Manitoba Professional Driver's Manual 2026

Why the Manitoba handbook is worth reading once

Every question on the MPI knowledge test comes from what Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) publishes in this handbook. Our 349 practice questions for Manitoba are written from it too, so reading it once and then testing yourself is faster than doing either alone.

You do not have to read all 2 parts at once. Take the rules of the road and the signs first, then come back for licensing and registration.

What the Manitoba handbook covers

These 180 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.

• Commercial licence classes and the endorsements on top of them
• Medical requirements and how often you are reassessed
• Air brakes: the system, the checks and the warnings
• Pre-trip and en-route inspections
• Hours of service and logbooks
• Cargo securement, weights and dimensions
• Off-tracking, turning and reversing a long vehicle
• Downgrades, brake fade and mountain driving
• Transporting dangerous goods
• Impaired driving rules that are stricter for commercial drivers
• Sharing the road from a cab, and the blind spots a car cannot see

Manitoba test facts

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

Total questions

30 multiple-choice

Pass mark

80% (24 of 30)

Time limit

No time limit

Primary licence class

Class 1 (Tractor-Trailer)

Pre-licence training

Yes (MELT)

Administered by

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)

BAC limit

0.00 (zero tolerance)