| Recreational
vehicle Types and Classes |
| Recreational
vehicle means a structure designed to provide
temporary living accommodation for travel, vacation,
or recreational use, and to be driven, towed
or transported. Living accommodations may include
sleeping, kitchen, bathroom, and systems for
fresh and waste water, 110/12V electricity,
propane, heating, air conditioning, and entertainment.
It has an overall length not exceeding 12.5
meters (41 ft)* and an overall width not
exceeding 2.6 meters (8 ft 6 in), where the
width is the sum of the distance from the vehicle
centreline to the outermost projections on each
side (including door handles, water connections,
etc.) when the vehicle is folded or stowed away
for transit. Such structures include folding
camping trailers, travel trailers, fifth wheel
trailers, slide-in truck campers and motorhomes.
* For a fifth wheel travel trailer this measurement
shall be 11.3 meters (37 ft) taken from the
extremity to the front of the main body measured
at the floor line. |
| Recreational
vehicles are divided into three basic categories:
Motorized RVs, Towable RVs and the Park Models. |
An RV built on or as an integral part of
a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, combining transportation
and living quarters in one unit.
| A型自行式
（ Class A Motorhome） |
 
The largest of the motorized RVs, is a luxury
motorhome unit entirely constructed on a bare, specially
designed motor vehicle chassis. |
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| B型自行式
（ Class B Camper Van） |
The Class B Motorhome is generally referred
to as a Camper Van. This unit is built using a conventional
van to which a raised roof is added.
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| C型自行式（Class
C Motorhome） |
Sometimes referred to as a mini-motorhome,
a unit built on an automotive manufactured chassis
with an attached van cab section. |
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拖挂式旅居车
TOWABLE RVs
An RV designed to be towed by a motorized
vehicle (car, van or pickup truck) and are of such size
and weight as not to require a special highway movement
permit. Towable RVs do not require permanent on-site hook-ups.
PARK MODELS
Park Models are available
in two different classes: the Park Model Trailer 102
which is built to RV specifications, the CSA Z-240 Standard,
or the Park Model Recreational Unit, which is designed
for seasonal use, generally in just one location, and built
to the CSA Z-241 Standard.
| A型移动别墅（Park
Model Trailer 102） |
 A unit designed
to be towed by a heavy-duty tow vehicle (auto,
van, pick-up truck, etc.) but is of restricted
size and weight so that it does not require a
special highway movement permit. The maximum width
when being towed is 2.6 meters (102 inches).
- Designed for infrequent towing, it is not
fitted with a 12-volt system for fixtures and
appliances. Once on site in the set-up mode it
must be connected to the local utilities.
- This recreational vehicle is built on a single
chassis mounted on wheels. It usually has one
or more slide-outs, but when in set-up mode the
gross trailer area does not exceed 37.2 sq. meters
(400 sq. feet). It conforms to the CSA Z-240
Standard for RVs.
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| B型移动别墅（Park
Model Recreational Unit） |
 It is built
on a single chassis mounted on wheels, which may
be removed and returned to the factory.
- The unit is designed to facilitate occasional
relocation, with living quarters for a temporary
residence or seasonal use, and must be connected
to those utilities necessary for the operation
of installed fixtures and appliances.
- It has a gross floor area, including lofts,
not exceeding 50 square meters (approximately
540 sq. feet) in the set-up mode and has a width
greater than 2.6 meters (8' 6") in the transit
mode.
- Park Model units always require a special tow
vehicle and a special permit to move on the road
as the width of the unit is greater than 2.6 meters.
It conforms to the CSA Z-241 Standard for
RVs.
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| NOTE: This
definition has been developed by a joint industry
task force of manufacturers, dealers, campground owners
and the Canadian Standards Association and is the
basis for the CSA Z-241 Standard for Park Model Recreational
Units. |
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