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Alberta's Vehicle Equipment Regulation has no booster seat law: the exact child restraint threshold, the $211 fine, the widest taxi exemption of any prairie province, and what Transport Canada still recommends.
Alberta demerit points explained: the offence point table, when 15+ points suspend a full licence, GDL rules at 8+ points, and how insurance is affected.
Private e-scooters are banned on Alberta roads and sidewalks, but Calgary and Edmonton run legal rentals under a special provincial exemption. Here's what riders need to know.
BC has no single suspension point total. See how ICBC's Driver Penalty Point premium, RoadSafetyBC prohibitions, and the Driver Risk Premium each work.
BC's Division 36 car seat law: exact rear-facing, forward-facing and booster thresholds, driver liability, the taxi vs ride-hail exemption, and why the fine amount cannot be confirmed.
BC e-scooters are legal only on pilot project highways under B.C. Reg. 247/2023 (expires April 5, 2028). Helmet rules, age limits, fines, and which cities allow them.
Compare demerit point rules across Ontario, Alberta, BC and Quebec, plus impaired driving, careless vs dangerous driving, dash cams and more.
Child car seat and booster laws in Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut, plus the federal rules on certification, the National Safety Mark, US-bought seats, and recalls.
Car seat and booster seat rules in Canada by province. Ontario, BC, Alberta and Quebec weight, height and age thresholds, plus the four-stage safety framework.
Careless driving is a provincial offence (fine, demerit points). Dangerous driving is a Criminal Code offence with a criminal record and prison exposure.
Dash cams are legal in every Canadian province. Learn windshield mounting rules, the audio-recording consent issue under the Criminal Code, and using footage as evidence.
Newfoundland and Labrador's impaired driving rules: roadside suspension tiers by driver class, zero tolerance for everyone under 22, mandatory interlock terms, and reinstatement fees.
Ontario suspends a driver's licence at the roadside, before any conviction: 7/14/30 days for a warn-range BAC, a flat 90 days plus impoundment for 0.08 or refusal, and more after a conviction.
Prince Edward Island's impaired driving rules: warn-range and ADP roadside suspensions, zero tolerance for drivers under 22, ignition interlock since 2006, and reinstatement fees.
How Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut handle impaired driving: roadside suspension tiers, zero tolerance, vehicle impoundment, and which territory has no ignition interlock program at all.
Alberta's Immediate Roadside Sanctions scheme covers IRS WARN, IRS FAIL, and IRS ZERO tiers on top of the Criminal Code DUI offence, with a 7-day deadline to dispute a penalty.
British Columbia layers an Immediate Roadside Prohibition and an Administrative Driving Prohibition on top of the Criminal Code DUI offence, with a strict 7-day review deadline.
Canada's impaired driving penalties: mandatory minimum fines by BAC, jail time for repeat offences, federal driving prohibitions, and interlock rules.
No federal e-scooter law exists in Canada. See how Ontario, BC, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and PEI each regulate e-scooters, including Toronto's ongoing ban.
No Canadian territory, Yukon, NWT, or Nunavut, has an e-scooter law. Kick scooters fall outside every pedal-cycle exemption and default to the general motor vehicle definition instead.
Every Canadian province has graduated licensing for new drivers. See Ontario's G1/G2, BC's L/N, Alberta's Class 7/GDL, and Quebec's rules and BAC limits.
Your options when you get a ticket: pay, plead guilty with explanation, or dispute. How Ontario's POA process, disclosure, and trial work, plus BC, AB, and QC.
Manitoba splits impaired-driving suspensions into a flat 3-month track and a tiered 72-hour-to-60-day track, the reverse of what most drivers expect, with a full year to request a review.
Quebec's Highway Safety Code triggers a 90-day SAAQ suspension at 0.08 BAC, zero tolerance for drivers 21 or younger, and no general 0.05 warn range, unlike most other provinces.
Saskatchewan runs three roadside suspension tracks, from a 3-day warn-range suspension to an indefinite criminal-level suspension, with a 90-day appeal window to the Highway Traffic Board.
Impaired driving is a federal Criminal Code offence in every province. Learn the 80 mg limit, mandatory screening, penalties, and provincial suspensions.
Manitoba uses one combined threshold: a child under 9 who is under 36 kg and under 145 cm needs a car seat or booster. The fine is $298. Exact rules here.
Manitoba has no operative e-scooter law yet. Bill 43 received Royal Assent but awaits proclamation, and Morden passed its own bylaw first. What applies now.
New Brunswick requires a child restraint under 9 years, 36 kg, and 145 cm (NB Reg 83-163). Covers the 2020 rideshare exemption, fines, and enforcement.
New Brunswick suspends licences immediately for a warn or fail breath result, and since 2024 can divert a fail-range case into a separate, multi-year Immediate Roadside Suspension.
New Brunswick has no e-scooter definition in its Motor Vehicle Act, only a broad motor vehicle definition that may capture one. Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John rules explained.
NL requires car seats to age 9 under s.178.1 of the Highway Traffic Act, with no taxi exemption, unlike New Brunswick. Thresholds, exemptions, and gaps.
Newfoundland and Labrador's Highway Traffic Act does not define e-scooters, only a broad motor vehicle definition. A public consultation on regulating them is underway but not concluded.
Nova Scotia's car seat and booster thresholds by exact age, weight and height, the 2025 IWK/Dalhousie compliance study, and why the fine amount is unverified.
Nova Scotia suspends licences immediately for a warn-range or over-80 reading, layers vehicle impoundment onto repeat offences, and requires an ignition interlock and rehab program before reinstatement.
Nova Scotia's e-scooter rules under the Motor Vehicle Act and Halifax's own bylaw: minimum age 14, mandatory helmets, where riding is allowed, and what enforcement data actually shows.
Ontario's HTA section 106 and Regulation 613 car seat law: exact 9 kg, 18 kg and 36 kg/145 cm/age 8 thresholds, the $200 set fine and 2 demerit points, and the taxi and rideshare exemption.
Ontario demerit points explained: warning letters, the 15-point and 9-point suspension thresholds, an offence-by-offence chart, and how long points last.
Ontario's e-scooter pilot expires 2029. See which cities allow riding, why Toronto bans it, plus helmet, insurance, and penalty rules.
Ontario stunt driving speed thresholds, roadside suspension and impound rules, and on-conviction penalties under HTA s 172 and O Reg 455/07, explained.
Prince Edward Island's car seat and booster rules, the true 9-year-old-or-less age cutoff, the manufacturer-set booster weight exit, and why the fine is unverified.
PEI's Electric Kick-Scooters Regulations: minimum age 16, mandatory helmets, an explicit sidewalk ban, fines from $200 to $2,000, and what enforcement data actually shows.
Quebec requires a child restraint or booster until 145 cm or age 9 under CSR article 397. What the law sets, what SAAQ recommends, and what could not be verified on penalties.
How Quebec's SAAQ demerit-point system works: thresholds by age and licence class, speeding penalties, grand excès de vitesse rules, and licence revocation.
Quebec's e-scooter pilot was extended to July 2028 just weeks before it would have expired. Age, helmet, no-fault insurance gap and enforcement, explained.
Saskatchewan's Traffic Safety Act s.248(4) booster and child restraint thresholds, the $175 fine and 3 demerit points, the taxi liability shift, and SGI's dated monthly enforcement figures.
Saskatchewan's e-scooter regulation only takes effect where a municipality passes its own bylaw. See the provincial rules, Saskatoon and Regina's local rules, penalties, and insurance exposure.
Alberta bans aftermarket tint on the windshield and front windows outright, no percentage and no strip allowance, but offers a real Registrar medical exemption permit.
British Columbia bans aftermarket tint on front side windows outright, no percentage exists, allows a 75mm windshield strip, and has no medical exemption for darker tint.
Window tint rules in Canada by province: Ontario, BC, Alberta and Quebec VLT percentages, windshield strips, penalties and medical exemptions explained.
Manitoba sets a 50% VLT floor and 35% reflectivity cap on front windows, not the outright ban some tint-shop sites claim, plus a 127mm windshield strip and a dual-mirror rear exemption.
New Brunswick sets a 30 percent light-blocked cap on the entire windshield and front side windows, the only province permitting aftermarket tint across the full windshield.
NL's tint rule does not set its own VLT percentage. It requires continued conformance with the federal CMVSS 205 glazing standard, and demerit points do not apply.
Nova Scotia bans any light-reducing film on the windshield or front side windows outright, with no percentage threshold, under a regulation most tint guides misidentify.
Ontario's Highway Traffic Act sets no tint percentage; the 70% figure lives in the MTO inspection standard, and the real fine ceiling is $1,000, not the circulating $500.
PEI's Highway Traffic Act bans any material, even transparent film, on the windshield and front side windows, with no VLT percentage and no medical exemption.
Quebec sets a 70% light-transmittance floor for front side windows under Regulation 32, enforced roadside by photometer. Rear windows are exempt and no medical exemption exists.
Saskatchewan bans aftermarket tint outright on front windows and below a 75mm windshield strip, with no percentage figure, while rear windows carry no darkness limit at all.
Yukon enforces a 70% tint standard with no law behind it, while the Northwest Territories and Nunavut both codify an outright ban on front-window coatings.