If you're working for more than one carrier in a day, you have to keep a log book. So for example, if you go to work for ABC trucking in the morning, in the afternoon you go work for a dump truck company or an excavating company - you can't do that if you do that. So if you are working out of Milton, Ontario, you have to start in Milton and you have to go back to Milton.ģ) third rule is that you can't work for more than one company in a day. So the three criteria for not having to keep a log book in Canada:ġ) the first criteria is that you have to be operating within a 160 kilometers (100 miles) of your home terminal Ģ) next criteria is that you have to start and finish at the same place every day. It's going to be the same rules for all drivers across Canada, regardless of where you are. Now the rules in Ontario are pretty much widespread across Canada. I'm going to use the rules out of Ontario. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about logbook exemption and the criteria for not having to keep a log book in Canada for commercial drivers. So what we're going to do today, is we're going to talk about the information you need to keep in lieu of a logbook and the rules and criteria that you have to meet to be exempt from a logbook. So that's going to come in the form of a trip sheet. Now as well, know that when you're exempt from keeping a log book, there still has to be paperwork in place, and the employer is required to keep paperwork.īut the employer is going to pass that paperwork down onto you as the driver to maintain those records. So what I thought I'd do is make a video, go over those rules and the paperwork and the records that you have to keep to be exempt from keeping a log book. There's some other information that you need to know as well.

Drivers electronic logbook