📋 What to Bring
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Proof of identity (legal name, date of birth, signature)
Acceptable documents include a Canadian passport, permanent resident card, or other documents accepted by ServiceOntario / DriveTest
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Test fee
A single package fee covers the knowledge test, the G1 licence, and your first road test
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Glasses or contact lenses
Bring them if you need them — a vision test is given at the DriveTest centre
📅 How to Schedule
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Study the handbook and practice
Read the Official MTO Driver's Handbook and take practice tests covering road signs and the rules of the road.
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Go to a DriveTest centre
Visit any DriveTest centre to apply for your G1. You must be at least 16 years old. No appointment is needed for the knowledge test.
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Pass the vision and knowledge tests
Pass a vision test, then the two-part knowledge test (signs + rules). When you pass, you receive your G1 licence and begin Ontario's graduated licensing system.
💡 Test Day Tips
- •The G1 knowledge test has two parts — 20 questions on road signs and 20 on the rules of the road — and you must score at least 80% on EACH part.
- •As a G1 driver, your blood-alcohol level must be zero whenever you drive.
- •G1 drivers may not drive on 400-series highways or high-speed expressways, and may not drive between midnight and 5 a.m.
- •A G1 driver must be accompanied by a fully licensed (Class G) driver with at least 4 years of experience whose blood-alcohol level is below 0.05.
- •You must stay in the G1 stage for at least 12 months (or 8 months if you pass an approved driver-education course) before taking the G1 exit road test.
📚 Driver Handbook
All practice questions are based on the chapters below. Click any chapter to read it on the official DMV website.
🎯 Practice by Topic
Getting Your Driver's Licence
Ontario’s graduated licensing system (G1–G2–G), eligibility and minimum age, required identity documents, the G1 knowledge test, vision test, fees, licence classes, and new-driver restrictions.
Safe and Responsible Driving
The core rules of the road: starting out, turns and intersections, right-of-way, speed and following distance, passing and lane changes, parking, freeway driving, sharing the road, night and bad-weather driving, and handling emergencies.
Traffic Signs and Lights
Reading Ontario’s traffic signs by shape and colour (regulatory, warning, temporary, information and direction), traffic-light signals, pedestrian signals, and pavement markings.
Keeping Your Driver's Licence
Keeping your driving privilege: the demerit-point system, novice (G1/G2) and zero-BAC rules, blood-alcohol limits and penalties, drug-impaired driving, licence suspensions, and other ways to lose your licence.
Your Vehicle
Maintaining your vehicle and keeping it roadworthy, vehicle insurance and registration requirements, and the rules for towing in Ontario.