Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use is a common recreational activity and great way to enjoy the outdoors! The Municipality maintains several staging areas to facilitate and promote safe and legal OHV use by residents.
Find designated OHV staging areas
An OHV is any vehicle designed for cross-country travel on land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or any other natural terrain. This includes motorcycles, minibikes, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.
Municipal Urban Service Area Off Highway Vehicle Strategic Plan
The Urban Service Area Off Highway Vehicle Strategic Plan is available here.
The public engagement campaign held for the Municipal Urban Service Area Off Highway Vehicle Strategic Plan update has concluded and the feedback collected was used to shape the update to the Municipal Urban Service Area Off Highway Vehicle Strategic Plan.
Fort McMurray Urban Service Area Compliance Strategy
Penalties for OHV Violations-Urban Service Area
Officers will be checking for OHV violations with a broad range of fine amounts. The following chart outlines the OHV related infractions that have been most observed in our region associated with the Traffic Safety Act, Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation and Off-Highway Vehicle (Urban Service Area) Bylaw:
|
Section/Act |
Offence Description |
Penalty |
|
Bylaw 98/078 |
Operate Off-Highway Vehicle in Urban Service Area |
$50 specified penalty OR mandatory court appearance and penalty up to $10,000 |
|
Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation |
Carrying a Passenger under 14 who is not wearing a helmet |
$162 |
|
Off-Highway Vehicle Regulation |
Drive OHV w/o Lic Plate Securely attached/legible/clearly visible |
$81 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
Drive OHV on Hwy w/o authorization |
$324 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
Drive Uninsured OHV |
$324 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
Drive/Permit another to drive OHV w/o Registration |
$162 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
OHV Fail to Provide Requested info to P.O. |
$243 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
Driver of OHV Fail to Stop for P.O. |
$243 |
|
Traffic Safety Act |
Carelessly Drive OHV |
$567 |
OHV Bylaws
OHV use is regulated by municipal bylaws. These bylaws are in place to outline designated staging areas, enhance safety for both OHV users and residents, and to highlight the responsibilities of OHV users.