Brockville Climate Action Group

In Ontario, it is illegal to carpool or rideshare with someone unless you meet ALL of the following criteria:

• You must travel from home to work only (no rides to schools, hospitals, food banks, etc.)
  
• You cannot cross municipal boundaries (no driving to adjacent municipality to GO Station, TTC Subway, City Centers, Airports, etc.)
  
• You must ride with the same driver each day (no exceptions sorry).
  
• You must pay the driver weekly only (bring your calculator).

Some examples of illegal ridesharing according to Ontario Government’s current Law:

If you arrange with your wife to pickup your uncle at the airport - you have broken the law. If you travel with a friend and give her $5 for gas money - you have broken the law.

Toronto Star / Ellen Roseman / 23 July 2008

Chris Gates used to drive alone every day to and from his office in northeast Toronto.

Now he leaves his Honda at home in Pickering and van-pools to work, along with other colleagues at Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

He and his fellow riders pay 85 per cent of the costs of running the van – lease payments, gas, insurance, maintenance, road tolls and licencing – which works out to $85 a month each.