Temporary trip permits - Yukon Territories

Operating authority requirements

Procedure: Carriers transporting goods on a “for-hire” basis in the Yukon, may pickup Temporary Certificate application forms at all four Yukon Weigh Stations. Authority will be valid for one trip only on behalf of a single consignee for the transportation of for-hire goods into the Yukon, out of the Yukon, or from point to point with the Yukon. Also required to be submitted with application is proof of insurance, a copy of operating authority from carrier’s home jurisdiction, a Motor Transport Declaration and a copy of a Certificate of Mechanical Fitness. A temporary Certificate will be issued once the Weigh Station Officer is satisfied that the application is complete and the applicable fee is paid. The Certificates are limited to six per carrier, per calendar year and any carrier requiring more than six should apply for Yukon Operating Authority.

Registration trip permits

Motor Vehicle Regulations in the Yukon Territory prescribe the permits which are issued to commercial carriers who do not have permanent motor vehicle registration in Yukon:

• Through Freight Permit — is issued to a commercial vehicle transporting goods through the Yukon without loading or unloading goods in the Yukon.
• Freight Vehicle Permit — issued to a commercial vehicle loading or unloading goods in the Yukon.

Both permits are valid for a one-way trip and a period of 14 days from the date of issue.

Permits are available 24 hours each day at the Whitehorse and Watson Lake Weigh Stations; however, those carriers wishing to purchase permanent vehicle registration plates must do so at the Motor Vehicles office in Whitehorse, or at a Territorial Agent in the communities. The hours of operation at these offices are not always convenient for truckers who arrive on weekends or late at night and must, as a result, purchase the more expensive permit rather than lose travel time or compromise quality of shipment.

As a result, the carrier can, upon presentation of the permit (and within 14 days) credit the cost of the permit against the purchase of permanent registration for the vehicle at the Motor Vehicles Office or any Territorial Agent office.

Permits are obtained at the port-of-entry.

Fees:

• Permit issued to a commercial vehicle for loading or unloading goods in the Yukon: $60 plus $3 per 1,000 kg of vehicle weight per trip.
• Permit issued for the commercial transportation of goods through the Yukon without loading or unloading goods in the Yukon: $60 per trip.

Fuel trip permits

Carriers that do not have a permanent Fuel Oil User number must obtain a prepaid single trip emblem from a weigh station. The emblem is a document that must be stamped by the weigh station operator on the entry or exit of the vehicle from the Yukon.

Carriers that obtain a prepaid single trip emblem may apply for a refund of the prepaid amount or the tax paid on purchases in the Yukon, whichever is the least, by submitting form F.O.T. Application 7a with proof of payment of Yukon fuel oil tax. An application for a refund must be submitted by August 1 of the following year. The refund forms accompany each emblem issued by the weigh station operators.

Fees: Single trip permit fee is $0.04 per kilometre.