American Car Seats Traveling to Canada?

covigirl

New member
My family travels to Canada often, and while this is not a problem yet, we are planning to have more than three children (the number of top tethers in our new Acadia), so if we are Americans in an American car with American car seats, do all the FF seats need to be top tethered? We would be traveling mostly (if not all) in Ontario.
 
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mommycat

Well-known member
I believe that as long as you are just visiting, you are exempt from having to top tether. Someone correct me if I am wrong! I'm not quite clear on what the deal is if you install in a Canadian vehicle... Thank you for asking a question which will be a learning opportunity for me. :D
 

amyd

New member
The way I understand it is that, no you would not need to have all the seats TT if you're visiting, driving a vehicle registered in the US, using American seats.
 

QuassEE

Moderator - CPST Instructor
As long as none of your seats require the use of the top tether for your child's size, you're not required to use it. Even any proper use might be questionable province-to-province... If you're doing things correctly in the US, you're still legal in any Canadian province up until the visitor limitation time frame is reached or visitor intent changes.

-Nicole.
 

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