Validity and trip coverage in Quebec
When a permit is effective, how long it lasts, which trips it covers, and how its validity can be extended or renewed.
12 facts, each with the passage it comes from, quoted from 5 official sources.
Where to apply
Where an application for Validity and trip coverage is submitted in Quebec.
Online · Ministère des Transports
Système de gestion des permis spéciaux ministériels (GPM)
gpm.transports.gouv.qc.ca (opens in a new tab)
The GPM system is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To create a “carrier” customer account or to apply through an authorized representative, the registre d’identification (NIR) number of the Commission des transports du Québec or the certificat d’aptitude à la sécurité (CAS) number will be required. The start date of validity must be the same day or within the next three months.
Start with a question
Open a question to read the facts on file that bear on it.
How long is the permit valid, and when can its validity begin?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.
Can the validity period be extended, and under what conditions?Nothing on file for Quebec answers this yet.
Facts
4 topics
Maximum permit validity (days) (Measures)
The maximum period, in days, for which a permit of this category or class is valid.
- 365 daysGeneral category
- 365 daysGeneral permit
- 30 daysGeneral permit, with a specified route
- 365 daysGeneral permit, without a specified route
Return trip included in permit validity (Yes or no)
Whether the permit authorizes a return trip on the same route as part of the same permit, without requiring a separate permit.
Yesin 3 cases
- Specific category
- Specific permit
- Specific permit
Maximum days ahead for permit validity start date (Measures)
The maximum number of days in advance of the requested start date that a permit application may specify as the beginning of the permit validity period.
90 days
In general
- 90 daysIn general
Renewal notice days before validity (Measures)
The number of days before the start of a new permit validity period that a renewal or expiry notice is sent to the permit holder.
30 days
Permit 633
Where these facts come from
- C-24.2, r. 35 – Règlement sur le permis spécial de circulation(opens in a new tab)
www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca, web page, 4 facts
- Permis spéciaux pour excès de charges et dimensions – Classes 1 à 7(opens in a new tab)
www.transports.gouv.qc.ca, web page, 4 facts
- Demander et gérer un permis spécial(opens in a new tab)
www.transports.gouv.qc.ca, web page, 2 facts
- Guide du Règlement sur le permis spécial de circulation(opens in a new tab)
www.transports.gouv.qc.ca, PDF, 1 fact
- Guide to the Regulation Respecting Special Permits(opens in a new tab)
www.transports.gouv.qc.ca, PDF, 1 fact