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| Title | Description | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Driveaway-Towaway sector - exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Driveaway-Towaway sector - exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Exemption | |
| Notice of Decision – 2000007 ONT. INC d.b.a Inkas | Notice of Decision – 2000007 ONT. INC d.b.a Inkas, October 5, 2023. | Public Notice | |
| Be careful when buying child car seats and booster seats online! | Be careful when buying car seats online! | Consumer Information Notice | |
| Expired - Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations | Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in British Columbia and Yukon |
Exemption | |
| Expired - 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 | |
| CYBEX Aton 2 – Non-Compliance for Webbing Strength | Public notice for CYBEX Aton 2 – Non-Compliance for Webbing Strength | 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 | |
| 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 |
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