Get a permit to drive an outsized vehicle

Last updated March 1, 2023
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A permit is required to drive an outsized vehicle on the Montréal road network. Learn all you need to know about obtaining your permit.

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In Ahuntsic-Cartierville, you need a special permit for outsized vehicles if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit online for all boroughs that participate in the online service and through which the outsized vehicle will travel.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing 

You will be billed 1 month after your permit is issued.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $44
Application fee and official review of scheduled route: $149

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional

  • Map of your itinerary

 

For snow blowers:

  • Certificate of the vehicle’s dimensions signed by an engineer

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Anjou, you need a special travel permit for outsized vehicles if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

Billing 

The permit to drive an outsized vehicle is issued free of charge in Anjou.   

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

Legislation

In Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is issued.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $40
Application fee and official review of scheduled route: $135

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Lachine, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fees

Analyse et émission du permis « hors normes»: 125 $

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

[email protected]

Send your permit application form (in French), your credit card payment form (in French) and your MTQ special travel permit application.

In LaSalle, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing 

The permit to drive an outsized vehicle is issued free of charge in Lasalle.   

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In the Plateau-Mont-Royal, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

  

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is issued.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Analysis of the file and issuance of the traffic permit: $198 (taxes included)

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In the Sud-Ouest, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing

You will be billed 1 month after your permit is issued.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $176.50
Application fee and official review of scheduled route: $45

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

No permit is required to drive an outsized vehicle in this borough.

In Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is expired.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit (taxes not included) : $210

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Montréal-Nord, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Outremont, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing 

The permit to drive an outsized vehicle is issued free of charge in Outremont.   

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Pierrefonds-Roxboro, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Billing

You will be billed after your permit is expired.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $48
Application fee and official review of scheduled route: $167

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $48
Application fee and official review of scheduled route: $165

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application
  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Saint-Laurent, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ.

 

Billing 

The permit to drive an outsized vehicle is issued free of charge in Saint-Laurent.   

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 10 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Saint-Léonard, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is expired.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 2 days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $40

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

In Verdun, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is expired.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fee

Issuance of permit: $34

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application
  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

[email protected]

Send your MTQ special travel permit application along with an e-mail that includes the following information:

  • the dates of your trip;
  • your planned itinerary;
  • vehicle dimensions;
  • total weight of the vehicle;
  • the merchandise that the vehicle will carry.

In Ville-Marie, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Billing

You will be billed 4 weeks after your permit is expired.

Good to know

You must apply for your permit at least 10 working days before the date you plan to travel.

Fees

Application fee, official review of scheduled route and issuance of permit

$180 (all taxes included)

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

Point of service

Accès Montréal Office – Ville-Marie
800 Boulevard De Maisonneuve Est
Ground floor
Montréal, QC H2L 4L8

Send your application with the required documents.

[email protected]

Send your MTQ special travel permit application along with a letter that includes the following information:

  • the dates of your trip;
  • your planned itinerary;
  • vehicle dimensions;
  • total weight of the vehicle;
  • the merchandise that the vehicle will carry.

In Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, you need a “temporary occupancy of public property permit” if your vehicle:

  • is wider than 2.6 metres;
  • is taller than 4.15 metres;
  • weighs more than 50 metric tonnes and requires a class 6 or 7 driver’s license.

 

To get your permit, you must: 

  1. apply for a special travel permit from the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ).
  2. apply for a permit from each borough in which the outsized vehicle will be driven.
  3. return the borough-approved permits to the MTQ. 

 

Billing

You will be billed 4 to 6 weeks after your permit is expired.

Good to know 

You must apply for your permit at least 5 days before the date you plan to travel.

Fees

Application fee and official review of scheduled route 

$157

Issuance of permit

$45.30

Required documents

You must submit a copy of the following documents:

  • Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) special travel permit application

 

Optional:

  • Map of your itinerary

Communication channels

This service lets you send an application simultaneously to all participating boroughs.

Apply (in French)

[email protected]

Send your permit application form (in French) and your MTQ special travel permit application.