{"id":22261,"date":"2023-01-31T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/?p=22261"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:29:36","slug":"how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every winter time, Canadians from Quebec, Ontario and other provinces head south to the Sunshine State to escape freezing temperatures and indulge in much-needed beach time. Many of them even have a vacation home in Florida, which they come back to (mostly) from November to April. Some even leave behind a second car, so they can fly in and still have a vehicle they own once in FL.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Fox News Report last year mentioned Canadians make up 3.5 million visits to Florida every year<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Second home in Florida and part-time residency<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re a Canadian citizen and are in Florida for a quick getaway, you don\u2019t have to register a car you don\u2019t leave behind. You can even use your Canadian driver\u2019s license. But if you own a home in the state of Florida, in other words have residency in FL, and have a vehicle that stays in the Sunshine State year-round (even when you\u2019re back in Canada), you should register the vehicle in Florida to have an FL license plate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Getting an FL license plate for Canadian car<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>So how do you register a Canadian car that you leave behind in Florida. If you send your winters basking in warmth, you need auto insurance and a FL license plate since you\u2019re driving on FL roads. The Sunshine State requires all vehicles within FL for more than 90 days to be registered with the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles (FL DMV). After the vehicle has cleared customs at the border, you\u2019ll find that some counties offer online or mail-in options to start a transfer a vehicle title, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polktaxes.com\/services\/auto-registrations-and-titles\/\">Polk County.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Around 145,000 snowbirds flock to Palm Beach County in the winter, raising the population by 11%, according to the county\u2019s figures<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 90 days don\u2019t have to be consecutive, just within same year for you to be a part-time FL resident. So most Canadians who spend their winters here must get a FL tag. If you register your car, you can use your Canadian driver\u2019s license. There are special \u201cdistrict\u201d offices in Florida where imported vehicle transfers are processed. Manatee county has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxcollector.com\/cip\/cip-view.cfm?cip=97\">useful guide<\/a> about this. There are emissions and safety compliance requirements which must be met or, if you already have the proper paperwork or decals, confirmed. This must be confirmed at the border when the vehicle is crossing over. As such, is not a component of the process that can be completed online or by mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Next up, auto insurance for Canadians in Florida<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To register your vehicle, you must have car insurance from an FL provider. Specific requirements include personal injury protection of at least $10,000 in coverage plus property damage liability insurance for at least the same amount in coverage. You can research auto insurance pricing via comparison sites online to see the most affordable option for the type of coverage you need.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In Jupiter, snowbirds boost the winter population by about 17%, in Delray Beach by 14%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote><p>The word \u201csnowbird\u201d was initially used in the 1920s to describe migrant workers headed south for the winter, by the 1970s it transitioned to describe northerners moving to southern states in the winter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every winter time, Canadians from Quebec, Ontario and other provinces head south to the Sunshine State to escape freezing temperatures and indulge in much-needed beach time. Many of them even&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-car-insurance","7":"category-florida","8":"category-travel","9":"category-vehicle-registration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online | eTags<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every winter time, Canadians from Quebec, Ontario and other provinces head south to the Sunshine State to escape freezing temperatures and indulge in much-needed beach time. Many of them even&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eTags - Vehicle Registration &amp; Title Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eTagsTimeline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/etagstimeline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/email.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"361\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"146\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eTags\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/etagstweets\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eTagsTweets\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eTags\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eTags\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/49fd63ec6797c062fb10b8872dce8be6\"},\"headline\":\"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":543,\"commentCount\":20,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Car Insurance\",\"Florida\",\"Travel\",\"Vehicle Registration\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online | eTags\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/email.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/email.gif\",\"width\":361,\"height\":146,\"caption\":\"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/eTagsTimeline\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/eTagsTweets\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/49fd63ec6797c062fb10b8872dce8be6\",\"name\":\"eTags\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"eTags\"},\"description\":\"Driven by technology, eTags is revolutionizing online vehicle-related transactions while providing an unparalleled customer experience. Online vehicle registration and car tag renewal, title transfers, and more.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.etags.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/etagstimeline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/etags\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/etagsdotcom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.twitter.com\\\/etagstweets\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online | eTags","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online","og_description":"Every winter time, Canadians from Quebec, Ontario and other provinces head south to the Sunshine State to escape freezing temperatures and indulge in much-needed beach time. Many of them even&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/","og_site_name":"eTags - Vehicle Registration &amp; Title Services","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eTagsTimeline\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/etagstimeline","article_published_time":"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":361,"height":146,"url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/email.gif","type":"image\/gif"}],"author":"eTags","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/etagstweets","twitter_site":"@eTagsTweets","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"eTags","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/"},"author":{"name":"eTags","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fd63ec6797c062fb10b8872dce8be6"},"headline":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online","datePublished":"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/"},"wordCount":543,"commentCount":20,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Car Insurance","Florida","Travel","Vehicle Registration"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/","url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/","name":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online | eTags","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-31T17:21:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-16T16:29:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/how-snowbirds-can-register-a-canadian-vehicle-in-florida-online\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Snowbirds Can Register A Canadian Vehicle in Florida Online"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/","name":"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology","url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/email.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/email.gif","width":361,"height":146,"caption":"eTags - Vehicle Registration & Title Services Driven By Technology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eTagsTimeline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/eTagsTweets"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fd63ec6797c062fb10b8872dce8be6","name":"eTags","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b7db7056f653add9bff5595b34c90a3f7e8cbd022d60b614fcca28cec72734a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"eTags"},"description":"Driven by technology, eTags is revolutionizing online vehicle-related transactions while providing an unparalleled customer experience. Online vehicle registration and car tag renewal, title transfers, and more.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.etags.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/etagstimeline","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/etags","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/etagsdotcom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/etagstweets"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22261"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28330,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22261\/revisions\/28330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}