | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diono LiteClik30 XT SafePlus Infant Car Seats – Non-Compliance for Handle Position Instructions | Public notice for Diono LiteClik30 XT SafePlus infant car seat non-compliance. Missing and incorrect handle position instructions. | Public Notice | |
| Evenflo Titan 65 Andover Car Seats – Non-Compliance for Missing Tether | Public Notice | ||
| Evenflo All4One Car Seats – Non-Compliance for Change in Recline Position | Public Notice | ||
| Motor vehicle casualties dashboard | This dashboard is an interactive tool that helps users explore trends of fatalities and injuries in motor vehicle collisions. It is based on data from the National Collision Database, which includes all police-reported crashes on public roads. |
Dashboard | |
| Evenflo Revolve360 Slim convertible car seats – Headrest foam access | Public Notice | ||
| Evenflo Revolve360 Slim Car Seats – Non-Compliance for French Label | Public Notice | ||
| Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicle (MHDV) Grid Integration Study | This publication showcases grid-integration costs in Canada |
Study | |
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2023 | Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2023 | Statistics and data | |
| Transport Canada Vehicle Exemption Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act - MVSA 2025-1 | Exemption | ||
| Nuna Rava convertible car seats – New seat pad and cleaning kit | Nuva Rava convertible car seats – New seat pad and cleaning kit | Consumer Information Notice | |
| Cybex Aton G Swivel Car Seats – Loose or detached harness | Public Notice | ||
| Canada’s Safety Framework for Connected and Automated Vehicles 2.0 | Canada’s Safety Framework for Connected and Automated Vehicles 2.0 informs stakeholders of Transport Canada’s safety-focused approach to connected and automated vehicle technologies. |
Framework | |
| Diono Radian 3QX Car Seats - Non-compliance to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards | Public Notice | ||
| Zero-emission vehicle availability | This report summarizes the latest Canada-wide primary data collection efforts (online inventory databases and dealership phone surveys) to quantify the zero-emission vehicles in inventory across the country. The report presents data that was collected in four separate periods – Feb 2023, June 2023, Nov 2023, and Feb 2024. |
Report | |
| Made to Order and Online Purchasing Trends | The purpose of the study was to explore, gather and compile information on two key areas within the Canadian light-duty vehicle market: build-to-order and online sales. Both qualitative (interviews with manufacturers, dealerships, consumer representatives) and quantitative (proprietary DesRosiers survey data) methodologies were employed to characterize the situation in 2024 as well as project how these two key areas will evolve in the coming years. |
Report | |
| Preliminary Determination – Absolute Styling Limousine Ltd | Preliminary Determination – Absolute Styling Limousine Ltd | Public Notice | |
| Assessing the accessibility of affordable zero-emission vehicles for people with disabilities: Study report | To meet Canada's climate objectives, it will be necessary to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector. Strategies to do this include increasing the share of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) on roads. |
Study | |
| Expired - Targeted Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta | Exemption | ||
| Transport Canada Vehicle Exemption Pursuant to Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act - MVSA 2024-1 | Exemption | ||
| Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2022 | Statistics and data | ||
| 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 | |
| Motion Picture Industry – exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Motion Picture Industry – exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Exemption | |
| 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 | |
| Commercial vehicle collisions in Canada, 2012-2021 | This fact sheet summarizes key statistics on commercial vehicle collisions, the vehicles involved and the casualties in those collisions for the 10-year period between 2012 and 2021. | Fact sheet | |
| Expired - Driveaway Operations- exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Driveaway Operations- exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Exemption |
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