Montréal E-Bike Rules (2026): The Code, the SPVM, the STM and REM Bans, Where You Can Ride, 4 Bikes Checked

Same lane, two different laws. The trike in the lane is a bicycle under the Code; the moped-styled machine at the stand has been off Québec's roads, bikeways and sidewalks since 30 July 2024.

Montréal police wrote 2,411 tickets to e-bike riders in 2025, the most ever, at $121 each, for two offences: no helmet, and a rider under 18 without a moped licence. They wrote 9,529 tickets to cyclists of every kind the same year, up 36 per cent in five years, as the city's counters logged 19.2 million bike passages. And since December 2024 the métro, the buses and the REM have refused every electric bike, folded or not.

Ride the wrong bike, or the right bike the wrong way, and the ticket is the smaller cost: a bike that fails the definition cannot be registered, cannot be insured, and cannot board a train home. This guide reads the Code, the SPVM's own sheets, the transit regulations and the city's pages as they stand on 19 September 2026, and says where an e-bike may go in Montréal and what it costs to get it wrong.

The rule itself is provincial and short. A power-assisted bicycle has a motor rated no more than 500 W, assistance that ceases at 32 km/h, pedals that work at all times, and two or three wheels; the rider is 18, or 14 to 17 with a Class 6D, wears a helmet, and the bike carries the maker's label (Highway Safety Code s. 492.2; SAAQ). The SPVM adds one Montréal rule: a bike with a moveable step, a footboard, stays off bicycle paths and lanes. Every cyclist rule in the Code applies. Our Québec e-bike laws guide reads the province's side section by section.

Every statement below was read in the statute, regulation, by-law page or official sheet on 19 September 2026, and each links to its source. The rest covers where the city's 1,083 km network lets a motor go, what the SPVM tickets and how often, the STM, REM and exo rules with their section numbers, the 740 km winter network, the fines, and four Zeus bikes checked against the rule with the maker's figures beside ours.

What Counts as a Legal E-Bike in Montréal, and the SPVM's Footboard Rule

Montréal writes no e-bike definition of its own; the Highway Safety Code and the SAAQ do. The Code calls a power-assisted bicycle "a bicycle that has an electric motor" (s. 4) and, in s. 492.2, lets it on a public highway only if the rider is 18 or holds a moped licence, wears a helmet that meets the regulation, and the bike carries the manufacturer's label and conforms to the standard.

The SAAQ's page gives the standard: a motor rated no more than 500 W, assistance that ceases at 32 km/h, pedals usable at all times, handlebars, two or three wheels. A throttle is lawful; the SAAQ says assistance "may be activated by the pedals or accelerator control".

The SPVM's power-assisted bicycle sheet restates s. 492.2 and lists what an officer checks: the rider is 18 or holds a Class 6D, the rider wears a helmet, the bike "must bear a removable label affixed by the manufacturer stating that it is a power-assisted bicycle", and the bike complies with the federal standards. The fine on the sheet is "$100, plus applicable fees"; the Code's range is $60 to $100 (s. 507). Then comes the one rule that is Montréal's: "if the power-assisted bicycle has a moveable step, the driver is not allowed on a bicycle path or lane."

A moveable step, "marche-pied" in the French sheet, is the flat footboard of a scooter-styled machine. A bike whose only foot placement is its pedals passes; a bike with a floorboard is confined to the roadway even where it is otherwise lawful. Most machines with a footboard also fall under the province's 2024 order, which bars two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles that look like a moped, lack a Transport Canada compliance label, and have "footrests or a platform for the driver's feet" from every public highway, at $300 to $600 (Ministerial Order 2024-24, s. 1).

Where You Can Ride: Streets, the REV, Paths, Sidewalks, Parks

A legal e-bike goes where a bicycle goes in Montréal: every street, the Express Bike Network, the painted lanes and the protected paths, at the right edge and in the direction of traffic. The city's cycling page, updated 6 August 2026, counts 1,083 km of bike lanes, with 251 km of paths protected by concrete walls and posts and 489 km of lanes marked by paint and signs.

Sidewalks are closed unless a sign opens them, and off-road paths inside parks belong to the city's own rules, which we could not find published for e-bikes.

On the street the Code's cyclist rules apply to an e-bike rider in full: ride as close as practicable to the right edge in the direction of traffic, allowing for dooring (s. 487); single file, no more than 15 in a group (s. 486); obey every sign and light (s. 488); signal turns (s. 490); no earphones (s. 443.2); no passenger without a fixed seat (s. 485); reflectors, and a white headlight with a red taillight at night (ss. 232, 233). On Montréal's "vélorues", the bike routes shared with cars, the city's page says cyclists may ride side by side across the full width and drivers adapt to their speed.

The Express Bike Network, the REV, is a 191 km project of 17 routes, protected from car traffic and open all year; Piste Robert Silverman on Berri, Lajeunesse and Saint-Denis runs about 9 km north to south, and Rue Peel, Avenue Souligny and the Viger, Saint-Antoine and Saint-Jacques axis are built or under way (Ville de Montréal, 6 August 2026). An e-bike inside the rule rides all of it. A bike with a footboard does not; the SPVM's sheet keeps it off every bicycle path and lane.

Sidewalks follow s. 492.1 of the Code: a cyclist may not ride on one "except in case of necessity or where directed or allowed to do so by a sign or signal", and then at a safe, reasonable speed with pedestrians given priority. The fine is $80 to $100 (s. 504), and the SPVM listed sidewalk riding among the four most frequent cyclist offences in its June 2026 prevention operations, with red lights, earphones and bare heads on electric bikes (TVA Nouvelles, 22 June 2026).

Parks and off-road paths are a municipal matter. Québec.ca's bikeway page explains that a bike path outside the public right-of-way is the municipality's to regulate: who may use it, the direction, the speed limit, the fines. We read the city's cycling, network and Mont-Royal pages on 19 September 2026 and found no published e-bike rule or speed cap for park paths; our earlier page's "20 km/h" figure and its "requires no physical effort" quotation are not on any city page we could open and are withdrawn. On a park path, the signage at the entrance is the rule.

What the SPVM Tickets, With the 2025 Numbers

The Montréal police wrote 2,411 tickets to e-bike riders in 2025, up from 1,821 in 2024 and 1,922 in 2023, for close to $292,000, a rise of 32 per cent, according to SPVM data obtained by Le Journal de Montréal in June 2026. Every one was for the same two offences under s. 492.2: no helmet, and a rider under 18 without a moped licence. The single ticket is $121 with fees.

The SPVM's spokesperson attributed the rise to more electric bikes on the road and to riders who keep their bare-headed habits when they switch from a mechanical bike.

The wider picture is the same. In 2025 the SPVM wrote 9,529 tickets to cyclists of every kind, mostly for red lights, a rise of 36 per cent in five years while the city's counting sites went from 13 million passages in 2021 to 19.2 million in 2025 (TVA Nouvelles, 22 June 2026); Noovo's figure from the city's preliminary data was above 9,500, up 60 per cent on 2020, at $80 to $100 each. In June 2026 the SPVM ran prevention operations at busy lanes: the four offences officers named were red lights, sidewalks, earphones, and no helmet on an electric bike.

Shared bikes count. Le Journal de Montréal's reporter counted ten bare-headed riders on electric BIXIs in ten minutes at one Plateau intersection on 16 June 2026, and Québec.ca's electric-bike page says the helmet and age rules "also apply to trips made using shared e-bike services". The SPVM's June operations put officers beside BIXI stations so riders without a helmet could swap the electric bike for a mechanical one. La Presse traced the curve earlier: 755 e-bike tickets in 2019, 2,000 in 2023, 1,301 by 29 July 2024.

Moped-styled machines are the third enforcement line. Between 30 July 2024, when Ministerial Order 2024-15 took effect, and late November 2024, the SPVM issued 244 tickets for mopeds or motorcycles on public roads without a CMVSS certification mark, and cycling advocates told CBC the bike paths were visibly clearer of them (CBC News, 27 November 2024). The order became permanent on 26 January 2025 as Order 2024-24. The fine is $300 to $600; the machine cannot be registered afterward, because certification applies only to new vehicles (SAAQ FAQ).

Every Fine With Its Section

Montréal's e-bike fines come from the Code, the ministerial order and the transit regulations, and the number on the ticket is higher than the number in the statute because fees are added. The Code sets $60 to $100 for the four conditions in s. 492.2 (s. 507) and $80 to $100 for every cyclist rule (s. 504); the SPVM quotes $100 plus fees and Le Journal de Montréal reports $121 in hand.

The order's fine is $300 to $600 on the SAAQ's figures, and the REM's regulation sets its own schedule.

Two things the texts do not provide. We found no provision that lets an officer seize a power-assisted bicycle for a s. 492.2 offence; the Code's seizure provisions attach to road vehicles in the situations they list, and this page does not claim a seizure power that is not written. And the STM's by-law text itself could not be opened on 19 September 2026; the STM's bicycle page and its 5 December 2024 press release state the rule, and the fine for breaking it is not on either page.

The Métro, the Buses, the REM and exo: What Boards and When

No Montréal train carries an electric bike. The STM's bicycle page bars "electric personal transport devices, such as electric bikes" from métro infrastructure and buses, a change its board sent to the agglomeration council on 5 December 2024 as an amendment to By-law R-036. The REM's 2026 regulation bars every motorized personal transport device, the "bicyclette assistée" named in its definitions, from its trains at all times (s. 53.2).

Exo's page carries bicycles on every train, even at rush hour, and refuses electric bikes on its bus racks; it says nothing about electric bikes on trains. Ordinary bicycles ride all three, on the hours below.

STM: métro and buses

The STM's page "Bicycles are welcome" (hours for 17 August 2026 to 16 May 2027) admits bicycles to the métro on weekdays from opening until 7:00, from 9:30 to 15:30 and from 18:00 until closing, and at all times on weekends and holidays; from 17 May to 15 August 2027 at all times.

Riders are 14 or accompanied by an adult, ride in the middle or rear cars, one bike per door and two per car. A folding bicycle or kick-scooter may travel at any time if it stays folded. Above all of that sits the notice: "motorized scooters and electric personal transport devices, such as electric bikes, are no longer allowed inside métro infrastructure and buses. Exceptions apply for mobility aid devices."

The notice makes no folding exception, so a folded e-bike is still an electric bike at the turnstile. The STM's press release of 5 December 2024 announced the permanent hours for dogs and bikes under the same by-law amendment; CBC reported the same day that "motorized personal transportation devices remain prohibited". The STM does not run bike racks on its buses in any document we read, and the notice bars e-bikes from buses in any case.

REM

The REM's regulation, consolidated in 2026 after an amendment its board approved on 18 June 2026, permits a non-motorized bicycle, scooter or similar object in stations and trains on conditions: a rider under 14 accompanied by an adult, the bike under control and not leaning on equipment, two per car, priority to other passengers (s. 53), during the periods in s. 53.1: weekdays from opening to 7:00, 9:30 to 15:30 and after 18:00, plus weekends and holidays, from the third Monday of August to the day before the third Monday of May; at all times from the third Monday of May to the day before the third Monday of August.

Section 53.2: "il est interdit à toute personne, en tout temps, de transporter un appareil de transport personnel motorisé." The Annex sets $75 to $500, and $150 to $1,000 on a repeat.

The REM's public page adds a 2026 pilot that widens the bicycle hours: authorized at all times from 18 May to 27 September 2026, then from 28 September 2026 authorized except weekdays 7:00 to 9:30 and 15:30 to 18:00. The same page says "motorized scooters, as well as other electric personal transportation devices such as e-bikes, are no longer permitted within the network (Section 53.2)", and repeats the exclusion for folded ones. Our earlier page said the REM allowed e-bikes off-peak; that was wrong on the regulation as it stands, and it is corrected here.

exo

Exo's page "Riding public transit with your bike" says you can take your bike on all its trains, "even during rush hour", boarding through the designated bicycle doors, keeping the bike under control and moving to the next car if the rack is full.

Its bus racks take two standard bicycles, free, first come first served, for riders 16 or accompanied; "Children's bikes, tandems, fat bikes, and electric bikes are not permitted" on the racks, and no bike rides inside the bus. The page does not mention electric bikes on trains; ask exo before you plan a commute around one, and treat a fat-tire pick as a train-only bike on exo.

Winter: the 740 km Cleared Network and No Rule Changes

Nothing in the Code, the SPVM's sheets or the transit regulations changes in winter; the same 500 W bike, the same helmet, the same hours. What changes is the network. Montréal's cycling page says many bike lanes are cleared of snow "at the same time as the street is, or soon after": 251 km of paths protected by walls and posts and 489 km of marked lanes, 740 km between them, with the Express Bike Network accessible all year.

After a storm, part of a lane may sit under piled snow until loading is done, and the city takes reports of uncleared paths on the same page.

The equipment side is where an e-bike differs from a bicycle. A lithium battery loses range in the cold, and every pick below has a removable pack you can charge indoors and carry down in the morning. Hydraulic brakes need less hand force with winter gloves; wider tires hold slush. None of that is law. The one legal point for winter is lighting: a white headlight and a red taillight at night (s. 233), and in December the evening commute is a night ride. Our winter e-bike guide covers batteries and tires in detail.

4 Zeus Bikes Checked Against the Rule, $2,299 to $3,899

Every bike below carries a motor its maker rates at 500 W or less, pedals that work, and assistance capped at 32 km/h as shipped, each confirmed against the maker's Canadian page on 19 September 2026, product data and rendered page both. Where a maker lists a higher unlockable speed beside the shipped cap, the card gives both figures, because whether an adjustable cap satisfies "must cease to generate power" is not settled in any text we read.

None has a footboard, so all four may use every path and lane in the city.

Prices are Zeus prices in Canadian dollars on 19 September 2026; every maker's Canadian page lists a lower figure today, and ours include Canadian stock, support and a 15-day return window. No stock claims appear here because stock moves daily. Each card carries the transit fit, which in Montréal is short: no e-bike boards the métro, an STM bus or the REM, exo's racks refuse e-bikes and fat bikes, and exo's trains carry bicycles without stating a rule for electric ones.

The lobby test: in a city whose trains refuse e-bikes, the bike has to get up the stairs of the walk-up, and the helmet has to go on before the lane.

1 · The walk-up: a torque-sensor folder

Eunorau Meta Foldable

$2,299

The Meta Foldable: 500 W, a torque sensor, hydraulic brakes and 20 x 3 in tires, folded for the closet.

500 W hub55 Nm, torque sensor

32 km/h shipped"Speed limited, unlockable" on Eunorau's page

720 Wh48V 15Ah; second battery optional

20 x 3 inKenda; folds

63.4 lb286 lb capacity

Eunorau's page for the "META20 1.0" lists a 500 W hub with 55 Nm, a torque sensor, a 48V 15Ah Samsung-cell pack with an optional second, "Maximum Speed: 20MPH", the label "Class 2, Speed limited, Unlockable", 20 x 3 in Kenda tires, 63.4 lb and a 286 lb payload, for riders 5 ft 1 in to 6 ft 1 in (Eunorau Canada). It ships at 32 km/h; the label means the cap can be raised, and the Québec guide explains why you leave it alone. Folded, it fits an elevator or a hallway closet, which is how an e-bike gets into a Plateau third floor.

Best for: a walk-up or condo rider who wants the torque sensor and hydraulic brakes. Not for: a Laurentians weekend on gravel; the 20 in wheels are a city tool.

View the Meta Foldable Folding e-bikes guide

2 · All-season: fat tires, 80 Nm, a rack with a brake light

Taubik Tour

$2,899

The Tour: a 500 W Bafang at 80 Nm on 26 x 4 in Kenda Juggernaut Pro tires, a UL 2849 listing on Taubik's page, and two speed figures on the same page.

500 W Bafang80 Nm; "peak power of 1000W" in Taubik's copy; cadence sensor

32 km/h in the spec tableTaubik's copy also says "top speeds of 41km/h"

720 Wh48V 15Ah Samsung; UL 2849 on Taubik's page

26 x 4 inKenda Juggernaut Pro; Zoom hydraulic, 180 mm

34.9 kg76.9 lb; 286 lb capacity

Taubik's page for the Tour lists a 500 W Bafang motor with 80 Nm, "Speed 32KM/H" in the specification table, a 48V/15Ah Samsung pack it calls UL 2849 certified, 26 x 4 in Kenda Juggernaut Pro tires, Zoom hydraulic brakes on 180 mm rotors, an RST fork, a rack with an integrated brake light, and 34.9 kg (Taubik).

The same page's copy says the motor "can reach a peak power of 1000W" and that the bike "achieves top speeds of 41km/h, ideal for off-road adventures"; the bike as shipped and as sold here is capped at 32 km/h, and both figures are on this card because both are on Taubik's page.

Best for: slush, packed snow and the pothole season on the REV, and a Camillien-Houde climb. Not for: a walk-up, or an exo bus rack, which refuses fat bikes.

View the Tour Winter e-bike guide

3 · Hills: a 500 W mid-drive with 100 Nm and UL 2849

Velotric Discover M

$3,899

The Discover M: a 500 W mid-drive, 100 Nm, a 801.6 Wh pack, and UL 2849 and UL 2271 on Velotric's page.

500 W mid-drive"up to 960W peak"; 100 Nm; torque and cadence

32 km/h shipped"Class 1 / 2 / 3 Speed Modes (Up to 28 MPH in Custom)" on Velotric's page

801.6 Wh48V 16.7Ah; UL 2849 and UL 2271

Step-throughTwo sizes; rack, fenders, lights

27.2 kg"Approx. 27.2 kg" on Velotric's Canadian page

The climber. Velotric's Canadian page lists a 500 W mid-drive with "up to 960W peak power" and 100 Nm, torque and cadence sensing, a removable 48V 16.7Ah pack of 801.6 Wh, UL 2849 and UL 2271 certification, and speed modes it labels "Class 1 / 2 / 3 (Up to 28 MPH in Custom)" (Velotric Canada). The Class labels are Velotric's, not Québec's; the bike ships capped at 32 km/h and the Custom mode is the adjustable cap the Québec guide discusses. Côte-des-Neiges, Westmount and the mountain are what a mid-drive at 100 Nm is for.

Best for: the hills and a heavier commute load. Not for: a walk-up; it does not fold.

View the Discover M Step-through guide

4 · Canadian-designed folder with a torque sensor and hydraulic brakes

Taubik Monaco S

$2,899

The Monaco S: 500 W Sutto at 68 Nm, a Samsung 48V 15Ah pack certified to UL 2271, Zoom hydraulic brakes and collapsing bars.

500 W Sutto68 Nm; dual torque/cadence sensor

32 km/hThe only speed figure Taubik lists

720 Wh48V 15Ah Samsung, UL 2271

Zoom hydraulic180 mm rotors; 20 x 3 in CST tires

70 lb286 lb capacity; folds, bars collapse

A folder with a full-size drivetrain, from a Canadian brand. Taubik's page lists a 500 W Sutto motor at 68 Nm, a switchable torque and cadence sensor, a 48V/15Ah Samsung pack "certified in accordance with UL 2271", a 32 km/h speed, Zoom dual-piston hydraulic brakes on 180 mm rotors, 20 x 3 in CST tires, integrated lights, a rear rack with a brake light, 70 lb and a 286 lb capacity (Taubik). At 70 lb it rolls up one flight rather than three; the fold and the collapsing bars are for the closet and the car.

Best for: a Rosemont or Verdun commuter who wants the torque sensor and hydraulic brakes in a folding frame. Not for: a daily three-flight carry.

View the Monaco S Canadian-designed e-bikes guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Are e-bikes legal in Montréal?

Yes, on every street, bike lane and Express Bike Network route, for a bike with a motor rated no more than 500 W, assistance that ceases at 32 km/h, working pedals and the maker's label, ridden by someone 18 or older, or 14 to 17 with a Class 6D, in a helmet (Highway Safety Code s. 492.2; SAAQ). The SPVM adds that a bike with a moveable step stays off bicycle paths and lanes. Moped-styled machines without a Transport Canada compliance label have been off public roads, bikeways and sidewalks since 30 July 2024.

Do I need a licence to ride an e-bike in Montréal?

Not at 18 or older; no plate, registration or insurance either, and the SAAQ says an e-bike cannot be registered. From 14 to 17 the rider needs a licence to drive a moped (s. 492.2(1)), the Class 6D, which takes a six-hour course, the SAAQ's knowledge and vision tests, and a parent's written consent. Riding under 18 without it is one of the two offences behind Montréal's 2,411 e-bike tickets in 2025, at $60 to $100 in the Code and $121 on the ticket.

Can I take my e-bike on the métro or an STM bus?

No. The STM's bicycle page carries the notice that "motorized scooters and electric personal transport devices, such as electric bikes, are no longer allowed inside métro infrastructure and buses", with exceptions only for mobility aids, after the December 2024 amendments to By-law R-036. The folded-bike allowance on the same page carves out no electric exception. Ordinary bicycles ride the métro on weekdays before 7:00, from 9:30 to 15:30 and after 18:00, at all times on weekends, and at all times from mid-May to mid-August.

Can I take my bike on the REM? And my e-bike?

A bicycle, yes, under the REM's regulation (s. 53) and its 2026 pilot: at all times from 18 May to 27 September 2026, then from 28 September outside weekday 7:00 to 9:30 and 15:30 to 18:00, for riders 14 or accompanied, two bikes per car, held and never leaned on the equipment. An e-bike, no: s. 53.2 bars every motorized personal transport device, the "bicyclette assistée" included, at all times, folded or not, at $75 to $500 and $150 to $1,000 on a repeat.

Can I take my e-bike on an exo train or bus?

Exo's page carries bicycles on all its trains, "even during rush hour", through the designated doors; it says nothing about electric bikes on trains, so ask exo before you rely on it. Its bus racks take two standard bicycles for riders 16 or accompanied and refuse "children's bikes, tandems, fat bikes, and electric bikes". No bike rides inside an exo bus.

What is the speed limit for an e-bike in Montréal?

The motor must cease to generate power at no more than 32 km/h; you may pedal faster under your own power (SAAQ). On a street the posted limit applies to a cyclist as to any vehicle. The city publishes no e-bike speed cap for park paths that we could find on 19 September 2026; the sign at the path entrance is the rule. A bike whose cap has been raised past 32 km/h no longer meets the standard as ridden.

Can I ride an e-bike on the sidewalk in Montréal?

No, except "in case of necessity or where directed or allowed to do so by a sign or signal", at a safe, reasonable speed with pedestrians given priority (Highway Safety Code s. 492.1). The fine is $80 to $100 (s. 504). The SPVM named sidewalk riding among the four most frequent cyclist offences in its June 2026 operations.

Can I ride an e-bike on Montréal's bike paths and the REV?

Yes, if the bike is inside the rule and has no moveable step: the SPVM's sheet keeps a footboard bike off every bicycle path and lane. Paths inside the public right-of-way follow the Code's cyclist rules; paths outside it, in parks and former rail corridors, follow the city's own rules and signs, which set who may use them, the direction and the speed (Québec.ca bikeway page). The Express Bike Network is open all year to a legal e-bike.

Are e-bikes without pedals legal in Québec?

Not as bicycles. The SPVM calls the pedal-less electric machine an electric moped: it needs a Class 6D or other licence, registration and a helmet, and may not use limited-access highways. That path exists only for a machine with a Transport Canada compliance label; without it, the SAAQ says the vehicle cannot be registered, and Ministerial Order 2024-24 bars it from public roads, bikeways and sidewalks at $300 to $600.

Do I need a helmet on an electric BIXI?

Yes. Québec.ca's electric-bike page says the helmet and age rules "also apply to trips made using shared e-bike services". An electric BIXI is a power-assisted bicycle: 18 or a Class 6D, and a helmet with a rigid shell, a padded interior and a chin strap, or a $121 ticket. The SPVM's June 2026 operations let bare-headed riders swap the electric bike for a mechanical one at the station.

Can I ride my e-bike in Montréal in winter?

Yes, under the same rules as in July. The city clears 251 km of protected paths and 489 km of marked lanes with the streets or soon after, and the Express Bike Network is open all year (Ville de Montréal, 6 August 2026). Run a white headlight and a red taillight from mid-afternoon (s. 233), bring the battery indoors, and expect a lane to narrow for a day after a storm.

What are the e-bike fines in Montréal?

No helmet or under-age riding: $60 to $100 in the Code (s. 507), "$100, plus applicable fees" on the SPVM's sheet, $121 on the ticket. Any cyclist rule, sidewalks and earphones and red lights included: $80 to $100 (s. 504). A moped-styled machine without a compliance label on a public road: $300 to $600 (SAAQ). An e-bike on the REM: $75 to $500. The fines table carries every amount with its section.

The Bottom Line

Montréal is a good city for a legal e-bike and an expensive one for the two rules riders skip. A 500 W bike capped at 32 km/h with working pedals and the maker's label rides all 1,083 km of lanes and 740 km of them in January; a helmet and, under 18, a Class 6D are the whole of what the police ticketed 2,411 times in 2025. Keep the footboard machines and the moped-styled ones out of the picture; they have been off the road since 30 July 2024.

The transit answer is the one to plan around. The métro, the buses and the REM refuse every electric bike, folded or not, and exo's trains carry bicycles without saying a word about electric ones. A Montréal e-bike commute is a lane commute end to end, which the REV was built for, or a folding bike that lives in the office. Every pick above is inside the rule on its maker's own page; call 1-866-938-7580 and we will read any other model's page against the Code before you buy.

Published 2 February 2026. Last updated: 19 September 2026, when every statute, regulation, order, official page, transit regulation and manufacturer page cited below was re-read, and the picks re-checked against each maker's Canadian page. Written by Milad Ghobadibeygvand, BScN (Western University, 2014), co-founder of Zeus eBikes Canada.

Sources, with the date each was read

Every source below was opened on 19 September 2026 and saved. Québec statutes and regulations are linked at the LégisQuébec consolidation we read, updated to 10 June 2026 for the Code. LégisQuébec, the SAAQ, the SPVM and the STM serve their pages through a browser only, so those were read in a real browser session; the REM's regulation was downloaded as published. Where a source could not be reached, the text above says so rather than guessing at what it says.

Québec statute, regulations and orders

• Highway Safety Code, CQLR c. C-24.2, ss. 4, 232, 233, 443.2, 479, 485 to 492.2, 504, 507, 633.1 (consolidation updated to 10 June 2026). LégisQuébec
• Protective Helmets Regulation, CQLR c. C-24.2, r. 6, ss. 2, 2.1, 3. LégisQuébec
• Ministerial Order 2024-24 concerning the use on public highways of certain 2- or 3-wheeled motor vehicles that have the appearance of a motorcycle or moped, CQLR c. C-24.2, r. 0.1.3, ss. 1, 2 (in force 26 January 2025). LégisQuébec · Ministerial Order 2024-15, r. 0.1.2 (in force 30 July 2024, revoked 26 January 2025). LégisQuébec

SAAQ and Québec.ca

• SAAQ, On an Electric Bike (last update 25 May 2026). saaq.gouv.qc.ca · Frequently asked questions regarding non-compliant motorcycles and mopeds/scooters. saaq.gouv.qc.ca · Obtaining a Moped or Scooter Driver's Licence (Class 6D) (23 February 2026). saaq.gouv.qc.ca
• Québec.ca, Riding an electric bike (15 September 2026). quebec.ca · Traffic rules for cyclists (15 September 2026). quebec.ca · Rules for using a bikeway. quebec.ca

Montréal police, city and transit

• SPVM, Power-Assisted Bicycle. spvm.qc.ca · Bicyclette assistée (French). spvm.qc.ca · Cyclomoteur électrique (French). spvm.qc.ca
• Ville de Montréal, Cycling and bike paths (last updated 6 August 2026). montreal.ca · The EBN: Montréal's Express Bike Network (6 August 2026). montreal.ca · Map of bike paths. montreal.ca
• STM, Bicycles are welcome (hours 17 August 2026 to 16 May 2027; notice on motorized transport devices). stm.info · Press release, Amendments to by-law R-036 on safety and conduct (5 December 2024). stm.info
• REM, Travel with animals, bicycles or other objects (pilot 18 May to 27 September 2026; Section 53.2). rem.info · Règlement concernant les normes de sécurité et de comportement des personnes ainsi que le stationnement, la circulation, le remorquage et le remisage des véhicules applicables lors de l'utilisation des infrastructures et équipements du Réseau express métropolitain (A-33.3, R.5 (2022), amended 2024 and 2026), ss. 1, 53, 53.1, 53.2, 54 and Annex. rem.info (PDF, French)
• exo, Riding public transit with your bike. exo.quebec

Reporting on enforcement

• Le Journal de Montréal / TVA Nouvelles, Vélos électriques: record d'amendes imposées à des cyclistes délinquants en 2025 (16 June 2026). tvanouvelles.ca
• TVA Nouvelles, Montréal: les constats d'infraction à des cyclistes en hausse de 36 % en cinq ans (22 June 2026). tvanouvelles.ca · Noovo Info, Plus de 9500 contraventions ont été remises à des cyclistes de Montréal (27 June 2026). noovo.info
• La Presse, Le SPVM serre la vis aux cyclistes délinquants (5 August 2024). lapresse.ca
• CBC News, Ban on non-compliant mopeds makes Montreal bike paths safer, advocates say (27 November 2024). cbc.ca · STM expands access for dogs and bikes on the Metro, bans battery-powered transport devices (5 December 2024). cbc.ca

Manufacturer pages read for the picks (product data and rendered page, 19 September 2026)

• Eunorau Canada, META20 1.0. ca.eunorau-ebike.com · URUS 2.0. ca.eunorau-ebike.com · FAT-AWD 3.0. ca.eunorau-ebike.com
• Taubik, Tour. taubik.com · Monaco S. taubik.com
• Velotric Canada, Discover M. velotric.ca