giggimickey

Hi,my licence renewal is up so i just need to know if its the same in Canada as the U.K do you need a certificate to obtain your Licence?

MB-Realtor

Here in Manitoba you only need a Safety (MOT) when the car is sold.

I've seen many cars were its only the Rust thats holding it together.

daft batty

In Ontario you need to have an emissions test. Thats all, your car can have no brakes, duff steering, be covered in rusty shards to rip that pedestrian to shreds; all of those are OK as long as you dont pollute. I think the emssions test is only every other year as well.

The letter tells you what you need to get your tax sticky

Happy Birthday.

giggimickey

Thank you both.

Purley

Yes, its the same in Saskatchewan as Manitoba. If you can see through the cracks in the windshield and it doesn't fall apart from the rust holes - you can drive it!!

I heard a story some years ago about how SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) had a plan to ban people from driving farm trucks with cracked windshields. Then they found that all farm trucks had cracked windshields so they abandoned the idea.

Lorna_D

What does the Safety look like we didn't have anything off the seller for our van but SGI insured it anyway.

lincoln_2_vancouver

one word of advice , if you have no claims bonuses for insurance contact your insurer and have them do you a letter detailing your no claims bonuses. you get 5% discount for every year you can prove you have no claims, up to a max of 40% i think . If you have had more than one insurer you will need a letter from each .
car insurance is mega expensve over here.

daft batty

Around here those letters mean nothing.

MB-Realtor

Ours is a single sheet with lots of boxes that are ticked if its ok, and a cross if that bit fails.

Lorna_D

We only had a bill of sale and the little log book thingy SGI didn't ask for anything else when we bought the plates, is that something I should look into

Purley

I am pretty sure that SGI would not issue plates unless it had the history of the vehicle. My husband says that you don't need a safety check on a vehicle if its a Saskatchewan vehicle. But if the car has come from another province or its been totalled, there is a yellow sticker on the edge of the door showing its been through some kind of a safety check.

Lorna_D

Ah....... once again you have but my mind at rest, tell Rhys thank you

ann m

What is the score with Alberta anyone?

And what is this I hear about sales tax if you flog your car?? Have I got the wrong end of a sticky stick?!

Tuppence

Not sure about Alberta, but if you sell your car in NS, they buyer has to pay tax on the purchase (can't get plates until they have). Tax on used cars, they don't miss a trick