Nunavut Driver's Manual 2026: car and light truck drivers

Why car and light truck drivers should read the Nunavut handbook once

Every question on the Class 7 knowledge exam comes from what Department of Community and Government Services, Motor Vehicles publishes in this handbook. Our 173 practice questions for Nunavut 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 Nunavut handbook covers for car and light truck drivers

These 138 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

Nunavut test facts for car and light truck drivers

Every figure here is Department of Community and Government Services, Motor Vehicles's own for the Class 7 knowledge exam, 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 and Inuktitut; French and others on request

Administered by

Motor Vehicles, Department of Community and Government Services

Retake waiting period

Variable; depends on issuing-officer schedule