DriveTest Centres Across Ontario to Reopen From June 22

The government of Ontario has announced that Ontario’s driver testing services provider, DriveTest, will begin offering limited services across the province beginning Monday, June 22, 2020. The province expects full restoration of services by September.

All 56 DriveTest centres and 39 Travel Point locations were closed on March 23, 2020, in response to COVID-19.

Masks required for customers and staff: DriveTest will also require customers to wear face coverings inside centres and during road tests, sanitize their hands when they enter the building and undergo temperature checks before road tests. All DriveTest staff will wear personal protective equipment when serving customers. Driver examiners will also be equipped with face shields, sanitizer packages and seat covers when conducting road tests.

DriveTest Services Available When Centres Reopen

All full-time DriveTest centres will reopen on June 22, 2020.
Part-time Travel Point locations will begin reopening more gradually.

Following transactions will be available from June 22:

G1 knowledge and vision tests

M1 knowledge and vision tests

Driver’s licence exchanges
- Out-of-province licences
- Out-of-country licences (jurisdictions with reciprocal driver’s licensing)
- Out-of-country licences (non-reciprocating jurisdictions)

Commercial driver’s licence applications and upgrades
- Knowledge tests
- Vision tests
- Medical report submissions
- Criminal Record and Judicial Matters (CRJM) Check or equivalent document submissions
- School Bus Driver Improvement Course certificate submissions

New Entrant Education and Evaluation Program (NEEEP)/ Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR) Test

Commercial road tests (Class A, B, C, D, E, F and Z) at 28 locations across Ontario:
- Barrie, Belleville, Brampton, Brantford, Burlington, Chatham, Clinton, Cornwall, Downsview, Guelph, Hamilton, Hawkesbury, Kitchener, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Newmarket, Oshawa, Orangeville, Orillia, Ottawa Walkley, Peterborough, Sault Ste Marie, St. Catharines, Simcoe, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timmins

Phase 2

Starting on Tuesday, August 4, the following services will be available:

Road-testing for G2 driver licences

Road-testing for all motorcycle licences

Commercial driver road testing will expand to the remaining 22 DriveTest locations across Ontario that road test commercial drivers.

Part-time Travel Point locations will resume driver examination services as locations become available for the public’s use.

Phase 3

Starting on Tuesday, September 8, all DriveTest centres and Travel Point locations will be fully operational, including G road-testing services.

How to Book Driving Tests as DriveTest Centres Reopen

People with birthdays between January to June will be allowed to visit a centre in the first week of reopening, and people with birthdays between July to December will have access to DriveTest services the following week.

Access to DriveTest services will continue to alternate weekly according to the birth month of the applicant until full services are restored.

Customer Birth Month	Week #	Dates
January to June	Week 1	June 22-June 27, 2020
July to December	Week 2	June 29-July 4, 2020
January to June	Week 3	July 6-July 11, 2020