Moving Cost Calculator: What Moving to a New Province Costs in Paperwork

Pick your destination province, how many licensed drivers are moving, and whether you're bringing a vehicle. This itemizes the driver's licence exchange, vehicle re-registration, safety inspection, and health card, each with its published government fee (where one exists) and its deadline.

Destination province

Licensed drivers moving

Bringing a vehicle

Ontario: estimated paperwork cost to move here

$181.00

An estimate, not a quote; excludes safety inspection because that cost varies or is not verified (see notes below).

Itemized breakdown

Licence exchange$90.00

$90

Deadline: 60 days

This is a standard licence fee, not exchange-specific: Ontario's 5-year G1/G2/G licence-issuance fee.

Vehicle re-registration$91.00

$32 permit + $59 licence plate

Deadline: 30 days

You have 30 days from the date you became an Ontario resident to register your out-of-province vehicle.

Safety inspectionNot a fixed amount

$80 to $135 (market-set, not government-regulated)

Deadline: Obtain the SSC from a licensed Ontario motor vehicle inspection station before registering.

A range, not a fixed fee: excluded from the total above.

Health card$0.00

$0 is expected. No application fee is listed on the official page

Deadline: No waiting period: OHIP coverage is immediate (the 3-month wait was removed in 2020). You must be physically present in Ontario for at least 153 of the first 183 days of your coverage period.

Estimated total$181.00

Ontario: licence exchange source

https://www.ontario.ca/page/driver-and-vehicle-fees →

Ontario: vehicle re-registration source

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Estimate only, itemizing published government fees for exchanging a driver's licence, re-registering a vehicle, an inspection, and a health card. It helps you plan and budget for the paperwork cost of moving; it is not a quote and does not guarantee any figure will still be current. Rules and fees change; confirm the current amount with the province before relying on it.

Common Questions

How much does it cost in government fees to move to a new province in Canada?

It depends on the destination province and whether you bring a vehicle. The main government paperwork costs are: exchanging your driver's licence (a published fee in every province, from $23.70 in Quebec to $125 in Newfoundland and Labrador), re-registering a vehicle if you bring one, a safety inspection where required, and a health card (usually free or not fee-published). Pick your destination province above for an itemized estimate.

Is a driver's licence exchange fee the same as a normal licence fee?

Not always. Only British Columbia and Quebec publish a fee specifically for exchanging an out-of-province licence. Every other province charges its standard licence-issuance fee, and this calculator labels those clearly as a standard fee rather than an exchange-specific one.

Does this calculator include the cost of a health card?

Yes, as a line item, but most provinces either state there is no charge or do not publish a fee at all, so the health-card line is usually $0. The real cost of a health card for a mover is the waiting period before coverage starts, which this tool shows alongside the fee.