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🚗 Installing a car seat correctly

Use a locally approved restraint appropriate for baby and the vehicle.

Gear you'll need

  • Locally approved restraint
  • Restraint and vehicle manuals

Step-by-step guide

  1. 1. Country rules

    Use a restraint bearing Canada’s National Safety Mark; a US or EU label alone is not sufficient. Provincial/territorial use requirements differ. Keep baby rear-facing until the restraint’s rear-facing size limit, following both vehicle and restraint instructions.

  2. 2. Install from the manuals

    Use the back seat. Never put a rear-facing restraint in front of an active airbag. Follow the exact belt path, recline, anchor/tether and harness-position instructions for the approved seat; do not transfer instructions between standards.

  3. 3. Fit and travel

    Keep the harness snug, avoid bulky coats under it, and check recalls and expiry/service life. Do not use the car seat as a routine sleep space outside the vehicle.

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