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Travel hours and calendar restrictions in Quebec

Permitted travel times and restrictions for nights, weekends, holidays, and rush hours, including eligibility conditions and continuous-travel exceptions.

11 facts, each with the passage it comes from, quoted from 2 official sources.

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  • What Saturday and Sunday travel restrictions and eligibility conditions apply?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

  • When is continuous travel allowed, when are overweight-only moves exempt, and must police approve departure times?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.

Facts

6 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 2 cases

  • In general
  • All vehicles operating under a special permit of any class
  • Condition 5

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.

Yesin 2 cases

  • Condition 3
  • Condition 4

Departure time police approval required (Yes or no)

Whether the departure time must be determined with a person in authority of the police force.

Yes

Condition 2

Travel time restriction (In words)

Time-of-day restriction on circulation, such as an authorized departure time or a prohibited circulation time, as determined in the permit.

  • Condition 10

    Prohibited travel time as determined in the permit.

  • Condition 9

    Authorized departure time as determined in the permit.

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

Width > 3.75 m or length > 17 m (single-unit vehicle), 21 m (crane), 27.50 m (combination of 2 vehicles), 30 m (combination of 3 vehicles or combination covered by a class 2 permit) or rear overhang > 4 m

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.

  • Montréal area

    6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

  • Québec City area

    7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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