Deferring Off-Duty Time in Canada

When driving under Canadian ELD regulations, you can defer up to 2 hours of your required 10 hours off-duty time to the next day.

You can:

• Defer up to 2 hours of off-duty time
• Not defer more than 2 hours of off-duty time
• Defer less than 2 hours of off-duty time

You can defer off-duty time only under the following conditions:

• The deferred time is not part of the 8 consecutive off-duty hours taken on the first day.
• The deferred time is added to the 8 consecutive off-duty hours taken the next day.
• Over the 2 days, you must not exceed a maximum of 26 hours of driving, and you must take a minimum of 20 hours off duty.

To defer off-duty time:

1. Go to the HOS Status screen.
2. Tap Actions in the lower part of the screen.
   
3. Tap ‘Off Duty’ Deferral.
   
   
   
4. Review the time that you can defer, which can be up to 2 hours. You cannot defer off-duty time if you: 
   • Have already deferred off-duty time that day or the previous day
   • Have already split your 8-hour rest break that day
   • Are in violation
   • Do not have any remaining off-duty time
   • Are currently off duty

   
   
   

5. Tap Confirm.
6. You can now see your off-duty deferral time listed under the details of the HOS Status screen.
   
   
   
7. The next day, when you sign in to the HOS app, you will receive a reminder that you must take the deferred off-duty time as part of your rest break. You must confirm the deferred off-duty time. 
   
   

This is an example of deferring 1 hour of off-duty time to the next day:

Day 1:
You are On Duty or driving for 15 hours and take 9 hours of off-duty time. The break can be:

• Taken as a continuous 9-hour block
• Split into 8h + 1h 
• Split into 8h + 30min + 30min (You can't take breaks that are shorter than 30 minutes.)

Day 2:

You must take a break that consists of a minimum of 9 continuous hours, which is your usual 8 hours plus the deferred 1 hour from the previous day. You can take the remaining 2 hours of required off-duty time:

• Added entirely to the 9-hour break to create an 11-hour break
• Added partially to the 9-hour break and the rest as separate breaks that are each at least 30 minutes 
• Separately as a 2-hour break or split into several breaks that are each at least 30 minutes