Nova Scotia Driver's Handbook 2026: car and light truck drivers

Why car and light truck drivers should read the Nova Scotia handbook once

Every question on the Class 7 knowledge test comes from what Registry of Motor Vehicles, Service Nova Scotia publishes in this handbook. Our 176 practice questions for Nova Scotia 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 9 parts at once. Take the rules of the road and the signs first, then come back for licensing and registration.

What the Nova Scotia handbook covers for car and light truck drivers

These 200 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

Nova Scotia test facts for car and light truck drivers

Every figure here is Registry of Motor Vehicles, Service Nova Scotia's own for the Class 7 knowledge test, not a national average. Provinces genuinely differ, and studying another province's number is a common way to fail.

Total questions

40 (20 signs + 20 road rules)

Pass mark

80% per section (16/20 each)

Time limit

No time limit

Minimum age

16

Languages

English; French and others available at some centres

Administered by

Access Nova Scotia centres

Retake waiting period

Same day at most centres