Your driver's licence expires on the last day of your birth month or the last day of the month that your immigration documents expire.
On Jan. 1, 2011, a one-part five-year driver's licence was implemented. It replaced the two-part licence (photo identification card and paper certificate) and has a one to five-year initial term, based on the expiry year of the driver's current photo ID card. For new drivers, the licence will expire in the fifth year on the last day of your birth month.
You must produce your licence at the request of a peace officer. If you do not have your licence with you at the time, the officer may allow you up to 48 hours to produce it. If your licence includes any restrictions, you must obey the restrictions when driving. See restriction codes.
If you are a visitor to Saskatchewan, your regular licence gives you all of the same privileges it does in your home province or state. As a visitor to Saskatchewan, you are not required to exchange your licence or register your vehicle in this province unless you become a resident. Should you require a Saskatchewan licence, you may need to be re-tested before a Saskatchewan licence is granted, but it will depend upon the class of licence you held in the other jurisdiction. Check with your nearest motor licence issuer.
Students attending approved educational institutions, as well as their immediate families, do not have to exchange their driver's licence during the time they are living here to attend classes.
If you become a Saskatchewan resident you may drive using your current driver's licence and vehicle plates for 90 days after taking up residence.
The one-part driver's licence shown here was implemented on Jan. 1, 2011.
Fake ID
It is a criminal offence to alter a photo ID card or the driver's licence paper certificate in any way. It may not seem like a big deal, but there are serious consequences to using fraudulent ID, or loaning your ID for fraudulent purposes, including:
- getting your real driver's licence suspended for at least three months
- a fine of at least $65
- a possible fraud conviction under the Criminal Code that could affect your employment, your education and your chances of travelling outside of Canada
- getting other people fined, fired or put out of business
Restriction code
| A | must wear prescribed glasses or contact lenses |
| B | may not drive at night |
| C | may only drive within a 40 kilometre radius of address shown on licence |
| D | may only drive within a 80 kilometre radius of address shown on licence |
| E | may only drive outside the limits of a city, in a city as a learner |
| F | must have two outside rear-view mirrors on vehicle |
| G | driver must present Detail Authority Card |
| H | motorcycles are limited to three-wheeled cycles, two-wheeled as a learner |
| J | motorcycles are limited to cycles under 50 cc's, larger as a learner |
| K | school bus capacity is limited to under 36 passengers |
| L | may not operate Class 2 or 4 vehicles |
| M | Class 1-3 vehicles are limited to automatic/electronic shift transmission, standard transmission as a learner |
| N | may only drive school bus with automatic transmission |
| T | may not drive a taxi for hire |
| W | restricted commercial class (Canada only) |
Endorsement code
| A | may operate vehicle with air brakes |
| G | driver must present Detail Authority Card |
| M | motorcycle |
| S | school bus |
| 1, 2, 3, 4 | may operate that class of vehicle as a learner |
| 6 | may drive motorcycle as a learner |
