nope

Transport Canada just copied what the USA had.

I used to have a partner in Ottawa who ran the e-bike biz there and me in Toronto. One day 6 Suits came to his summer e-bike rental tent and asked if they could rent 6 bikes. They did not know the bikes were electric, they just wanted 6 bikes but since it was an E-Bike business they ended up with e-bikes. My partner said the 6 had never seen or heard of e-bikes and were not overly thrilled taking bikes they didn't understand.

The 6 returned and were all excited and giddy about riding the Currie E-Bikes around the Parliament buildings. They offered to buy the E-Bikes on the spot at which point my partner said I can sell them but you cannot legally ride them in Canada because e-bikes are Illegal.

One Suit said that is stupid, who made such a Law and one guy cut in and said you made the Law Sir. Turns out 4 of the Suits were MPs and 2 were visiting Urban Planners. Of the 4 MPs one was the Minister of Transport.

Shortly after his ride on the 18 MPH Currie he brought in the 20 MPH guideline and allowed E-Bikes in Canada.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/i...

You can order the full transcript from this site as well, which is where I read the part about the average cyclists speed as well as the output that a human exerts to reach this speed which they quoted at 480 watts. They threw in an extra 20 watts as a bonus. Your story about the 4 MP's is amusing though.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/i...
You can order the full transcript from this site as well

Or just read it here:
http://files.meetup.c...