British Columbia Learn to Drive Smart 2026

Why the British Columbia handbook is worth reading once

Every question on the ICBC knowledge test comes from what Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) publishes in this handbook. Our 183 practice questions for British Columbia are written from it too, so reading it once and then testing yourself is faster than doing either alone.

Read it end to end once, then use practice questions to find the parts you have not absorbed.

What the British Columbia handbook covers

These 177 pages are the whole of what the test can draw on. Reading the list below is a quick way to find the parts you have not looked at yet.

• Getting your licence and the graduated licensing stages
• Traffic signs, signals and pavement markings
• Rules of the road, right of way and intersections
• Speed limits and following distance
• Turning, passing, lane changes and merging
• Parking rules and prohibited distances
• Sharing the road with cyclists, pedestrians and large vehicles
• School buses and emergency vehicles
• Impaired driving and the penalties that follow
• Winter, night and poor-visibility driving
• Collisions, breakdowns and what the law requires of you

British Columbia test facts

Every figure here is Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)'s own for the ICBC knowledge test, not a national average. Provinces genuinely differ, and studying another province's number is a common way to fail.

Total questions

50 multiple-choice

Pass mark

80% (40 of 50)

Time limit

No time limit

Minimum age

16

Languages

English (interpreters allowed); manual available in many languages

Administered by

ICBC driver-licensing offices

Retake waiting period

7 days after a failed attempt (typical)