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As already mentioned go to www.riv.ca and make sure you read all the instructions. Fortunately, Volvos are pretty simple (as are all '88 to '04 Volvos) as a fair number of east coast units (both CDN and US) were actually assembled in Halifax, NS (used to live there and saw the kits come in regularly) from kits brought in from Belgium (in the case of 850s). Anyway, the easiest way to get your info is to call Volvo NA and get them to send you a letter of compliance. It should state exactly the info that you have quoted in your post. Then you will need to pay something like $262 (at least that is what it was 8 years ago when I moved from the US) to enter the the "compliance" program. This program makes sure that your car has all the stuff required under the Canadian regs like DRLs (if '90 or newer), instrutmentation showing metric measurements, infant restraint anchors, etc. You have something like 30 days once you entered to get your car registered in your province of residence. Take your car to the nearest Canadian Tire as they are a recognized compliance inspection station (there are others, but CT is everywhere) and they will inspect the vehicle, probably try to get you to fix something, or just pass you if all is tickety-boo. That will get you all set federally. Provincially, it depends on where you are at. Here in Ontario, you need to get a provincial safety inspection (which the federal one may work for), then take this along with your title to a provincial licensing office and they cut you new paperwork and get you a plate after you pay your provincial fees. In Nova Scotia, it was pretty much the same except the inspection bit was really simple but done annually. Here in Ontario, you have to get the car inspected if it comes into the province or if you have just bought the car. But its also a scam to get repair shops work. It has cost me about $300 every inspection I've had done despite the car being well maintained (I'm a fanatic actually). In fact, I've had them tell me I needed stuff fixed that I just got done fixing and I've worked on many different types of Euro cars for 35 years. Good thing is that in each province you can get your plates for two years versus the one year that was normal in every state I ever lived in. Ontario does give you a one year option if you would like.
Bottom line is go to the site mentioned above and follow the directions exactly. You will find that if you have everything you need it makes it real simple. Try to dodge a step or a piece of paperwork and things turn ugly unless you run into a friendly soul who might give you a break. That was my case, inadvertently, in Nova Scotia and I got lucky; but I heard stories...
Good luck and welcome back to Canada.
Cheers,
Bill
'96 854R w/5sp (yes, its a real one)
Callander, Ontario
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