Owning vehicles in two provinces.
 

I have some family friends who own a house on a farm in Saskatchewan. They both call their house in BC their permanent home and have vehicles and driver's licences issued in BC.

They bought a truck for the farm so they could fly from BC to Saskatchewan and have a vehicle to drive around. Only problem is they can't register/insure it for more than three months unless they present a Saskatchewan DL.

Surely they can't be the only people who have a property in another province where a vehicle is kept. They fly out there 3 or 4 times per year for 2-4 weeks at a time and getting temporary insurance each time is a pain, especially since they want to garage the vehicle off their property near the airport.

Any way around this?

How about registering it in BC, as they are BC residents, and leaving it in Saskatchewan. They are BC residents so that should not be aproblem. This is a conversation that they might be having with ICBC.

Yes, you can register your car with BC plates out of province (called Z-territory). I am doing it with my Porsche right now. You pay about 60% more for insurance though!

Thanks for the suggestions!

you should be able to register all your BC vehicles as farm vehicles and save a bunch...

Pretty sure they'd have to stay in BC then.