Fee payment procedures in Ontario
Accepted payment methods and procedures for paying permit charges, including account funding requirements, payment addresses, and cheque identification.
9 facts, each with the passage it comes from, quoted from 3 official sources.
Where to apply
Where an application for Fee payment procedures is submitted in Ontario.
Online · Ministry of Transportation
PRIO online permitting system
prio.mto.gov.on.ca (opens in a new tab)
Before you apply online for the first time, you must register to use the online services by completing a user account form and emailing it to the Ministry of Transportation’s Oversize/Overweight Permit Office at oo.permits@ontario.ca. Once your online services account has been set up, you can use it to apply for as many permits as you need.
Email
Oversize/Overweight Permit Office
To become a PRIO user and apply directly online to receive your Annual Permit by e-mail, please contact the Oversize/Overweight Permit Office at oo.permits.review@ontario.ca and request the PRIO online User Account application Form. Once you've completed the application form, return the form to the O/O Permit Office at oo.permits.review@ontario.ca to obtain a user ID.
Phone · Ministère des Transports
Bureau de délivrance de permis, par téléphone
Contact the permit issuing office during business hours if the route indicated on your permit needs to be changed.
Phone · Ministère des Transports
Bureau de délivrance de permis, par téléphone (sans frais)
Contact the permit issuing office during business hours if the route indicated on your permit needs to be changed.
Mail · Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Permit Issuing Office
Permit Issuing Office, by mail
301 St. Paul Street, 3rd Floor, St Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7R4
Application forms must be completed in full. Incomplete applications will be returned.
In person · Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Permit Issuing Office
Permit Issuing Office
301 St. Paul Street, 3rd Floor, St Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7R4
Email · Ministry of Transportation
Oversize/Overweight Permit Office, by email
Use it when: For Permitting and Registration for International Registration Plan and Oversize/Overweight (PRIO) online permitting system account set up, tow truck certificate applications, special vehicle configuration permits or project permits
Fax · Ministry of Transportation
Highway Operations Permits Office, by fax
905-704-2545
Use it when: Until January 1, 2026
Download and complete an application form. Include payment (Canadian funds only) by visa or Mastercard using an authorization form, cheque made out to the Ministry of Finance, bank draft, money order or certified cheque made out to the Ministry of Finance.
Start with a question
Open a question to read the facts on file that bear on it.
Must a permit account have sufficient funds before a superload permit can be issued?Nothing on file for Ontario answers this yet.
Facts
2 topics
Permit payment method (Choices)
Accepted method of payment for a permit.
In general
- Credit card
All permit types
- Online payment
All personal cheques must be certified unless payment is sent by mail
- Certified bank check
Payment is sent by mail
- Cheque
Payment mailing address (In words)
The mailing address to which payment for a superload permit must be sent.
Ministry of Transportation Highway Operations Permits Office 301 St. Paul Street, 2nd Floor St Catharines, Ontario L2R 7R4
To apply by mail or fax
Where these facts come from
- Get an oversize/overweight permit(opens in a new tab)
www.ontario.ca, web page, 3 facts
- Guide sur les véhicules et charges de dimensions/poids exceptionnels(opens in a new tab)
www.ontario.ca, web page, 3 facts
- Guide to oversize/overweight vehicles and loads(opens in a new tab)
www.ontario.ca, web page, 3 facts