You are passing a cyclist riding on the roadway in Québec, outside a designated shared street or bicycle boulevard. What minimum clearance and speed adjustment are required?

Correct answer: Slow down and leave at least 1 m at 50 km/h or less, or 1.5 m above 50 km/h.

Why

Reduce speed and leave at least 1 m beside the cyclist where the maximum permitted road speed is 50 km/h or less, or 1.5 m where it is over 50 km/h. Maintain sufficient clearance throughout the pass. If you cannot pass safely with enough room, wait behind the cyclist. On designated shared streets and bicycle boulevards, the Code allows an exception to the fixed minimum distance when there is enough space to pass without danger; the duty to reduce speed and pass safely remains. That exception is outside the situation in this question.

Verified against Code de la sécurité routière (Québec), official French consolidation · Sharing the road