Ontario Driver's Handbook 2026

Why the Ontario handbook is worth reading once

Every question on the G1 knowledge test comes from what Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) publishes in this handbook. Our 215 practice questions for Ontario 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 Ontario handbook covers

These 187 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

Ontario test facts

Every figure here is Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)'s own for the G1 knowledge test, not a national average. Provinces genuinely differ, and studying another province's number is a common way to fail.

Total questions

40 multiple-choice

Pass mark

80% (32 of 40)

Time limit

No time limit

Minimum age

16

Languages

English, French, and many others on request

Administered by

DriveTest on behalf of MTO

Retake waiting period

Same day in most centres (subject to availability)