Automotive and powersports permitted & prohibited products list

Examples of permitted listings

• New catalytic converters that are certified to conform to applicable standards
• High intensity discharge (HID) conversion kits intended for and specifically listed for off-road use
• Tires
• Automotive batteries
• Empty gas cans that conform to applicable standards

Examples of prohibited listings

• Motor vehicles that are required to be registered
• Products intended to defeat, bypass or shut down emission control devices, including oxygen sensor simulators
• High intensity discharge (HID) conversion kits, except as specifically permitted above
• Products intended to override malfunction indicator lights
• Products intended to affect traffic signals
• Products designed to intentionally block, jam or interfere with licensed or authorised radio communications, such as:
  • Cell jammers
  • GPS jammers
  • Laser jammers
  • PCS jammers
  • Radar jammers
  • Wi-Fi jammers
• Products intended to alter odometers
• Driver’s licences and other government-issued identification cards
• Accessible parking permits
• Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates
• Hydraulic brake and system fluid that does not meet applicable standards, including labelling requirements
• Radar detectors
• Devices intended to interfere with electronic toll systems
• Vehicle airbags and airbag covers
• Vehicle airbag inflators and airbag components
• Vehicle seat belts and seat belt components
• Car seat heating pad (cushioned pad with a heating element powered by connection to a vehicle DC jack, USB port, internal battery, or external power bank)

Related help page

• Restricted products: Electronics

Additional useful information

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police: consumer protection, material on odometer tampering statute
• Jamming devices are prohibited in Canada
• Spectrum management and telecommunications
• On-road vehicle and engine emission regulations