Interprovincial Demerit Transfers
If you get a speeding ticket out-of-province, the points usually follow you home. Here's how the Canadian Driver Licence Compact (CDLC) works.
The Canadian Driver Licence Compact (CDLC)
The CDLC is a sweeping agreement that forces provinces to share traffic violation records. When you are convicted of a moving violation in a participating province, that province immediately sends the record to your home province. Your home province then applies the penalty as if the offense occurred at home.
Participating CDLC Members
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Yukon
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
Non-Members
BC & Quebec
British Columbia and Quebec are not part of the CDLC. However, they maintain strict bilateral agreements with neighboring provinces (e.g., Quebec shares data with Ontario, New York, and Maine).
How Points Translate
The most important rule of the CDLC is that the penalty is dictated by your home province, not the province where you were caught.
"If you are an Ontario driver caught doing 30 km/h over in Alberta, Alberta doesn't assign you Alberta demerits. They notify Ontario. Ontario looks at the offense (30 km/h over) and assigns you the demerit penalty that the Ontario Highway Traffic Act dictates (4 points), even if Alberta's penalty would have been different."