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How do you go from a G1 to a G2 licence in Ontario?

Correct answer

By passing a road test of driving skills

Ontario uses graduated licensing. To move from Level One (G1) to Level Two (G2), you must pass a road test of your driving skills.

Why the other answers are wrong

  • By passing a second written knowledge test

    The written test is how you earn the G1 in the first place. Moving up to G2 is judged in the car instead, with an examiner sitting in and watching you drive.

  • Automatically, after holding the G1 for 12 months

    Time is only half the story. Level One runs for 12 months, or eight months if you pass an approved driver-education course, but nothing upgrades on its own. You still book and pass the road test.

  • By paying a fee to upgrade the licence

    Fees are real, so this one feels close. Your first application fee even covers a road test. But the fee books the test, it never replaces passing it.

Quick way to remember

It takes more than just waiting out the time. There is a test.

Based on the official Ontario MTO Driver's Handbook.

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