The Northwest Territories’ Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1990 came into effect on August 1, 1991. The TDG Act is the territorial complement of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. Where the federal legislation applies to the transportation modes subject to its jurisdiction (i.e., air marine, rail, pipeline and inter-provincial/territorial trucking), the territorial Act applies to intra-territorial trucking operations. In the interests of consistency and national uniformity, the territorial Act invokes the federal regulations pursuant to the federal Act. In this way, hazardous cargoes moving in Canada from one mode of transportation to another and/ or between jurisdictions are always subject to the same dangerous goods regulations.

This report contains a statistical summary of the vehicle and driver population in the Northwest Territories and presents a summary of revenue, driver testing activity, convictions and suspensions. The information in this report is derived from data maintained on the Road Licensing and Safety Motor Vehicle Information System (MVIS). A series of reports are used to extract the statistical information from MVIS.

The Northwest Territories’ Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1990 came into effect on August 1, 1991. The TDG Act is the territorial complement of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. Where the federal legislation applies to the transportation modes subject to its jurisdiction (i.e., air marine, rail, pipeline and inter-provincial/territorial trucking), the territorial Act applies to intra-territorial trucking operations. In the interests of consistency and national uniformity, the territorial Act invokes the federal regulations pursuant to the federal Act. In this way, hazardous cargoes moving in Canada from one mode of transportation to another and/ or between jurisdictions are always subject to the same dangerous goods regulations.