
Window Tint Laws in Ontario: Two Standards, Not One Percentage Rule
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.
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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.

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