Importation of vehicles into Canada

This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation, regulations and general guidelines that apply to the importation of vehicles.

In brief

This memorandum has been updated to:

a.  provide a definition for “power-assisted bicycles” following recent changes to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations
b.  provide instructions with regard to the importation of a restricted-use vehicle, which is a new prescribed class and
c.  provide further guidance regarding the speed of all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, utility-terrain vehicles and dune buggies to determine whether or not they are regulated.

This memorandum is available in its entirety on the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) website.

Importation of vehicles – Memorandum D19-12-1