Registering a truck camper

No, not in BC. They are not a vehicle so don't need to be registered but I would purchase an insurance policy for it as it will not be covered by your truck insurance.

When internet is hard to substitute source of information , it is hard to confirm everything you read on it.
For questions like that I would call appropriate DMV and as them directly.
I bought my TC in Minnesota with a title, while in California TC are cargo and nobody wants to register them.

No. You don't need to register them in Ontario. To them it is just cargo in the back of the truck.

I always find it amazing at how the different areas treat a TC. In my opinion it's not a vehicle because it doesn't have wheels. Where I live in Indiana, it needs to be registered.

I think the whole concept of registration is a method of taxation.

towpro wrote:
I think the whole concept of registration is a method of taxation.

I agree

In Michigan a TC gets a title, but no plate. So registering a TC is just a minimal one time title fee... But applying for a title when buying a used TC from a private party is the way the state collects the sales tax on that transaction.
Buying from a dealer there is no way around paying the sales tax (unless buying from a dealer out of state and that state doesn't reciprocate with the state you live in... and you have it shipped).
There is no reason to have a title other than proof of ownership.
And if there is a loan on the TC then the bank will want their name on the title.

towpro wrote:
I think the whole concept of registration is a method of taxation.

Well, it is, but it is also a means to prove ownership. If the state did not keep title information on trucks, trailers, etc., there would be no way to prove that you owned something. Anyone could come along and steal your brand new pickup truck, and there wouldn't be a thing you could do about it because you couldn't prove that you owned it.

"Possession is 9/10's of the law" would be the law of the land.

My TC is titled and plated. The annual fees pay for the "free" dump stations at rest areas in my state.

mkirsch wrote:

towpro wrote:
I think the whole concept of registration is a method of taxation.

Well, it is, but it is also a means to prove ownership. If the state did not keep title information on trucks, trailers, etc., there would be no way to prove that you owned something. Anyone could come along and steal your brand new pickup truck, and there wouldn't be a thing you could do about it because you couldn't prove that you owned it.

"Possession is 9/10's of the law" would be the law of the land.

British Columbia has instituted an atv/snowmobile registry for that very reason. It has become a dumping ground for stolen sleds, quads, and off road bikes.

We do have (few) free dumping stations in California and no registration fee.
I think registration is also theft-prevention, but then trailers in CA have to be registered, yet theft of contractor and cargo trailers here is a big problem.
I think that is due that trailers don't need to have VIN verified for registration. Funny to see cargo trailer park on the street with huge wheel lock on it, that owner bought to prevent theft.