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Deferring Off-Duty Time in Canada

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This feature is available only under Canadian ELD regulations, not in the US.

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.

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  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

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  5. Tap Confirm.

  6. You can now see your off-duty deferral time listed under the details of the HOS Status screen.

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  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.

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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

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