Policies

• The Ministry's Weights and Dimensions Administration Manual is designed as a guide for the issuing of overweight and over-dimensional permits. The issuing of such permits is to allow for the movement of loads that are not ordinarily permitted to travel under The Highways and Transportation Act. For additional information on the policies included in the Manual, please call the SGI Permit Office at (306) 775-6969 or toll free at 1-800-667-7575 or you can contact the Ministry TPRU office at (306) 787-5307.
• Permits for overweight and over-dimensional loads are restricted to non-divisible loads (e.g., construction equipment, structural steel, large tanks) or loads that are impractical to divide due to physical or economical practicalities (e.g., bundled fence posts).
• Divisible loads may be permitted pursuant to an agreement between the shipper and the Government. See Trucking Programs for more information.

Definition of Non-divisible Loads

• Non-divisible loads are defined as those loads that cannot reasonably be dismantled or loaded so as to meet legal requirements.
• If an over-dimension or overweight load can be reduced within a reasonable time, then it must be reduced. In other words, if a wide load can be made narrower, a long load be made shorter, or an over-height load be made less high, then the load must be reduced. The same applies to overweight loads.
• Example 1: If a load can be made lighter by removing components (i.e. by removing the blade on a dozer), then the components must be removed prior to transport.
• Example 2: If a tank is manufactured over legal width and is shipped to another site to be erected/installed, then the requirement would be that components to be attached to the tank will be installed at the destination.