Transport Canada helps to improve the safety of drivers and their passengers, especially children. We also play a leadership role in the development of the national motor carrier transportation system, and we play a partnership role in ensuring Canada's highway infrastructure is safe and efficient.  We also serve as the major source of regulatory development, information and guidance on the transport of dangerous goods. 

Road safety

• Air bag safety - Safety information relating to air bags and instructions on how to deactivate them.
• Cell phones and driving - You'll survive a missed phone call; you might not survive a collision!
• Road conditions - Find out the conditions of your route before going out on the road.
• Road safety tips - Safety tips for road travellers.
• Smashed: information on drinking and driving - Everything you want and need to know about drinking and driving.
• Winter driving information - Useful information about winter driving such as informative videos, backgrounders, questions and answers, and even information and tips for snowmobiling! 

Information for drivers

• Advanced Technology Vehicles Program - Assesses vehicles with advanced and alternate technologies to measure their impact on safety, energy efficiency and the environment.
• Canadian Vehicle Survey - Provides annual estimates of the amount of road travel, by type of vehicle, age and sex of the driver, time of day and season. The results are the sole national source of road vehicle use information.
• Driver licensing - Links to provincial and territorial driver and motor vehicle licensing information.
• Exporting a vehicle to the United States - Vehicle Importation Regulations of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
• Fuel consumption program - Information on testing vehicles for fuel efficiency and fuel consumption.
• Importing a vehicle into Canada - Information on how to import a vehicle.
• Personal Vehicle Program - Helpful tips on buying, driving and maintaining your vehicle from the Office of Energy Efficiency.
• Planning to Travel? - Taking a road trip? Check our tips on how to make your trip as safe as possible.
• Vehicle recalls and defects - Learn about safety-related defects and how you can report problems, you can also search the On-Line Vehicle Recalls Database.

Child safety

• Car Time 1-2-3-4 - Information on the four stages of child safety in vehicles and simple instructions and tips on making Car Time a safe time for children.
• Safe travel in a booster seat - Helps you to decide when to move your child to a booster seat.
• Safe travel in a seat belt - Helps you to decide when to move your child to a regular seat belt.
• How to protect children in vehicles with side air bags - Learn about the types of air bags and what you can do to keep your child safe.
• School bus safety - Information relating to safety issues on school buses.

Motor carriers

• Accessible transportation - Transport Canada is working to develop and promote strategies and policies that seek to provide accessibility for persons with disabilities, seniors, and other citizens with unique needs. 
• Bus data - Statistics relating to urban transit, school buses and other bus companies.
• Canada / U.S. Border Transportation Planning - Information on the Transportation Border Working Group, as well as other initiatives in border transportation, planning and management.
• Intercity Bus Code of Practice - Sets out the means by which scheduled intercity bus services will be provided in a safe and dignified manner to travellers with disabilities.
• Motor Carrier Policy - The Motor Carrier Branch works in collaboration with stakeholders on a broad range of motor carrier policy initiatives.
• Truck data - Statistics relating to various carriers and industry firms, traffic, tonnage of goods moved and more.

Infrastructure

• Highway Policy Branch - Providing national leadership through the development of strategic highway policies that govern the 24,000 kilometre federal, provincial, and territorially-owned National Highway System.
• Intelligent Transportation Systems - Browse through this site for more information on how Transport Canada is working with its partners to enhance transportation security in Canada. 
• Partnership Web site - Information on the Canada-US-Ontario-Michigan Border Transportation Planning/Need Feasibility Study Web site.
• Provincial government links - Provincial and territorial ministries responsible for transportation.
• Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program - Investing in Canada's highway infrastructure to provide a safer and more efficient highway system for all Canadians.

Transport of dangerous goods

The TDG Directorate serves as the major source of regulatory development, information and guidance on dangerous goods transport for the public, industry and government employees.

• CANUTEC - The Canadian Transport Emergency Centre operated by Transport Canada to assist emergency response personnel in handling emergency situations involving dangerous goods.