🇨🇦 Canada
Driving in Canada.
Canada looks like a single country for driving, but the rules are provincial. Tires, speed limits, phones, licensing windows, and even the color of the registration sticker vary by province. We go province-by-province with sources that are federal where they can be (Transport Canada) and provincial where they must be.
Test yourself
Road sign quiz
Ten Canadian road signs — every answer cites MUTCDC.
Speed limits are km/h, not mph. STOP becomes ARRÊT in Quebec. Test the rest.
Customs & the border
Before you cross
Currency, food, drones, firearms, cannabis — every claim cited.
Cannabis is legal in Canada — but moving it across the border in either direction is still a criminal offence.
Topics in draft
Provincial licensing rules
Which provinces honor your home license, which require an IDP, and the conversion clock if you become a resident.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries
Winter-tire laws
Quebec mandates winter tires. BC requires them on designated highways. Ontario doesn't. The detail matters if you're renting.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries
The Trans-Canada Highway
One route, 7,821 km, St John's to Victoria. What's actually worth driving.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries
Cross-border from the US
Temporary vehicle import, what CBSA lets you bring, insurance that actually crosses the border.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries
Speed limits + km/h
Canada is all km/h. US drivers under-speed by a habit; the fines are real.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries
Bilingual signage (QC/NB)
Quebec signage is French-only on many roads. The universal symbols matter even more here.
Draft · sourced to Transport Canada + provincial ministries