Québec SAAQ cheat sheet
Québec SAAQ test facts in one place: the pass rule, what to do after a fail, the licence stages and the questions learners get wrong most often.
Test numbers
- Pass rule
- Three sections: the Highway Safety Code, road signs and signals, and driving behaviours and techniques. You need 75% in EACH section; the SAAQ does not publish the number of questions.
- Sections
- 3 (Highway Safety Code, signs and signals, driving behaviours); question count not published
- Minimum age
- 16 (with mandatory driver-education course)
- Languages
- French, English, Modern Standard Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin
- Administered by
- SAAQ service centres
- Retake waiting period
- 28 days after a fail; C$13.50 per attempt
If you fail
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) sets the retake rules below. Check them again on the agency page before you book.
- Retake waiting period
- 28 days after a fail; C$13.50 per attempt
Graduated licence
- Minimum age to start
- 16
- Licence stages
- apprenti, probatoire, classe 5
- Blood alcohol for new drivers
- Zero
- Fastest route to a full licence
- 36 months
- Road tests in this licensing system
- 1
What comes after the knowledge test
Québec sets 1 road test in its licensing system. Our road test guide lists what the examiner marks.
Questions learners miss most
The 5 free questions with the lowest first-try correct rate among learners using this site. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 5.
In Quebec, what is the maximum speed limit in a school zone when it is in effect? 50 km/h (40% right first try)
In Quebec, how far from a fire hydrant must you park? 3 metres (45% right first try)
How many demerit points are assigned for speeding 21 to 30 km/h over the limit in Quebec? 2 points (55% right first try)
In Quebec, how many demerit points apply for exceeding the speed limit by 61 to 80 km/h? 14 demerit points (55% right first try)
In Quebec, how many demerit points apply for exceeding the limit by 46 to 49 km/h in a zone of 60 km/h or less? 10 demerit points (55% right first try)
Study checklist
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Sources
Checked against the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) handbook and licensing pages. Last verified November 2026.