Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1038)

12.4 (1) After recording the vehicle in its registration system and inspecting the vehicle, the registrar of imported vehicles must certify the vehicle by issuing a Canadian certification label in both official languages if it determines that the vehicle conforms to the requirements of subsection 12.1(2).

(2) The Canadian certification label must

• (a) display

  • (i) the vehicle identification number,

  • (ii) a statement that the necessary alterations have been made to bring the vehicle into conformity with the standards — prescribed under these Regulations — that were applicable on the date of manufacture,

  • (iii) the date on which the vehicle was altered, and

  • (iv) in the case of a passenger car, truck, multi-purpose passenger vehicle, low-speed vehicle, bus, trailer, trailer converter dolly, motorcycle or three-wheeled vehicle that has been sold at the retail level in the United States and in the case of a prescribed vehicle from Mexico,

    • (A) the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle, expressed in kilograms, and

    • (B) the gross axle weight rating for each axle of the vehicle, expressed in kilograms and listed in order from the front to the rear of the vehicle;

• (b) be permanently applied

  • (i) to the same surface as that to which an American compliance label is applied, or

  • (ii) if there is no American compliance label on the vehicle, in the appropriate location referred to in subsection 6(3);

• (c) be resistant to or protected against any weather condition to which the label may be exposed; and

• (d) have lettering that is

  • (i) indelible,

  • (ii) indented, embossed or in a colour that contrasts with the background colour of the label, and

  • (iii) in block capitals and numerals not less than 2 mm in height.