🇨🇦 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.
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