Impaired driving

Driving impaired is illegal. Learn about the types, risks, laws and enforcement.

Most requested

• Report a crime
• Find an RCMP detachment
• Don’t Drive High

Services and information

Strengthening impaired driving laws

Strengthening impaired driving laws to better protect the public from both alcohol- and drug-impaired driving.

Drug-impaired driving

Driving high means risking lives. Plan ahead.

Teens, drugs and driving

Start the conversation with your kids about dangers and impacts of driving while impaired.

Impaired driving law enforcement

How impaired driving laws are enforced in Canada.

Cannabis laws and regulations

About cannabis, process of legalization, cannabis in provinces and territories, driving laws.

Impaired driving statistics

Number of incidents and other statistics in association with impaired driving in Canada.

Funding and research

Support to provinces and territories, law enforcement, research and public education to detect and deter drug-impaired drivers.

Contributors

• Health Canada
• Department of Justice Canada
• Public Safety Canada

What we are doing

Laws and regulations

• Criminal Code
• Safe Streets and Communities Act
• Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Publications

• Gazette magazine
• RCMP – Reports, Research and Publications
• Public Safety Canada – Policing Publications and Reports

Features

Don’t Drive HighDrugs affect your ability to react and increase the chance of a crash.Cannabis in Canada.Cannabis became legal for adults in Canada on October 17, 2018.  Get the facts.

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/police/community-safety-policing/impaired-driving.html