Table 1 Best Practices Summary Table (Provincial/Territorial regulation as of 2009, except where otherwise indicated)

Bicycle helmet

All Ages

✓

X

n/a

X

X

n/a

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

All Roadways

✓

✓

n/a

✓

✓

n/a

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2013)

Booster seat

9 years of age & height 145 cm

✓

n/a

X

✓

✓

X

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2013)

Weight 18–36 kg

✓

n/a

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2014)

(2013)

Public education programs

✓

n/a

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

Under 12 seated in back seat

X

n/a

X

X

X

X

X

X

n/a

X

n/a

n/a

n/a

No vehicle exemptions (e.g. for medical vehicles or public/school buses)

X

n/a

X

X

X

X

X

X

n/a

X

n/a

n/a

n/a

Driver responsibility

✓

n/a

X

✓

✓

X

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2013)

Non-compliance penalties

✓

n/a

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

✓

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2014)

(2013)

Incentive programs

✓

n/a

✓

X

✓

X

✓

X

n/a

X

✓

n/a

n/a

(e.g. providing free or discounted booster seats to families who qualify)

(2014)

GDL

Learner stage

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

Intermediate stage

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

BAC restrictions

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

Nighttime driving curfew

✓

✓

X

X

✓

X

X

X

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

Passenger restrictions

✓

X

X

X

X

X

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

n/a

Cell phone restrictions

✓

X

✓

X

X

X

X

X

X

✓

X

X

n/a

(Some provinces have now enacted cell phone restrictions outside of GDL. Those are not included here.)

‘L’ and ‘N’ sign plates

✓

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

✓

✓

✓

X

n/a

No time discount for driver education

X

✓

✓

✓

X

X

X

X

X

✓

✓

✓

n/a