Get Ready for Your Ontario G2 Road Test

Last updated: October 14, 2026

Passed your G1? The next step is the road test that gets you your G2. This guide explains when you can take it, what the examiner looks for and how to practise each skill, including the parking and turning moves that make new drivers the most nervous.

When you can take the G2 road test

You need to hold your G1 for at least 12 months before you can take the road test for your G2. If you finish a government-approved beginner driver education course, you can take it after 8 months. Use that time to get as much supervised practice as you can, in as many kinds of traffic and weather as possible.

What the road test checks

The G2 road test checks your basic driving skills in real traffic. The examiner gives you directions and watches how you handle:

• starting, stopping and turning left and right
• stop intersections, through intersections, traffic lights and roundabouts
• lane changes and curves
• driving through business and residential areas, including school zones
• a roadside stop
• a three-point turn
• parallel parking and reversing

On every task, the examiner is watching the same habits: checking your mirrors and blind spots, signalling early, keeping a safe speed, coming to complete stops and yielding properly.

How Ontario Roadie helps you practise

You still need real hours behind the wheel with a licensed driver. Ontario Roadie is for the in-between times: learning each manoeuvre step by step so you know what to do before you try it in a real car, and going over the rules until they're automatic. The game coaches you through each step and tells you what to fix.

In free roam, the game also keeps a drive log of rolling stops, missed signals, red lights and speeding, which are the same mistakes that cost marks on a road test.

Rules for test day

• Bring an accompanying driver. You're still a G1 driver, so a fully licensed driver has to come with you to the test centre. Only the examiner rides with you during the test.
• Bring a car in good working order. It must be plated and insured. If it isn't fit for the test, the examiner can cancel it and you lose half the fee.
• No backup camera or cruise control. Driving aids can't be used during the test, so practise parking and reversing with your mirrors and shoulder checks.
• Arrive at least 30 minutes early, with your glasses or contacts if you need them to drive.
• Book ahead and plan for a retest. If you cancel with less than 48 hours' notice or miss the test, you lose the fee. If you don't pass, you must wait at least 10 days before trying again.

Check DriveTest for current fees and booking details before you go.

Common reasons people fail

• Rolling stops. Stop completely, behind the line, every time.
• Missed blind spot checks before lane changes, pulling out and turning.
• Signalling late, or not at all, especially when pulling over or out.
• Speeding, including in school zones and when a lower limit begins.
• Hitting the curb during parking or a three-point turn.
• Not yielding to pedestrians, or going out of turn at an all-way stop.

After you pass: life with a G2

With a G2 you can drive on your own, on any road, but some conditions still apply:

• your blood-alcohol level must be zero
• everyone in the car must have a working seatbelt
• if you're 19 or under, between midnight and 5 a.m. you can carry only one passenger aged 19 or under for your first six months, then up to three, unless a fully licensed driver is in the front seat or the passengers are your immediate family

After at least 12 months with a G2, you can take the road test for your full G licence. That test adds freeway driving, and you'll need to declare your highway driving experience before you take it.

The full details are in the licensing chapter and the road test chapter of the Official MTO Driver's Handbook. Still working on your G1? Start with the free G1 practice test.