How to get Registered in Ontario

i cant talk about ontario specifics, but what i know of in general in Canada.

you can get a safety inspection at any mechanic, at any time in the life of your project, best to do it when your car is complete though, or at least drive-able.

any holes in the body that go from outside to the cabin will fail.
bad tires, and glass will fail.
bad exhaust,, lights not working, breaks and suspension items not in good condition will also make insurance companies say "fix it before you get any coverage from us"

if you are restoring it, and not driving it until you are done, you wont need either registration, or insurance, you cant get reg without ins, and you cant get ins without a car in good order.

i cant say anything about emissions as alberta doesnt have regulations on those, but if the government website says under 87 dont need them, then you wont need it, you keep your stance on that if you have any worries about the emissions of your car, or if you dont want to spend the money on a test if you dont need to.

In Ontario here's how you do it:
I am assuming you have had the car registered in your name in Quebec and is not a new purchase.
Take your ownership to a Service Ontario location. They will change your ownership into Ontario and give you an Ontario ownership you will NOT get plates at this time. You do not need anything else until you are ready to certify the car for road use. You can call your insurance company and place fire and theft coverage if you are worried about those issues. Once your car is finished and ready for inspection you can get a 10 day permit ($15) from Service Ontario. This allows you to drive it to get the safety inspection done at your mechanic. At this time you can again call your insurance co. (I use Lant ins Custom wheel plan). and add liability coverage. Once you have your safety inspection certificate from your mechanic and your liability coverage in place you can now go back to Service Ont. and register the vehicle for road use and get plates. When registering you can register your vehicles in a couple of different ways. You can register as a Historic vehicle (might get you cheaper ins) and get plates that are marked historic but have restrictions as to the use of the vehicle. You can register with Year of Manufacture (YOM) 1972 plates or buy personalized/regular plates that have no restrictions on daily driving use.


I use Lant Ins. (now Haggerty ins.) and pay about $700/year on an agreed value form 19A policy.
You should look into the Silver Wheels Plan
http://www.lant-ins.ca/silver_wheel_plan.php

If you have other questions you can send me a PM and I will forward you my PH # or post here. Hope this helps

if you have a quarter panel hole, i think it will still pass, its mainly any holes that would allow exhaust or anything into the main cabin, or holes that would cause the structure of the car to be unsafe, a quarter panel doesnt do much of that on its own.

but like i said, its best to wait until the car looks as complete as you can make it. many crap *** cars get their safety inspections done on them and pass somehow, so it shouldnt be a problem.


another thing, you may need an out of province inspection, im not sure if they have those in ontario, btu in AB, any car registered out of the province needs an out of province inspection done it before it can be insured and registered here.

if they dont have that, try and see if your insurance company will forgo the safety inspection if you show them the most recent insurance and registration papers. again, here in AB, any car registered within the last year, can be insured and registered without an inspection. quite a few insurance companies do that here, but some dont and its easy to understand why