Canada Pre-trip

Alberta

• Commercial vehicle or combination buses carrying 11 or more persons, including the driver; or
• Vehicles with a registered or actual weight exceeding 4,500 kg

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Drivers must forward reports to the carrier within 20 days;
• carriers must file for 3 months

Commercial vehicles engaged in transporting goods or passengers to respond to, and provide relief to, a disaster situation

British Columbia

• Trucks or truck tractors with a licensed gross vehicle weight exceeding 5,000 kg (including attached trailer);
• Buses Vehicles for which the operator holds a licence under the Motor Carrier Act, a licence, or temporary operating permit under the Passenger Transportation Act;
• Business vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 5,000 kg

Daily before each trip of the day. If the trip lasts more than one day, the inspection must be done on the second and every subsequent day of the trip no later than the first rest stop of the day.

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Drivers must forward reports to the carrier within 20 days;
• carriers must file for 3 months

Commercial vehicles engaged in transporting goods or passengers to respond to, and provide relief to, a disaster situation.

Manitoba

• Trucks or truck tractors with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more that is a public service vehicle or a commercial truck;
• Trailers with a GVWR of 4,500 kilograms or more and towed by another CMV;
• Motor coaches manufactured to provide intercity, suburban, commuter, or charter service, and equipped with an under-floor baggage storage;
• Buses with a seating capacity of more than 10 including the driver used for hire; and
• School buses

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13 and a record of the height and width of the vehicle and load

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Two-axle or three- axle commercial vehicles or trailers used to transport farm products;
• Vehicles used solely for snow removal by a traffic authority;
• Public transportation vehicles in Winnipeg or Brandon;
• Vehicles part of a driveaway unit that does not move by their own motive power;
• Vehicles used in response to a fire, flood, epidemic, drought, or similar event

Ontario

Trip inspections apply to all commercial vehicles with a gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 kg

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC 13 and the plate jurisdiction of the vehicle(s) is(are) also required on the report

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Commercial motor vehicle includes:
  • a school purposes vehicle but does not include a commercial motor vehicle, other than a bus or school purposes vehicle, having a gross weight or registered gross weight of not more than 4,500 kilograms;
  • an ambulance;
  • a cardiac arrest emergency vehicle;
  • a fire apparatus;
  • a hearse;
  • a casket wagon or a motor home;
  • a tow truck as defined in Ontario Regulation 419/15, Definitions of Commercial Motor Vehicle and Tow Truck;
  • a commercial motor vehicle operated under a dealer permit and number plate or a service permit and number plate issued under Regulation 628, Vehicle Permits, that is not transporting passengers or goods;
  • a commercial motor vehicle operated under the terms of a manufacturer permit and number plate issued under Regulation 628, Vehicle Permits;
  • a commercial motor vehicle leased for 30 days or less by an individual for the purpose of transporting goods for the individual’s personal use or for the carriage of passengers for no compensation;
  • a commercial motor vehicle that is a historic vehicle defined in Regulation 628, Vehicle Permits, and that has a vehicle permit for a historic vehicle;
  • a pick-up truck that is being used for personal purposes without compensation, and is not carrying, or towing a trailer that is carrying, commercial cargo or tools or equipment of a type normally used for commercial purposes; or
  • a bus that is used for personal purposes without compensation.

Quebec

• Road vehicles or combinations of road vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 4,500 kg or more;
• Buses, minibuses, or tow trucks; and
• Road vehicles subject to TDG regulations

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Vehicle’s registration plate or the unit number on the registration certificate;
• operator’s name;
• date and time of the circle check;
• city or place on the road where the check was completed;
• defects found during the check (or if none were found, a statement indicating so);
• statement signed by the driver (or the person that completed the check) stating that the vehicle was inspected according to applicable requirements;
• statement signed by the driver attesting that the check was done by a person designated by the operator, if applicable;
• name of the person that conducted the circle check in legible “block” letters (printed); and
• odometer reading, if equipped.

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Heavy vehicles used when required by an emergency service or in the cases of disaster;
• heavy vehicles used by a natural person not acting for the carrying on of an enterprise involving an organized economic activity, whether or not it is commercial in nature, consisting in the production or realization of goods, their administration or their alienation, or in the performance of services;
• a 2- or 3-axle truck being used for transporting the primary products of a farm, forest or body of water, if the driver or operator of the truck is the producer of the products; or
• a return trip after such transport, if the vehicle is empty or is transporting products used in the principal operation of a farm, forest or body of water;
• a combination of road vehicles where the gross vehicle weight rating of each vehicle in the combination is less than 4,500 kg, except a combination of vehicles that requires the display of safety marks in accordance with the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation; tool vehicles;
• a road vehicle subject to the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 4,500 kg and that does not require the display of safety marks, except minibuses and tow trucks;
• a farm tractor and farm machine within the meaning of the Regulation respecting road vehicle registration;
• a farm trailer owned by a farmer that has the characteristics provided for in section 2 in the Regulation respecting safety standards for road vehicles.

Saskatchewan

Commercial vehicles with a registered gross vehicle weight over 5,000 kg

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

• 2- or 3-axle farm trucks;
• emergency vehicles;
• Urban transit buses;
• Recreational vehicles; and
• Disaster response vehicles

Nova Scotia

• A truck, truck tractor, or trailer, or any combination of them, that exceeds a registered gross vehicle weight of 4,500 kg; or
• a bus

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Two-axle or three- axle CMVs used to transport primary products of a farm, forest, sea or lake, if the driver or the carrier is the producer of the products; a trip to pick up feed grain or the primary products; a trip to transport feed grain or the primary products; or a return trip after transporting feed grain or the primary products;
• Emergency vehicles;
• Vehicles used to provide relief during a public welfare emergency;
• Recreational vehicles

New Brunswick

Inspections apply to all commercial motor vehicles

Vehicle must be inspected before the vehicle’s first trip of the day; if trip lasts more than one day, the inspect no later than the first rest stop of each further day of the trip

• Date and time of inspection;
• Odometer reading;
• License plate/unit number(s);
• Carrier name;
• List of inspection items;
• Defects found;
• Name and signature of inspector

Driver forward reports as soon as practicable; carrier must file for 6 months

An inspection of a commercial vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer is not required:

• On the day that the vehicle, trailer or semi- trailer has its periodic safety inspection; or
• If the driver drives the vehicle only within a 160-km radius of the work location and returns to that location

Newfoundland & Labrador

Trip inspections apply to all truck and bus drivers

Before the vehicle’s first trip of the day; if more than one day, inspect during the first rest stop of the second and each following day

• Truck or bus make;
• Plate or unit number;
• Date;
• Name and signature of inspector;
• Inspection checklist items;
• Defects found or no defects found; and
• Certification of repairs

Carrier must file for 3 months

• Trucks registered at 4,500 kg or less;
• 2- or 3-axle trucks used for farm, sea, forest, or lake products;
• Recreational vehicles; or
• Emergency vehicles

Prince Edward Island

All commercial vehicles and vehicle combinations with gross mass exceeding 4,500 kg, and buses with a seating capacity of more than 10 passengers

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Commercial vehicles providing disaster relief by transporting passengers or goods;
• Emergency vehicles;
• Recreational vehicles; or
• 2- or 3-axle trucks (not towing a trailer) used to carry farm, forest, sea, or lake primary products produced by the driver or employer

Northwest Territories

• A truck, tractor, or trailer, or combination that exceeds 4,500 kg registered gross weight; or
• A bus designed, constructed, and used for transporting passengers with a designated seating capacity of more than 10 persons, including the driver (not including personal use)

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

• Commercial vehicles exempted by the Registrar;
• Emergency vehicles;
• Commercial vehicles providing relief during a public emergency;
• Recreational vehicles;
• Two- or three-axle CMVs used to transport primary products of a farm, forest, sea, or lake, when driver or employer is the producer

Yukon

• Commercial vehicles with a registered gross vehicle weight over 4,500 kg; and
• Buses designed, constructed, and used for the transportation of passengers with a designated seating capacity of more than 10, including the driver

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Same as NSC Standard 13

Buses used for personal use