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If you are new to Manitoba, you should follow the steps listed below if you wish to register and insure vehicles in Manitoba.
1. Get a claim history letter from your previous insurer or ask your Autopac agent for a claim experience form--called a 'New Manitoba Residents Form'--that you can send to your previous insurer.
2. Get your Manitoba driver's licence before buying your Autopac insurance or you can't qualify for a premium discount. You must get a Manitoba driver’s licence within three months of moving to Manitoba. Of course, if your driver’s licence from the place you left is about to expire, you must get a Manitoba licence right away. You need a valid driver’s licence to drive in Manitoba.
When you get a Manitoba driver's licence, you'll receive one merit--provided you've moved here from somewhere in Canada or the U.S., or any other country that has an arrangement with Manitoba allowing for the reciprocal exchange of driver licences. However, if you have driving convictions on your driving record, you may lose this merit. The merit entitles you to a $5 discount on the purchase of your driver's licence and may also qualify you for a discount on your Autopac rates. If you are in the Military, you may qualify for more than one merit. Ask your Autopac agent.
Remember, if you don't have a valid Manitoba driver's licence when you register your vehicle, you won't qualify for an Autopac merit discount.
Young drivers who have moved to Manitoba need to know a few special rules. You can apply for a Class 5 Learner driver's licence if you're 15-1/2 and you're enrolled in our high school driver education course. If you're not enrolled in this course, you'll have to wait until you're 16. Remember that with a learner licence you can only drive with someone who holds a Class 5 Full Stage driver's licence which they must have held for at least three years.
3. If your vehicle doesn’t have a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) proving it’s safe, get your vehicle inspected at an authorized inspection station. To register your vehicle here, it must have a “Passed” COI. It’s illegal to drive your vehicle here if it has failed the inspection.
4. If your vehicle has a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) from your former home, you may be able to use it to register your vehicle here. Call us to find out if your COI is valid in Manitoba.
5. If your vehicle is on our most-at-risk list of being stolen, it must have an approved immobilizer to be registered here. Call us if you need one. For most of these vehicles, we pay for the immobilizer and installation. You’ll be able to register your vehicle, but you must have your immobilizer installed within 90 days.
If your vehicle already has an approved immobilizer, show your immobilizer decal or certificate to your Autopac agent, as proof.
6. Buy your Autopac insurance.
You have three months to register and insure your vehicle if:
- it's privately owned;
- it’s a passenger car or truck not used commercially;
- its gross vehicle weight is 3,700 kg or less.
Otherwise, you must register here immediately. Also, if your registration and insurance from your former home expire or are cancelled within three months of moving here, you must register here immediately.
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