1.Your driving record
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At-fault claims and convictions dominate everything else. A single at-fault claim can move a premium more than changing vehicle entirely.
Assurance automobile
Votre véhicule compte moins que la plupart des gens le croient, et trois autres facteurs comptent davantage. Voici ce qui fait bouger le montant, et ce que le régime de votre province vous permet d’y faire.
Régime mixte public et privé
The SAAQ covers bodily injury regardless of fault, and you buy property damage coverage privately. Quebec’s premiums are consistently among the lowest in the country, largely because of that split.
Ranked by how much each typically matters, and marked by whether you can do anything about it. The Insurance Bureau of Canada page cited below sets out most of these. It does not cover “Coverage and deductibles you choose” or “Bundling and discounts” — those are ours, and marked here so one link does not imply more than it says.
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At-fault claims and convictions dominate everything else. A single at-fault claim can move a premium more than changing vehicle entirely.
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Rated by postal code, on local claim frequency, theft rates and repair costs. The gap between a dense urban code and a rural one in the same province can be very large.
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Years of continuous, claim-free licensing. Newcomers to Canada can often have foreign driving experience recognised with a letter of experience from their previous insurer — this is the single most commonly missed discount.
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Rated on claims history for that make and model: repair cost, parts availability, theft attractiveness and injury outcomes. This is why two cars of the same value can differ substantially.
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Annual distance and whether the vehicle is used to commute. Both are asked, and both are rated.
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Collision and comprehensive coverage, and the deductible on each. Dropping collision on an old vehicle whose value is below the deductible plus premium is a real saving.
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Home-and-auto bundles, winter tyres (a legislated discount in Ontario), telematics programmes, and group rates through an employer or alumni association.
Le véhicule est le quatrième facteur, pas le premier. Voici ce que les données gouvernementales nous permettent de vous dire sur le vôtre :
La plupart des nouveaux arrivants reçoivent une soumission comme s’ils n’avaient jamais conduit. Une lettre d’expérience de votre assureur précédent, indiquant combien d’années vous avez été assuré et sans réclamation, est habituellement reconnue — et c’est le plus important rabais offert à une personne nouvellement arrivée. Demandez-la à votre ancien assureur avant d’annuler la police ; l’obtenir après coup est beaucoup plus difficile.
Source: Bureau d’assurance du Canada — comment les taux d’automobile sont établis; Quebec — SAAQ. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Structural facts about each province’s insurance system. No premium estimates are published here — see the note in insurance.ts. Alberta moves to Care-First on 2027-01-01; this table must be re-read before then.