"While the current Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards do not restrict the introduction of automated vehicles in Canada, new federal safety requirements may be needed as vehicles become more automated," said Gauthier.



Transport Canada did not provide a timeline for when driverless car rules will be introduced. New regulations are expected in the United States within months.

In 2014 the Canadian government announced it was putting $1.5 million towards a testing ground where CV technology can be studied.

Last September the G7 countries announced they would work together on automated vehicle regulations.

Meanwhile, companies like Google are continuing to develop their own self-driving cars. Concerns were raised last year when a self-driving google car hit a municipal bus in California, though the car was moving at under three kilometres per hour at the time.