Fleet maintenance guides for Canadian fleets
Plain-language guides for Canadian fleet owners, safety managers and shop leads: preventive maintenance under National Safety Code Standard 11, Schedule 1 trip inspections, CVIP and the other provincial periodic inspection programs, records, tires and shop costs, each with the regulation it comes from.
- Preventive maintenance
- Inspections
- Compliance
- Costs
- Tires
- Shop operations
Preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance schedules for semi trucks in Canada
Every Canadian carrier must run a regular inspection and maintenance program for its trucks and trailers and be able to prove it from the vehicle files. Here is what NSC Standard 11 Part A expects, how four provinces put it into law, service levels in kilometres, a sample checklist and a way to set your own intervals.
Inspections
Trip inspection (DVIR) requirements in Canada under NSC Standard 13
Drivers call it the pre-trip, the circle check or the DVIR. Under the National Safety Code it is the daily trip inspection: a Schedule 1 check that covers 24 hours, a signed report that rides in the cab, and a clear line between defects a truck can run with and defects that park it.
Compliance
CVIP and periodic truck inspections in Canada, province by province
Every heavy truck and trailer in Canada must pass a periodic mechanical inspection at a licensed facility, and how often depends on the province and the vehicle. Here is the national standard, how Ontario, Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec run it, and what to keep on file.
Compliance
Truck maintenance records in Canada: building the vehicle file an NSC auditor asks for
Canada enforces its maintenance standard in the office, not at the roadside: an auditor picks units from your fleet and reads their files. Here is what Standard 11 expects in each file, how long Standard 13 and the provinces want each paper kept, and how to stay audit-ready.
Costs
How to calculate fleet maintenance cost per kilometre (and per mile)
Canadian odometers count kilometres, while US lanes, rate quotes and most published benchmarks count miles. This guide gives the per-kilometre formula, a clean way to switch units, a three-tractor example in km and a method for deciding when an old unit has become too expensive to keep.
Inspections
CVSA out-of-service criteria in Canada: what parks a truck, and what follows
Every province and territory inspects commercial vehicles against the same North American pass-fail list. Here is where that list comes from, what Canadian inspectors put trucks out of service for, how the result reaches your carrier profile, and a Schedule 1 pre-trip aimed at the defects that matter most.
Tires
Truck tire tread depth in Canada: the limits in millimetres, axle by axle
Canadian tread limits are written in millimetres, and they change between the shop standard, the periodic inspection, the province and the roadside. Here are the NSC figures, Ontario’s and Quebec’s own rules, how inspectors measure, and how to log readings so tires come off before a decal is refused.
Shop operations
Running truck repair work orders in a Canadian shop
Every repair a Canadian carrier makes has to end up in a vehicle file that an auditor can follow. This is a work order process built around NSC Standard 11, the Schedule 1 trip inspection and the provincial record rules, from the first report of a defect to the closed and filed job.
Shop operations
Choosing fleet maintenance software for a Canadian trucking fleet
Software for a Canadian fleet has to keep a Standard 11 vehicle file, handle Schedule 1 trip inspections, follow every periodic inspection certificate to its expiry date and count in kilometres. Here is how to judge it, what to ask, how pricing usually works and how to move your records across.
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