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Applications and supporting documentation in Quebec

Requirements for submitting an application, including supporting load and vehicle documents, financial assurances, submission procedures and processing timelines.

12 facts, each with the passage it comes from, quoted from 3 official sources.

Where to apply

Where an application for Applications and supporting documentation is submitted in Quebec.

  • Online · Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable

    Système de gestion des permis ministériels (GPM)

    gpm.transports.gouv.qc.ca (opens in a new tab)

    Create an authentication account with a valid email address, then create a GPM account (Individual, Carrier or Authorized Representative).

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  • How is a pre-approval file number obtained, and where and how must a superload permit application be submitted?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

  • What shipper statements, load-reduction certifications, project justifications and damage-responsibility letters must accompany an application?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

  • What surety bond is required, and how is its amount determined?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

  • What submission lead times, application formatting requirements and approval processing times apply?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

Facts

4 topics

Superload application submission office (In words)

The office or authority to which all applications for the movement of superloads must be submitted.

Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable, through the ministériel permit management system (GPM).

Special travel permits of classes 1 to 7

Certification that load cannot feasibly be reduced required (Yes or no)

Whether an application must include a declaration or certification that the load or equipment cannot be rearranged, divided or reduced to comply with normal weight and dimension limits.

Yesin 3 cases

  • Page 6 – Declarations section; all types of special permit applications; applicant's certification
  • The applicant; except for a Class 4 permit application
  • The applicant; except in the case of a Class 4 permit application

Engineer-certified information required for crane superload application (In words)

The engineer-certified information required for a crane superload application.

  • Class 6 permit for a crane

    Copy of an attestation signed by an engineer: characteristics provided for in section 3.1, paragraph 7, and section 3.2, paragraphs 5 to 8; year of manufacture, maximum speed, lifting capacity, removable equipment included in the declared mass; characteristics of section 3.2, paragraph 1, if Class 1 or 7 required.

  • Class 6 permit for a crane

    Copy of the attestation signed by an engineer of the characteristics provided for in section 3.1, paragraph 7, and section 3.2, paragraphs 5 to 8; year of manufacture, maximum speed, lifting capacity, removable equipment included in the declared mass and dimensions if Class 1 or 7 required.

Vehicle and axle information required (In words)

The vehicle, tire, axle, suspension, spacing and weight specifications or declarations that must accompany a superload permit application.

  • Application for a special class 6 permit, including class 1-6 and 6-7 combinations as well as category 6 – Posted bridge

    For each axle: vehicle type, suspension type, axle type, number of tires, minimum spacing (cm), minimum tire width (mm), minimum total tire capacity on the axle (kg), steering axle capacity (kg) and maximum load per axle (kg). Configure the vehicle starting from the front (axle 1).

  • Class 4, 5 or 6 permit

    For each axle: axle type, suspension type and declaration of equalization of the masses to within 1,000 kg at all times for tandem, triple or quadruple groups.

  • Class 4, 5 or 6 permit

    Minimum tire width, number of tires per axle, minimum spacing between axles and groups, minimum tire capacity per axle and capacity of steering axles.

  • Class 4, 5 or 6 permit

    For each axle, axle type, suspension type and declaration of equalization to within 1,000 kg at all times of the axle loads of tandem, triple or quadruple groups.

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