SAAQ Class 5 study guide and books
Start with the free official guide — it is what the test is written from. Books only help if you want printed practice or a structured course.
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Official guide
Driver's Handbook (Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec)
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec · Free PDF / print copy sold in Québec bookstores
The SAAQ's summary of the Highway Safety Code, road signs and traffic signals, and the penalties for offences. Chapter 3 covers the signs section of the knowledge test; Chapters 1, 4 and 6 cover most of the rules. Every question on this site cites a page of it.
Driving a Passenger Vehicle (Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec)
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec · Free PDF / print copy sold in Québec bookstores
The SAAQ's driving-techniques guide, listed as a reference for the behaviours and techniques section of the knowledge test: observation, speed, space around the vehicle and sharing the road.
Guide de la route (version française)
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec · PDF gratuit
Official French guide, now in its 4th edition (2024) and newer than the English Driver's Handbook (2nd edition, 2019); where the two differ, this site follows the 4th edition. For candidates taking the knowledge test in French.