Travel hours and calendar restrictions in Ontario
Permitted travel times and restrictions for nights, weekends, holidays, and rush hours, including eligibility conditions and continuous-travel exceptions.
5 facts, each with the passage it comes from, all quoted from Guide to oversize/overweight vehicles and loads.
Where to apply
Where an application for Travel hours and calendar restrictions is submitted in Ontario.
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.
What Saturday and Sunday travel restrictions and eligibility conditions apply?Nothing on file for Ontario answers this yet.
When is continuous travel allowed, when are overweight-only moves exempt, and must police approve departure times?Nothing on file for Ontario answers this yet.
Facts
4 topics
Sunday and holiday travel allowed (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes circulation on Sundays and the named public holidays, for the vehicle or combination, including load and equipment.
Yesin 1 caseNoin 1 case
- Saturdays and Sundays
- Sunday travel in summer months, overweight vehicles and/or loads
Night travel allowed (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes circulation at night, defined as the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, for the vehicle or combination, including load and equipment, under the applicable conditions.
Yes
Rush hour travel prohibited (Yes or no)
Whether circulation is prohibited during specified rush-hour time windows on the named roads or areas, as set out in the applicable permit condition.
Yes
Single trip and project permits exceeding specified dimensions, GTA
Rush hour restriction period (In words)
The time window during which circulation is prohibited as a rush-hour restriction, expressed as a start and end time.
7:00am to 9:30am and 3:30pm to 6:30pm
GTA
Where these facts come from
- Guide to oversize/overweight vehicles and loads(opens in a new tab)
www.ontario.ca, web page, 5 facts