MVS Canada

MVS Canada (MVS Canada Logistics Inc.) is a car shipping company based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It books vehicle moves anywhere in Canada through a cross-country network of vetted transport partners, and says its team brings more than 30 years of combined experience in auto transport.

It ships within Canada only: every province plus Yukon and the Northwest Territories, though not to Nunavut or Labrador. Customers choose the mode: enclosed rail through CN and CP Rail agents in select cities, open truck (the most popular and flexible option), enclosed truck for antiques, exotics and lowered cars, driveaway with a licensed driver, or cargo plane for urgent high-value moves. Delivery can be door to door or terminal to terminal.

MVS publishes its popular terminals: Richmond (truck) and Delta's Annacis Island (rail) for Vancouver, southeast Calgary and Airdrie, east Edmonton and Nisku, northwest Winnipeg and West St. Paul, Schomberg and Brampton (truck) and Scarborough (rail) for Toronto, Carp and Vars for Ottawa, Saint-Eustache (truck) and Côte Saint-Luc (rail) for Montreal, and Dartmouth for Halifax.

Insurance is always included in the quote and can't be removed. MVS says the carriers it uses hold commercial liability and cargo policies from $100,000 to $5,000,000, with underwriters such as SGI Canada, RSA, Northbridge and Lloyd's. Every shipment can be followed with online tracking, and the company posts average transit times by route from the past 12 months.

Beyond cars, SUVs, pickups up to one ton and cargo vans, MVS arranges enclosed motorcycle shipping, boats up to 23 feet, RVs and trailers in Western Canada and to Ontario, vehicle exports overseas through shipping partners, and vehicle storage: heated indoor storage in Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, plus outdoor lots near Halifax and Toronto.

MVS Canada has been a Better Business Bureau member since 2014 and a Halifax Chamber of Commerce member since 2012. It takes Visa, Mastercard and Amex (3% card fee), wire transfer and Interac e-Transfer, and all payments go to MVS directly, not to terminals or drivers.