Commercial vehicles must be inspected regularly to ensure they are safe to drive. There are different types of inspections:

• safety standards certificate, annual, and semi-annual inspections must be completed by a licensed motor vehicle inspection technician at an inspection station that is licensed by the Ministry of Transportation
• preventative maintenance inspections must be part of an operator’s maintenance plan and schedule, and must be done by a qualified technician at prescribed intervals
• daily inspections completed by the driver or other person on behalf of the operator
You will need a safety inspection anytime you:
• register a rebuilt motor vehicle
• transfer a used motor vehicle to a new owner as fit
• register a motor vehicle in Ontario that was previously registered in another province or country
• change the status of a vehicle from unfit to fit
If your vehicle passes the inspection, you will be given a safety standards certificate and a vehicle inspection report as proof.

Vehicles that require an annual safety inspection (valid for 12 months) include:
• most trucks, trailers and converter dollies, alone or in combination, with a total gross weight, registered gross weight or manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,500 kg.
• concrete pumps and mobile cranes (not including off-road mobile cranes)
Total gross weight means the weight transmitted to the highway by the truck and/or trailer - includes the driver, passenger, fuel, equipment, tools, cargo, etc. carried by the truck and/or trailer.
Registered gross weight (RGW) means the maximum allowable weight based on the fees paid for the truck licence plates - indicated in kilograms on the right (plate) portion of a truck's ownership next to "REG. GROSS WT." Trailers and converter dollies do not have a RGW.

Manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) means the maximum weight a truck or trailer is safely capable of weighing as declared by the manufacturer. This is indicated on the vehicle's vehicle identification number (VIN) plate or safety certification label.
Vehicles that require an inspection every 6 months include:
• vehicles with seating capacities of 10 or more passengers (not including the driver), such as buses, large passenger vans and limousines. the driver), including large passenger vans and limousines
• school purposes vehicles used for transporting six or more persons
• accessible vehicles

Ontario has strict requirements for safety inspections that are based on Canada’s National Safety Code (Standard 11, Part B). Inspections include:
• power train
• suspension
• brake systems
• hydraulic brakes
• air brakes
• steering
• instruments and auxiliary equipment
• lamps
• electrical system
• body
• tires and wheels
• coupling devices

Ministry of Transportation and police officers inspect commercial vehicles to make sure qualified drivers are operating vehicles safely. If your vehicle or trailer is found to be in such an unsafe condition that it endangers other people on the highway, you may be prohibited from operating it until repairs are made. You can also face fines up to $20,000.

Under Ontario’s commercial motor vehicle impoundment program, critically defective commercial vehicles are impounded for a minimum of 15 days. If an officer finds one or more critical defects on a bus, truck or trailer, the officer will remove the plates and inspection stickers from the vehicle and impound it.

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