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GreyGhost said:
Interesting. Can't find conclusive information on that one. They could get you with "No person riding or operating a bicycle designed for carrying one person only shall carry any other person thereon.". From ontario.ca/page/bicycle-safety "Children are required to wear an approved bicycle helmet when riding in a child carrier or a bicycle trailer.". So children are allowed to ride in a trailer but that doesn't specifically reference whether this comment applies to roads and trails.

According to HTA, it looks like you are fine as the relevant HTA section would not apply. This is not a house or boat trailer and a bicycle is not a motor vehicle.

"Riding in house or boat trailers prohibited
188 No driver of a motor vehicle to which a house trailer or boat trailer is attached shall operate the motor vehicle on a highway if the trailer is occupied by any person. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 188."
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A bicycle is a vehicle under the HTA, and as such follows the same rules as a car, including traiker towing and passengers.

In some provinces you can ride in a boat, camper or 5th wheel trailer -- there are no types trailers approved for passengers in Ontario.

I doubt a cop would pull over and give a mom taking kids for a ride in a bike trailer. An activist taking a full lane on a country road and impeding traffic just because she thinks it's a right... that might be a different story.
 
GreyGhost said:
Interesting. Can't find conclusive information on that one. They could get you with "No person riding or operating a bicycle designed for carrying one person only shall carry any other person thereon.". From ontario.ca/page/bicycle-safety "Children are required to wear an approved bicycle helmet when riding in a child carrier or a bicycle trailer.". So children are allowed to ride in a trailer but that doesn't specifically reference whether this comment applies to roads and trails.

According to HTA, it looks like you are fine as the relevant HTA section would not apply. This is not a house or boat trailer and a bicycle is not a motor vehicle.

"Riding in house or boat trailers prohibited
188 No driver of a motor vehicle to which a house trailer or boat trailer is attached shall operate the motor vehicle on a highway if the trailer is occupied by any person. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 188."
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Interesting as I thought it was all trailers. I believed a horse trailer was allowed to carry a groom. I'm not sure about hay wagons and turnip wagons.

Technically speaking would the back half of an articulated bus be a trailer?
 
Mad Mike said:
A bicycle is a vehicle under the HTA, and as such follows the same rules as a car, including traiker towing and passengers.

In some provinces you can ride in a boat, camper or 5th wheel trailer -- there are no types trailers approved for passengers in Ontario.

I doubt a cop would pull over and give a mom taking kids for a ride in a bike trailer. An activist taking a full lane on a country road and impeding traffic just because she thinks it's a right... that might be a different story.
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A bicycle is a vehicle, it is not a motor vehicle. Laws can be (and are) slightly different for vehicles and motor vehicles.

Find me the HTA section that says no trailers may have passengers. I can only find a section that references boat and house trailers (which could easily have been written to say all trailers but they specifically limited it). Like I put in my original post, they could possibly get you for exceeding seating capacity or something like seatbelt infractions.
 
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