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Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations
trailer means a vehicle designed to carry or accommodate persons or property and to be drawn behind another vehicle, and includes a bus trailer, pole trailer and cable reel trailer, but does not include earth-moving equipment or a mobile home, trailer converter dolly or implement of farm husbandry; ( remorque )
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trailer converter dolly means a conversion chassis that is equipped with one or more axles, the lower half of a fifth-wheel coupling and one or two drawbars; ( chariot de conversion )
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transit bus means a bus that is specially designed with space for standing passengers and that is equipped with a stop-request system; ( autobus urbain )
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transparent cover [Repealed, SOR/96-366, s. 1]
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truck means a vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of property or special-purpose equipment, but does not include a competition vehicle, crawler-mounted vehicle, three-wheeled vehicle, trailer, work vehicle, vehicle designed for operation exclusively off-road or low-speed vehicle; ( camion )
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truck tractor means a truck designed primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed for carrying any load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn, and includes a vehicle designed to accept a fifth-wheel coupling but does not include a crane-equipped breakdown vehicle; ( camion-tracteur )
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type 1 headlamp [Repealed, SOR/91-692, s. 1]
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Type 1 seat belt assembly means a pelvic restraint; ( ceinture de sécurité de type 1 )
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type 2 headlamp [Repealed, SOR/91-692, s. 1]
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Type 2 seat belt assembly means a combination pelvic and upper torso restraint; ( ceinture de sécurité de type 2 )
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Type 2A shoulder belt [Repealed, SOR/2013-9, s. 1]
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unit magnification mirror means a plane or flat mirror with a reflective surface through which the angular height and width of the image of an object is equal to the angular height and width of the object when viewed directly at the same distance except for flaws that do not exceed normal manufacturing tolerances and includes a prismatic day-night adjustment rearview mirror that provides unit magnification in one of its positions; ( miroir plan )
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — (a)
unleaded gasoline means gasoline that contains not more than (a) 0.06 grams of lead per Imperial gallon (0.013 grams per litre), or (b) 0.006 grams of phosphorous per Imperial gallon (0.0013 grams per litre); ( essence sans plomb )
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unloaded vehicle mass means the mass of a vehicle equipped with the containers for the fluids necessary for the operation of the vehicle filled to their maximum capacity but without cargo or occupants; ( masse du véhicule sans charge )
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unloaded vehicle weight means the weight of a vehicle equipped with the containers for the fluids necessary for the operation of the vehicle filled to their maximum capacity, but without cargo or occupants; ( poids du véhicule sans charge )
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upper beam means a beam that is intended primarily for distance illumination ahead of a vehicle when the vehicle is not meeting or closely following another vehicle; ( faisceau de route )
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upper torso restraint means a portion of a seat belt assembly intended to restrain movement of the chest and shoulder regions; ( ceinture-baudrier )
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used vehicle [Repealed, SOR/91-425, s. 1]
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user-ready tether anchorage means a device that transfers the tether strap load from a restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure and that is designed to accept a tether strap hook directly, without requiring the installation of any other device; ( ancrage d’attache prêt à utiliser )
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vacuum tubing connector [Repealed, SOR/2007-180, s. 1]
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variable brake proportioning system means a system that has one or more proportioning devices that automatically change the brake pressure ratio between any two or more wheels to compensate for changes in wheel loading resulting from static load changes or dynamic weight transfer, or from deceleration; ( compensateur de freinage )
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variable proportioning brake system [Repealed, SOR/97-200, s. 1]
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vehicle capacity mass [Repealed, SOR/2008-258, s. 1]
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — (a)
vehicle fuel tank capacity means (a) the volume of fuel left at the bottom of the tank when the fuel pump of the vehicle can no longer draw fuel from the tank plus (b) the volume of fuel that can be pumped into the tank through the filler pipe when the vehicle is on a level surface and the volume of fuel referred to in paragraph (a) is already in the tank, except that the volume of fuel referred to in paragraph (b) does not include any volume of fuel that can be pumped into the fuel tank filler neck or into the space above the fuel tank filler neck; ( capacité du réservoir de carburant du véhicule )
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vehicle identification number means a number consisting of arabic numerals, roman letters, or both that the manufacturer assigns to the vehicle for identification purposes; ( numéro d’identification du véhicule )
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vehicle imported temporarily for special purposes means a vehicle imported for a purpose prescribed in section 11.1; ( véhicule importé temporairement à des fins spéciales )
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vehicle manufactured for operation by persons with disabilities [Repealed, SOR/2013-9, s. 1]
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walk-in van means a van type of truck in which a person having a height of 1 700 mm can enter the occupant compartment in an upright position by a front door; ( fourgon à accès en position debout )
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weather side [Repealed, SOR/2008-258, s. 1]
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webbing means a narrow band of fabric woven with continuous filling yarns and finished selvages; ( sangle )
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wheelchair location means a location in a vehicle that is designed to be used to secure an occupied wheelchair; ( emplacement pour fauteuil roulant )
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work vehicle means a vehicle designed primarily for the performance of work in the construction of works of civil engineering and in maintenance, that is not constructed on a truck-chassis or truck-type chassis, but does not include a tractor or any vehicle designed primarily to be drawn behind another vehicle; ( véhicule de travail )
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5th percentile adult female means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 46.3 kg, height of 1499 mm, erect sitting height of 785 mm, normal sitting height of 752 mm, hip sitting breadth of 325 mm, hip sitting circumference of 925 mm, waist sitting circumference of 599 mm, chest depth of 191 mm, bust circumference of 775 mm, chest upper circumference of 757 mm, chest lower circumference of 676 mm, knee height of 455 mm, popliteal height of 356 mm, elbow rest height of 180 mm, thigh clearance height of 104 mm, buttock-to-knee length of 518 mm, buttock-to-poples length of 432 mm, elbow-to-elbow breadth of 312 mm and seat breadth of 312 mm; ( 5 e percentile adulte du sexe féminin )
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50th percentile adult male means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 74.4 kg plus or minus 1.4 kg, erect sitting height of 907 mm plus or minus 3 mm, hip sitting breadth of 373 mm plus or minus 18 mm, hip sitting circumference of 1067 mm, waist sitting circumference of 813 mm plus or minus 15 mm, chest depth of 236 mm plus or minus 5 mm and chest circumference of 950 mm plus or minus 15 mm; ( 50 e percentile adulte du sexe masculin )
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50th percentile six-year-old child means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 21.5 kg, erect sitting height of 645 mm, hip sitting breadth of 213 mm, hip sitting circumference of 607 mm and waist sitting circumference of 528 mm; ( 50 e percentile enfant de six ans )
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95th percentile adult male means a person having as physical characteristics a mass of 97.5 kg, height of 1849 mm, erect sitting height of 965 mm, normal sitting height of 930 mm, hip sitting breadth of 419 mm, hip sitting circumference of 1199 mm, waist sitting circumference of 1080 mm, chest depth of 267 mm, chest circumference of 1130 mm, knee height of 594 mm, popliteal height of 490 mm, elbow rest height of 295 mm, thigh clearance height of 175 mm, buttock-to-knee length of 640 mm, buttock-to-poples length of 549 mm, elbow-to-elbow breadth of 506 mm and seat breadth of 404 mm. ( 95 e percentile adulte du sexe masculin )
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2.1
2.1 If, in the application to a vehicle of a portion of a section of these Regulations or a portion of a provision of a technical standards document, either the metric or the imperial system of measurement is used, the same system of measurement shall be used in the application to the vehicle of any other portion of the section or provision. SOR/79-263, s. 1; SOR/82-482, s. 1; SOR/96-366, s. 2; SOR/2009-318, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2.2
2.2 For the purpose of determining the number of wheels on a motorcycle or a three-wheeled vehicle, two wheels are considered to be one wheel if they are mounted on the same axle and the distance between the centres of their areas of contact with the ground is less than 460 mm. SOR/2003-272, s. 2; SOR/2009-318, s. 2; SOR/2011-264, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2.3
2.3 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the designated seating capacity of a vehicle is the sum of the number of designated seating positions and wheelchair locations in the vehicle. (2) The designated seating capacity of a motor home that has a GVWR greater than 4 536 kg may, at the option of the manufacturer, be the number of sleeping positions in the motor home. (3) If a folding or removable seat is positioned at one or more wheelchair locations, the greater of the following shall be used for the purposes of subsection (1): (a) the number of designated seating positions that the seat contains, and (b) the number of wheelchair locations. SOR/2009-318, s. 2; SOR/2011-264, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2.4
2.4 (1) In subsection (3), measurement zone means the zone extending from a transverse vertical plane that is 150 mm behind the front leading surface of a seating surface to a transverse vertical plane that is 250 mm behind that front leading surface, measured horizontally and longitudinally. (2) If a location in a vehicle that is likely to be used as a seating position has a seating surface width of at least 700 mm, the number of designated seating positions at that location shall be determined by using whichever of the following formulae is applicable and rounding the quotient down to the nearest whole number: (a) if the location has a seating surface width of less than 1 400 mm, N = W / X where N is the number of designated seating positions, W is the seating surface width in millimetres, and X is 350 or, at the option of the manufacturer, a number that is chosen by the manufacturer and is less than 350 but not less than 330; and (b) if the location has a seating surface width of 1 400 mm or more, N = W / X where N is the number of designated seating positions, W is the seating surface width in millimetres, and X is 450 or, at the option of the manufacturer, a number that is chosen by the manufacturer and is less than 450 but not less than 330. (3) Adjacent seating surfaces are considered to form a single seating surface, unless (a) the seating surfaces are separated by a fixed trimmed surface that has an unpadded top surface and that has a width of not less than 140 mm in each transverse vertical plane, as measured in the measurement zone; (b) the seating surfaces are separated by a void whose cross section in each transverse vertical plane within the measurement zone is a rectangle that is not less than 140 mm wide and not less than 140 mm deep, and the top edge of the cross section in each of those planes is congruent with the transverse horizontal line that intersects the lowest point on the portion of the top profile of the seating surfaces that lie within the plane; (c) interior trim interrupts a line drawn between the H-points of adjacent seating surfaces; or (d) the seating surfaces are adjacent outboard seats, and the lateral distance between each point on the seat cushion of one seat and each point on the seat cushion of the other seat is not less than 140 mm. (4) Folding, removable and adjustable seats must be measured in the configuration that results in the largest seating surface width. (5) The number of designated seating positions in a bench type seat in a school bus shall be the number of seating positions determined in accordance with Technical Standards Document No. 222, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection . Transitional Provision (6) Until September 1, 2020, the number of designated seating positions referred to in subsection (5) may conform to the requirements of this section as it read on the day before the day on which this subsection came into force. SOR/2009-318, s. 2; SOR/2011-264, s. 2; SOR/2018-143-2, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 2.5
2.5 (1) For the purpose of determining the prescribed class of a vehicle, any wheelchair location is considered to be equivalent to four locations for the purpose of determining the designated seating capacity if (a) the vehicle was designed to have a designated seating capacity of more than 10; and (b) any of the intended designated seating positions are replaced by a wheelchair location. (2) For the purpose of determining the prescribed class of a vehicle resulting from the alteration of a bus by the replacement of any designated seating position with a wheelchair location, the location may, at the option of the manufacturer, be considered to be equivalent to four locations for the purpose of determining the designated seating capacity. SOR/2011-264, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 3
3 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the symbol set out in Schedule I is prescribed as the national safety mark. (2) For the purposes of subsection 3(2) of the Act, on application by a company, the Minister may, in the form set out in Schedule II, authorize the company to apply the national safety mark to a vehicle. SOR/79-491, s. 1; SOR/82-482, s. 2; SOR/95-147, s. 2; SOR/2017-57, s. 1 SOR/2020-22, s. 4
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 4
4 (1) For the purposes of sections 4 and 5 of the Act, the classes of vehicles set out in Schedule III and incomplete vehicles are prescribed classes of vehicles. (2) The prescribed classes of vehicles do not include (a) vehicles whose date of manufacture is (i) in the case of a bus, earlier than January 1, 1971, or (ii) in all other cases, 15 years or more earlier than the date of its importation; or (b) restricted-use vehicles that have motive power and are designed so that their speed attainable in 1.6 km (1 mile) is less than 32 km/h. SOR/82-482, s. 3; SOR/88-268, s. 2; SOR/95-147, s. 2; SOR/2002-55, s. 2 SOR/2020-22, s. 5 SOR/2020-22, s. 17
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 5
5 (1) Each requirement set out in Schedules IV to VI is prescribed as a Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for vehicles of prescribed classes. (2) Every vehicle, other than an incomplete vehicle, must conform to each standard that is referred to by number in column I of Schedule III and opposite which the letter “X” is set out in the subcolumn designating the class or subclass of the vehicle. (2.1) [Repealed, SOR/2003-2, s. 46] (3) Every incomplete vehicle shall conform to each standard set out in Schedules IV, V.1 and VI for completed vehicles to the extent that the standard governs the components that are fitted on the incomplete vehicle. SOR/95-147, s. 2; SOR/97-376, s. 2; SOR/2002-55, s. 3; SOR/2003-2, s. 46; SOR/2003-272, s. 3 SOR/2020-22, s. 6
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 5.1
5.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 4 of the Act, a manufacturer may ship from one province to another, or deliver to any person for the purpose of so shipping, a vehicle of a prescribed class manufactured in Canada that does not bear the national safety mark if (a) the manufacturer signs and files with the Minister a declaration setting out the information referred to in subsection (2); (b) the vehicle is being shipped or delivered for the purpose of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing; and (c) the vehicle is destroyed or returned to the province of origin within one year. (2) A declaration made pursuant to subsection (1) shall set out the following information: (a) the name and address of the manufacturer of the vehicle; (b) the month and year of the date of manufacture of the vehicle; (c) the prescribed class, make, model and vehicle identification number of the vehicle; (d) the use to be made of the vehicle; (e) the estimated period of time the vehicle will be used on public roads; (f) whether the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin after completion of the purpose for which it was shipped or delivered; and (g) the date the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin. (3) The declarations made in accordance with subsection (2) (a) shall be filed prior to shipping or delivering the vehicle; or (b) in the case of a company whose world production of vehicles is 2,500 or more a year, may be filed with the Minister quarterly. SOR/95-494, s. 1 SOR/2020-22, s. 7 SOR/2020-22, s. 16
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 5.2
5.2 The gross vehicle weight rating of a vehicle shall be not less than the sum of (a) the unloaded vehicle mass, (b) the cargo-carrying capacity, (c) the product obtained by multiplying the designated seating capacity by 54 kg, in the case of a school bus, or by 68 kg, in any other case, and (d) in the case of a vehicle having living or sanitary accommodations, the mass of its fresh water, hot water and propane tanks, but not its waste water tanks, when full. SOR/98-125, s. 2; SOR/2008-258, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 5.3
5.3 (1) The maximum speed of a motorcycle shall be measured in accordance with International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 7117:1995, Motorcycles — Measurement of Maximum Speed . (2) Wherever the term motorcycle is used in International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 7117:1995, Motorcycles — Measurement of Maximum Speed , it shall have the same meaning as motorcycle in subsection 2(1) of these Regulations. SOR/2011-263, s. 2
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 6
ained by multiplying the designated seating capacity by 68 kg; and (d) in the case of a motor home or a recreational trailer, (i) the mass of the fresh water, hot water and waste water tanks when full, and (ii) a statement that the displayed cargo-carrying capacity is determined with the fresh water and hot water tanks full and the waste water tanks empty. (8.1) The information referred to in subsection (8) may be displayed on a separate label applied to the vehicle beside the compliance label or in a conspicuous or readily accessible location. (9) In the case of a limited-speed motorcycle and a low-speed vehicle, a statement in both official languages that the use of the vehicle may be restricted by provincial authorities to certain roads shall appear on the compliance label or on a separate label permanently applied to the vehicle in a conspicuous location. (10) In the case of a restricted-use vehicle, a statement in both official languages that the vehicle is a restricted-use vehicle or all-terrain vehicle and is not intended for use on public roads must appear on the compliance label or on a separate label permanently applied to the vehicle in a conspicuous location. (11) In the case of a model of vehicle in respect of which the Minister has made an exemption order under section 9 of the Act, the compliance label or information label, as the case may be, must also display the words “Exemption/ Dispense [indicate here the identifier set out in the exemption order]”. (12) and (13) [Repealed, SOR/2000-182, s. 2] SOR/79-940, s. 2; SOR/81-455, s. 1; SOR/82-482, s. 4; SOR/87-660, s. 2; SOR/88-268, s. 3; SOR/91-528, s. 1; SOR/93-146, s. 2; SOR/95-147, s. 2; SOR/98-125, s. 3; SOR/2000-182, s. 2; SOR/2000-304, s. 2; SOR/2002-55, ss. 4, 21; SOR/2003-272, s. 4; SOR/2004-250, s. 2; SOR/2005-342, s. 1; SOR/2006-94, s. 4(E); SOR/2008-258, s. 3; SOR/2015-23, s. 2; SOR/2016-318, s. 2 SOR/2020-22, s. 8 SOR/2020-22, s. 17 SOR/2023-222, s. 1
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations
“THIS VEHICLE CONFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE CANADIAN MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE / CE VÉHICULE EST CONFORME À TOUTES LES NORMES QUI LUI SONT APPLICABLES EN VERTU DU RÈGLEMENT SUR LA SÉCURITÉ DES VÉHICULES AUTOMOBILES DU CANADA EN VIGUEUR À LA DATE DE SA FABRICATION ”.