I do not know the status here either, but I remember long time ago I parked the car in some closed parking lot and there was a sign that said that natural gas cars were not allowed to park, so I guess they are not illegal. I'll google.
[Update]
First try gave an interesting link
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050124/hybrid_cars_050124?s_name=&no_ads=
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