The Rulebook · draft under verification
E-bike law in Yukon.
The rules at a glance
- Max motor power
- 500 W
- Assist cutoff
- 32 km/h
- Minimum age
- None specified
- Helmet
- No territorial helmet law for e-bikes (helmet rules cover only motorcycles, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles); the City of Whitehorse requires helmets by bylaw
- Licence required
- No
- Registration required
- No
What the statute actually says
Yukon's Motor Vehicles Act defines an 'electric power-assisted cycle' as a pedal-equipped bike with electric-only motors totalling 500 W or less whose assistance ceases at 32 km/h on level ground, and lists it as an 'excluded motor vehicle' - so it is treated like a bicycle, needing no registration, plate, insurance or driver's licence. The pedals must be usable and the motor must carry a permanent manufacturer label. There is no territorial helmet or minimum-age requirement for e-bikes (the Act allows a minimum age to be set by regulation, but none is in force), though the City of Whitehorse requires helmets by bylaw.
Draft summary under verification — not legal
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