Steps in the Graduated Driver’s Licensing Program

1. Obtain a Learner’s licence by passing a written exam that tests knowledge of the rules of the road.

2. Complete the required high school driver training education or commercial training (six hours in-class and six hours in-car). The learning driver will then practise driving for nine months with a supervising driver under the following restrictions:

Number of passengers limited to the number of seatbelts in the vehicle:

• Between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., passengers must be immediate family members
• Must have a supervising driver who sits in the front passenger seat
• Supervising driver must be an experienced licensed driver
• Cannot consume any amount of alcohol and then drive (zero BAC)
• Cannot be a supervising driver
• Cannot obtain a commercial driver's licence

3. Pass a road test of driving skills to obtain a Novice 1 licence. The driver must be at least 16 years old.

4. Practise driving as a Novice 1 driver for six months under the following restrictions:

• One passenger only who is not an immediate family member
• Other passengers must be immediate family members and are limited to the number of seatbelts
• Cannot consume any amount of alcohol and then drive (zero BAC)
• Cannot be a supervising driver
• Cannot obtain a commercial driver's licence

5. Obtain a Novice 2 licence for 12 months under the following restrictions:

• Passengers limited to number of seatbelts
• Cannot consume any amount of alcohol and then drive (zero BAC)
• Cannot be a supervising driver
• Cannot obtain a commercial driver's licence

The 12 months in Novice 2 must be at-fault collision, traffic conviction and licence suspension free. In the event of an incident, the Novice 2 driver will be required to restart the 12 month incident-free period again, and will be placed in the Graduated Driver Licensing Improvement Program.

6. Graduation to an experienced Class 5 driver’s licence.