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BRAKE REQUIRMENTS BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY
Information on Provincial Brake Requirements provided courtesy of the RV Gazette:
PROVINCES:
(Listed from the West Coast to the East Coast)
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| British Columbia |
Trailer Brake Requirements
- Gross trailer weight of 1,400 kg (3,080 Ibs)
or less - Brakes are required if the trailer
and its load weigh more than 50% of the licensed
weight of the vehicle towing it.
- Gross trailer weight of 1,401 kg (3,081 Ibs)
to 2,800 kg (6,160 Ibs) - Brakes are required,
including a breakaway brake.
- Gross trailer weight of more than 2,800 kg
(6,160 Ibs) - Brakes are required, and the
trailer brakes must be capable of being applied
by the driver independently of the towing vehicle's
brakes. A surge brake does NOT meet this requirement.
A breakaway brake is also required. Brakes are
required on all axles.
The sole exemption to this rule is for a 3 axle house
trailer, in which case brakes are only required on
2 of the 3 axles.
Towing Dolly Brake Requirements-
Gross weight of dolly and motor vehicle carried is
1,400 kg (3,081 Ibs) or less.
- Brakes are not required on the dolly if the
net weight of dolly plus (+) the gross weight
of motor vehicle carried plus (+) the gross weight
of tow vehicle equals (=) less than the gross
vehicle weight rating of the towing vehicle.
- Combinations other than the two outlined above require
brakes on the towing dolly. Brakes are not
required on the motor vehicle being carried by the
dolly.
Tow Bar Brake Requirements
- Motorhome and Towed Motor Vehicle - If
the towed motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight
of less than 2,000 kg (4,400 Ibs) and is less
than 40% of the gross vehicle weight rating of
the motorhome, brakes and coordinated brake control
are not required.
- Commercial Vehicle with GVWR over 5,500 kg
(12,100 Ibs) and Towed Motor Vehicle - If
the aggregate weight of the combination does not
exceed the GVWR of the commercial vehicle brakes
are not required on the motor vehicle being towed.
- Other Combinations - If the combination
is not included in the two situations outlined
above, brakes are required on all wheels of the
motor vehicle being towed in the same manner as
trailer brake requirements.
General Brake Requirements
- Brakes with which a trailer is equipped when applied
must be adequate to maintain control of the
trailer; when applied must not affect the direction
of travel of the trailer.
- Breakaway Brake
Must automatically apply when the trailer separates
from the tow vehicle and when applied must be capable of remaining fully applied for at least 15 minutes.
Detached Trailers
- No
person shall park or leave a detached trailer at any
place on a highway unless the wheels are
locked so that the trailer will remain stationary
at that place
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| Alberta |
Trailer
Brake Requirements
- If gross laden weight of trailer is 909 kg / 2,004
Ibs or over, or if gross trailer weight is over half
that
of the unit, independent braking system is required.
- Not required for trailers with a gross laden weight
of not more than 910 kg (2006 Ibs) or trailers with
a gross laden weight of less than half of the weight
of the towing unit.
- Breakaway brakes are required on trailers over 907
kg (2,000 Ibs).
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| Saskatchewan |
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Any trailer towed behind a motor vehicle with a Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 1,360 kg
(2,999 Ibs) and greater, requires brakes on all axles
with a break-away system that will apply the brakes
of the trailer in the event it breaks away from the
towed vehicle.
- Currently in Saskatchewan, a motor vehicle that
is towed behind another motor vehicle is not
required to have operational brakes. However, proposed
legislation will require any vehicle that has a
GVWR in excess of 2,000 kg (4,409 Ibs) or 40% the
GVWR of the towing vehicle to be fitted with brakes.
- Current legislation requires that where the combined
weight of the towed vehicle and tow dolly
exceed 50% of the Gross Vehicle Weight of the towing
vehicle, the tow dolly shall have brakes.
- The maximum weight of any motor vehicle towed behind
a towing motor vehicle is 2,800 kg (6,173
Ibs) or twice the weight of the towing vehicle, whichever
is less.
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| Manitoba |
Brakes
On Trailers
Every semi-trailer that forms part of, or is attached
to, a semi-trailer truck, and every trailer that is
attached to a motor vehicle and that has a gross weight
in excess of 910 kg (2,006 Ibs), when upon a highway
shall be equipped with brakes adequate, when operated
in combination with the brakes of the motor vehicle
or semi-trailer to which it is attached, to stop and
hold the semi-trailer truck, or the semi-trailer truck
and trailer, or the motor vehicle and trailer, as
the case may be, within the distances prescribed by
the law (subsection 8).
Breakaway brakes are required on trailers 907 kg (2,000
Ibs) and over. |
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| Ontario |
Trailer
or semi-trailer - Every trailer or semi-trailer having
a gross weight of 1,360 kilograms (3,000 Ibs) or more
shall be equipped with brakes adequate to stop and
to hold the vehicle. |
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| Quebec |
Independent
braking system is required in each weight bearing
wheel where gross weight exceeds 1,300 kg (2,867 Ibs).
Breakaway brakes are required on all trailers 1,360
kg (3,000 Ibs) and over. |
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| New Brunswick |
Independent
braking system required where gross weight exceeds
1.5 tons or 1,500 kg (3,308 Ibs).
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| Nova
Scotia |
Independent
braking system required where gross weight of load
and vehicle exceeds 1,800 kg (3,969
Ibs). Breakaway brakes are required on all trailers
with a registered weight of over 1,350 kg (2,977 Ibs). |
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| Prince
Edward Island |
Independent
braking system where gross weight exceeds 1,500 kg
(3,308) lbs. |
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| Newfoundland/Labrador |
Independent
braking system needed where gross weight exceeds 4,500
kg (9,923 lbs) or two or more axles are used on the
trailer.
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TERRITORIES:
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| Northwest Territories |
Required
if gross laden weight of trailer is 1,360 kg (2,999
lbs) or over, or if gross laden weight of trailer
exceeds 50% of gross laden weight of towing vehicle.
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| Nunavut |
Not specified
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| Yukon |
Independent
braking system required if gross weight exceeds 910
kg (2,007 lbs) or one-half of the licensed weight
of towing vehicle.
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