British Columbia ICBC Class 7 Knowledge Test Practice 2026

British Columbia's knowledge test is administered by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) at any ICBC driver-licensing office. The test has 50 multiple-choice questions and you need at least 80% (40 of 50) to pass. You have 45 minutes to complete it.

BC's Graduated Licensing Program has three stages. Passing the knowledge test gets you a Class 7L learner's licence. After holding the L for at least 12 months and passing the Class 7 road test, you get a Class 7 novice (N) licence. Since 19 October 2026 there is no second road test for novice drivers with a clean record: ICBC replaced it with a Driving Record Assessment. You need at least 24 months of safe driving on the N if you are under 25 (18 if you completed an approved GLP course during the learner stage, 12 if you are 25 or older), with no convictions for excessive speed or electronic-device use and no prohibitions or suspensions in that time. You then upgrade to Class 5 at a driver licensing office, and a 12-month restriction period follows.

Learner-stage rules: zero alcohol and zero drugs, a qualified supervisor aged 25 or older with a valid Class 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 licence beside you, no more than two passengers (the supervisor and one other), driving only between 5 a.m. and midnight, no hand-held or hands-free electronic devices, and an L sign displayed. Novice drivers keep zero alcohol and drugs and the device ban, display an N sign, and may carry only one passenger unless the others are immediate family or a supervisor aged 25 or older sits beside them.

The test is computer-based at ICBC offices. ICBC offers it in 12 languages, with audio in each, and for other languages an ICBC-approved interpreter or over-the-phone interpretation is available. The test includes road signs, rules of the road, and BC-specific topics like sharing the road with cyclists.

BC has some rules worth knowing. Winter tires or chains are required on designated BC highways from October 1 to April 30; on some routes outside mountain passes and high-snowfall areas the requirement ends March 31. When approaching a stopped vehicle with flashing lights (police, fire, ambulance, tow trucks, highway maintenance and other roadside workers), you must slow to no more than 70 km/h where the limit is 80 km/h or more, and no more than 40 km/h where the limit is under 80 km/h.

Brushing up on Canadian road signs? Our sign-specific practice covers every regulatory, warning, and information sign you'll see on the test.