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Driving in Canada - Traffic rules and Road signs

Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in Canada. Also, you may take a look for road signs of Canada. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to Canada. Make your trip safer!

ca

Canada

General rules

Traffic Direction
Right Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h

For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io

Speed limits rules

Urban Area

50

Speed road

80-110

Depending on the conditions for that road

Express road

100 - 110

120 in British Columbia

Where to rent a car in Canada?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Required car kit

Triangle
Yes
First aid
Recommended
Fire extinguisher
Yes
Spare bulb
No
Tow Rope
No

Other differences in rules

Maximum promille alcohole
0.08

Beginner drivers, and all drivers under the age of 21, must have a blood-alcohol level of zero.

Toll roads
Yes
Minimum driver age
16

14 with GLP in Alberta

15 with GLP in Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut

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Where to rent a car in Canada?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Canada road signs

End of prohibition signs

End of no overtaking

Indication signs

Bus stop
Hospital
No through road

Mandatory signs

Bicycles and pedestrians only
Bicycles only
Pass on either side
Pass on this side
Proceed right only
Proceed straight or turn right only
Roundabout
Straight ahead only
Turn right ahead only

Priority signs

Give Way Yield
Give way to oncoming traffic
Priority road
Stop

Prohibitory signs

Maximum height
Maximum weight per axle
Maximum weight
No U-turns
No bicycles
No entry
No heavy goods vehicles
No left turn
No motor vehicles
No motorcycles
No overtaking
No parking zone
No pedestrians
No right turn
No stopping
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods
No vehicles

Special regulations signs

One-way street
Pedestrian crossing
Road hump

Speed limit signs

End of speed limit zone
Maximum speed limit
Minimum speed limit
Speed limit zone

Warning signs

Children
Crossroads with a minor road
Cyclists ahead
Domestic animals
Falling rocks or debris
Give Way ahead
Junction with a minor road
Level crossing (one track)
Level crossing without barriers ahead
Loose road surface
Low-flying aircraft
Opening or swing bridge
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on one side
Roadworks ahead
Roundabout ahead
Slippery road surface
Steep ascent
Steep descent
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead
Tunnel ahead
Two-way traffic ahead
Uneven road ahead
Wild animals
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About
News
Rules

Driving in Canada - Traffic rules and Road signs

Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in Canada. Also, you may take a look for road signs of Canada. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to Canada. Make your trip safer!

ca

Canada

General rules

Traffic Direction
Right Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h

For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io

Speed limits rules

Urban Area

50

Speed road

80-110

Depending on the conditions for that road

Express road

100 - 110

120 in British Columbia

Where to rent a car in Canada?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Required car kit

Triangle
Yes
First aid
Recommended
Fire extinguisher
Yes
Spare bulb
No
Tow Rope
No

Other differences in rules

Maximum promille alcohole
0.08

Beginner drivers, and all drivers under the age of 21, must have a blood-alcohol level of zero.

Toll roads
Yes
Minimum driver age
16

14 with GLP in Alberta

15 with GLP in Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut

🔥 Download our mobile app!

Works fully offline

Rules of more than 60 countries in your pocket

Comparing traffic rules and road signs between countries

Regular updates

Where to rent a car in Canada?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Canada road signs

End of prohibition signs

End of no overtaking

Indication signs

Bus stop
Hospital
No through road

Mandatory signs

Bicycles and pedestrians only
Bicycles only
Pass on either side
Pass on this side
Proceed right only
Proceed straight or turn right only
Roundabout
Straight ahead only
Turn right ahead only

Priority signs

Give Way Yield
Give way to oncoming traffic
Priority road
Stop

Prohibitory signs

Maximum height
Maximum weight per axle
Maximum weight
No U-turns
No bicycles
No entry
No heavy goods vehicles
No left turn
No motor vehicles
No motorcycles
No overtaking
No parking zone
No pedestrians
No right turn
No stopping
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods
No vehicles

Special regulations signs

One-way street
Pedestrian crossing
Road hump

Speed limit signs

End of speed limit zone
Maximum speed limit
Minimum speed limit
Speed limit zone

Warning signs

Children
Crossroads with a minor road
Cyclists ahead
Domestic animals
Falling rocks or debris
Give Way ahead
Junction with a minor road
Level crossing (one track)
Level crossing without barriers ahead
Loose road surface
Low-flying aircraft
Opening or swing bridge
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on one side
Roadworks ahead
Roundabout ahead
Slippery road surface
Steep ascent
Steep descent
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead
Tunnel ahead
Two-way traffic ahead
Uneven road ahead
Wild animals