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Registrar of Imported Vehicles - Importer Checklist
Visit Transport Canada's List of Vehicles Admissible from the United States for additional details.
Registrar of Imported Vehicles (RIV) registration fees
Unless your vehicle is exempt from the RIV process, the following registration fee must be paid to RIV:
$310 + Applicable Taxes
NEW: Effective August 1, 2018, the RIV Vehicle import fee will be $310, and the RIV Vehicle for parts fee will be
$95
The RIV registration fee must be paid before an RIV inspection form for your vehicle will be released. You may pay the
RIV fee at the border, on-line, by mail or in person at an RIV office.
RIV Inspection
All required modifications must be completed prior to the RIV inspection.
The Federal inspection must be completed within 45 days (or 1 year for salvage vehicles) of the date of importation.
You will be required to present the vehicle, the Federal Inspection Form and your Vehicle Import Form - Form1 at the
time of Inspection at an authorized federal inspection centre.
The inspection centre will provide RIV with the Federal inspection results once the RIV inspection is complete.
RIV will issue a Canadian Statement of Compliance (SOC) label for the vehicle once the vehicle has passed the Federal
inspection.
The following is the address and phone number for the inspection centre that you selected:
Canadian Tire - Bay & Dundas
65 Dundas Street W.
Toronto, ON
MSG 2C3
Phone#: (416) 979-9056
Fax#: (416) 979-7529
Hours: No Service Centre
Additional notes:
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Provincial Licensing
In order to register and license an imported vehicle you need to present your stamped Vehicle Import Form - Form 1,
along with the bill of sale, title, proof of insurance, as well as any other information or documentation required by the
provincial/territorial licensing jurisdiction.
Please contact your provincial licensing jurisdiction for detailed information on how to obtain provincial or territorial
licensing.
The following is the phone number for the province that you have selected:
Ontario
Phone: 416 235-2999 or 1-800-387-3445
Web site: .bttp:Uwww.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/index.html
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