International Registration Plan

If you use a heavy vehicle to haul cargo or passengers outside Québec, you must have it registered with the International Registration Plan (IRP).

With the IRP, you can operate your heavy vehicles in every Canadian province and in the United States. You only pay the registration fees once a year, on the basis of the number of kilometres travelled in Québec and elsewhere.

Vehicles that require IRP registration

• Trucks and tractor trucks with:
  • 2 axles and a total loaded weightWeight of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles including its accessories, equipment and load. of 11,794 kg and over
  • 3 axles, regardless of the total loaded weight
• Combinations of road vehicles with a total loaded weight of 11,794 kg and over
• Buses used for the transportation of passengers for a fee (public transit)

Vehicles that do not require IRP registration

• Vehicles used for personal needs
• Urban delivery and collection vehicles
• Government vehicles
• Trucks, tractor trucks and combinations of road vehicles with a total loaded weight of under 11,794 kg
• Chartered buses (until December 31, 2015)

First-time registration

To register a heavy vehicle operated outside Québec, you must make an appointment before coming to one of our 9 service centres.

When you make your appointment, we will specify which documents you will need to bring with you.

Drummondville 80, rue Belleville J2C 5T1 819 475-8473	Gatineau 975, boul. Saint-Joseph J8Z 1W8 819 772-3993
Laval 1545, boul. Le Corbusier, bureau 75 H7S 2K6 450 682-6196	Longueuil 2877, chemin de Chambly, local 50 J4L 1M8 450 468-6588
Montréal 855, boul. Henri-Bourassa Ouest H3L 1P3 514 873-3047	Québec 787, boul. Lebourgneuf G2J 1C3 418 528-1407
Rimouski 195B, avenue Léonidas Sud G5L 2T5 418 727-3683	Rouyn-Noranda 32, avenue Québec J9X 6P9 819 763-3400
Saguenay 2655, boul. du Royaume G7S 4S9 418 548-0864

Payment

For a first-time IRP registration, you must make your payment at a service centre.

If you cannot come to the service centre yourself

The person who represents the vehicle's owner must have the original copy of the authorization to act on the owner's behalf.

Distance reporting with IRP registration renewal

You have from September to December to submit your distance report. In this report, you must indicate the number of kilometres you travelled from July 1 to June 30 of the year that precedes the IRP registration year.

The distance report is used to calculate the amount of the registration fee you will have to pay.

You may submit your distance report:

• online, with SAAQclic – Entreprises (in French only)
• by sending us the Déclaration des distances – Immatriculation IRP (PDF, 627 KB) form (in French only) by mail

Renewal payment

After submitting your distance report, you will receive a notice of assessment by mail in late January.

The amount you will have to pay is calculated on the basis of the number of kilometres travelled in Québec and elsewhere.

Payment deadline: March 31 of every year.

Payment of IRP registration fees

By mail

Service aux entreprises (IRP)
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec
333, boulevard Jean-Lesage, C-3-33<
C. P. 19600, succursale Terminus

Québec (Québec)  G1K 8J6

At one of the 9 service centres listed below (by appointment only)

Drummondville 80, rue Belleville J2C 5T1 819 475-8473	Gatineau 975, boul. Saint-Joseph J8Z 1W8 819 772-3993
Laval 1545, boul. Le Corbusier, bureau 75 H7S 2K6 450 682-6196	Longueuil 2877, chemin de Chambly, local 50 J4L 1M8 450 468-6588
Montréal 855, boul. Henri-Bourassa Ouest H3L 1P3 514 873-3047	Québec 787, boul. Lebourgneuf G2J 1C3 418 528-1407
Rimouski 195B, avenue Léonidas Sud G5L 2T5 418 727-3683	Rouyn-Noranda 32, avenue Québec J9X 6P9 819 763-3400
Saguenay 2655, boul. du Royaume G7S 4S9 418 548-0864

Payment by credit card is not accepted at our service outlets.

Payment is accepted:

• in cash
• by Interac (debit card)
• by one or more pre-authorized debits, after providing a cheque specimen
• by cheque or money order

IRP registration certificate (cab card)

Once your IRP registration payment has been made, we will send you a new cab card.

With this card, the vehicle can be operated from April 1 of a given year to March 31 of the following year in all Canadian provinces and American states that are registered with the IRP.