Originally Posted by
dannie
^ This is legit my life lol. My answer is always going to be the right one, but def the least fun. Ayyy I digress.
Ok - so it's not super easy as far as policies go. You may live outside of Canada for up to 180 days and maintain residence in your home province. However, your residence is defined as where you're tied to (for ease). In between provinces, you've got 90 days from the day that you move to get your DL/registration etc changed, as per interprovincial agreements. Your plan, on the front of it - means you'd need to do all this.
Legally, that is your answer. You have to switch if you've moved and are taking up residence there. Additionally, if you're driving truck for a SK company, their insurance may not allow you to continue to drive on your ABDL for more than the 90 unless they've got a rider on their policy for it. So, that alone, you might be SOL.
Illegally, slyly - whatever - there are options. No, you cannot put a PO Box on your DL without a physical location. No, you cannot have it sent to one address and put a forward to SK on it (the dl won't be forwarded). Your best bet if I were talking to you as a bro, would be to tell you to maintain residency here. Enter into short term rental agreements in SK and come back to Alberta often. Maintain an address here that you live at when you're in town (friends couch, parents place etc).
The problem is this - if nothing happens in the 6 months you're gone, none of this matters. It's the what-if that will get you. What if you're in an accident driving the company vehicle as a class 1, while holding an ABDL? Do you really wanna be the guy that Alberta Transportation chooses to make an example of? Are you and your co covered? What if you're driving your own car and accidently run someone over? Guess what? Insurance companies pay investigators to find loopholes like the 90 day switch. You might be fucking yourself over.
As much as it sucks..... to cover bases, swapping to SK is the best bet for the situation you're describing. If you weren't selling your home in AB, this would all be irrelevant.