Drive IQ Canada Study Guides

Exchanging a licence, newcomer rules, and who has to take the tests.

Licensing

Licence exchange in Canada: who skips the written test, province by province

Whether you skip Canada's written and road tests when you move here depends on one thing: does your new province have an exchange agreement with the place that issued your licence.

Drive IQ Canada Editorial Team·July 8, 2026·9 min read

What the knowledge test covers, how it is scored, and the mistakes that cost people points.

Test prep

The 10 Hardest G1 Questions (and Why Each Wrong Answer Is Wrong)

The ten G1 questions people miss most, with the logic of every distractor laid out so you learn why wrong answers feel right.

Drive IQ Canada Editorial Team·July 8, 2026·9 min read

Test prep

What Percentage of People Fail the Ontario G1 Test?

Ontario publishes no official G1 pass or fail rate, which is exactly why the numbers you find online contradict each other so wildly.

Drive IQ Canada Editorial Team·July 8, 2026·9 min read

The road rules that get missed most, explained against the official handbooks.

Safety

School bus rules across Canada: the question almost everyone gets wrong

The single rule that trips up more knowledge-test takers than any other: when you must stop for a school bus coming from the opposite direction, and when you don't.

Drive IQ Canada Editorial Team·July 8, 2026·8 min read

Fees, retake rules, wait times, and what happens if you fail.

Logistics

Failed the SAAQ knowledge test? Here's what the 28-day wait means for you

Quebec makes you wait 28 days to retake the SAAQ knowledge test after a fail, and Ontario lets you rewrite the same day, which is why passing the first time matters more here than anywhere else in Canada.

Drive IQ Canada Editorial Team·July 8, 2026·9 min read