Getting your G1: common questions

Original identification showing your legal name and date of birth — a passport, Canadian citizenship card, permanent resident card, or study/work permit all work — plus payment for the test fee (cash, debit, or credit). If you need glasses or contacts to drive, bring them too: you'll also take a short vision test at the same visit.

At almost every DriveTest centre, you don't need to book — the knowledge test is walk-in, first-come-first-served. Arrive at least an hour before the centre closes so there's time for the document check and the test itself. (The one exception is the Bay and College centre in downtown Toronto, where appointments can be booked in advance.)

There's a fee to apply for your G1 and write the knowledge test, and further fees for road tests and any retakes later on. We're deliberately not repeating a dollar figure here — the Ministry of Transportation sets and regulates these fees (DriveTest administers the tests and collects them, but doesn't set the amounts), they change, and different sources (including well-established ones) currently disagree with each other on the exact amounts and how they're bundled. Get the current, accurate breakdown straight from ontario.ca or DriveTest.ca before you go.

16 — that's the minimum age to apply for any driver's licence in Ontario, including the G1.

It's a written, multiple-choice test covering two areas — road signs and rules of the road — scored separately, so you need a strong majority correct in each, not just overall. Exact question counts and the pass threshold are set by DriveTest and can change, so treat this app's mock exam (built to the same two-part shape) as practice for the format, not a promise of the exact numbers — confirm current details at ontario.ca or DriveTest.ca.

Yes — a short eye test happens at the same visit as your written test, before a G1 is issued.

A G1 licence itself is valid for 5 years from when it's issued — but you can't book your first road test (the G2 test) right away. You have to hold the G1 for at least 12 months first, or 8 months if you complete an approved driver-education course; that waiting period is separate from the 5-year validity. If you don't finish the whole G1-to-G process within those 5 years, you'll need to start over and pay the fees again.

You can retake it as long as your G1 application hasn't expired — a fee applies each time. Practicing until you're consistently strong in both sections, not just scraping by once, is what this app's readiness score is built to show you.