Which of these will cause your licence to be cancelled?

Failing a driver's re-examination

Getting a warning letter from the ministry

Ontario G1: Impaired driving and other suspensions

Alcohol and drug impairment, roadside suspensions, warn-range penalties, ignition interlock, stunt driving and street racing, and other ways to lose your licence.

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You do not pay a court-ordered fine for a moving traffic offence, rather than a parking offence. What can happen to your licence?

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Study reference: MTO Driver's Handbook (online edition, 2026), Ch. 5 Other ways to lose your licence

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You do not pay a court-ordered fine for a moving traffic offence, rather than a parking offence. What can happen to your licence?
1. It gets 2 demerit points
2. It will be suspended
3. It is downgraded to a G1
4. Nothing happens to it
Which of these will cause your licence to be cancelled?
1. Moving to a new address
2. Failing a driver's re-examination
3. Getting a warning letter from the ministry
4. Receiving 2 demerit points
What is the maximum prison sentence for impaired driving that causes bodily harm?
1. 2 years
2. 10 years
3. 5 years
4. 14 years
A driver who is required to use an ignition interlock is caught driving a car without one. What happens to the vehicle?
1. It is impounded for 90 days
2. It is given a warning tag only
3. It is impounded for 45 days
4. It is impounded for seven days
A driver is caught with a BAC of .08 or more. How long will the vehicle they were driving be impounded?
1. Thirty days
2. Forty-five days
3. Seven days
4. Three days
A driver under a Criminal Code driving prohibition order is convicted of driving for the second time. What suspension applies?
1. Six months
2. Five years
3. Two years
4. One year
After a young or novice driver is convicted of violating the zero-alcohol rule, can an additional licence sanction apply?
1. No, only criminal convictions can affect a licence
2. No, the roadside suspension is the only sanction
3. Only two demerit points can be added
4. Yes: an additional 30- or 90-day suspension, or cancellation, depending on age and licence class
What is the maximum sentence for impaired driving that causes a death?
1. Life imprisonment
2. 14 years in prison
3. 25 years in prison
4. 10 years in prison
A G1 driver is convicted for the first time of breaking a graduated-licensing condition. How long is the escalating novice-driver suspension?
1. 7 days
2. 30 days
3. 60 days
4. 90 days
A driver is convicted of wilfully evading police during a pursuit, with no death or bodily harm. What licence suspension does HTA section 216 require?
1. Two years
2. One year
3. Five years
4. Ninety days
Ontario’s mandatory medical-reporting rules cover patients with certain prescribed high-risk conditions. What is the minimum patient age?
1. 18 years or older
2. 65 years or older
3. 21 years or older
4. 16 years or older
On your 21st birthday you are driving with a full G licence. What blood-alcohol level does the law allow you?
1. Zero
2. Under .08
3. Under .02
4. Under .05
A man who has been drinking sits in the driver's seat of his parked car with the engine off. Can he be charged with impaired driving?
1. No, unless the engine is on
2. Yes, the car need not be moving
3. Only if he is on a highway
4. No, the car must be moving
A driver’s breath test shows a BAC of .08 or more. How long is the immediate administrative licence suspension?
1. One year
2. 30 days
3. 90 days
4. 7 days
Which program is mandatory for all drivers convicted of impaired, driving-related Criminal Code offences?
1. Novice requalification
2. Driver-improvement interview
3. Back on Track
4. Collision avoidance course
What blood-alcohol range does Ontario call the warn range?
1. .08 to .10
2. .02 to .05
3. .01 to .03
4. .05 to .079
Under Ontario’s current policy, what is the minimum ignition-interlock period after a first criminal impaired-driving conviction?
1. At least one year
2. Only one month
3. No interlock requirement
4. Exactly ninety days
Your friend borrows your car and is caught driving while suspended for a Criminal Code offence. What happens to your car?
1. Released to you the same day
2. Impounded for exactly 7 days
3. Impounded only if you were inside
4. Impounded for at least 45 days
A 19-year-old driver has detectable alcohol in their blood and violates the zero-alcohol rule for the first time. What immediate licence suspension applies?
1. A 3-day licence suspension
2. A 7-day licence suspension
3. A written warning only
4. A 90-day licence suspension
A police officer demands a breath sample and the driver refuses. What licence penalty takes effect right away?
1. A 90-day licence suspension
2. A 3-day licence suspension
3. A 24-hour licence suspension
4. A 30-day licence suspension
In Ontario, what minimum licence suspension follows a first criminal conviction for impaired driving?
1. Three years
2. Six months
3. Ninety days
4. One year
A driver is caught in the warn range for a second time. What penalty applies?
1. 90-day suspension and an interlock
2. 14-day suspension and a 16-hour treatment program
3. 30-day suspension and 6 demerit points
4. 3-day suspension and a warning letter
A driver is convicted of driving while their licence was suspended for an HTA offence. Besides a large fine, what is added?
1. Six demerit points to the record
2. Thirty days to the suspension
3. One year to the suspension
4. Six months to the suspension
On a road posted at 60 km/h or less, how much greater is the risk of death or serious injury in a crash at 50 km/h or more over the limit?
1. Almost two times
2. Almost ten times
3. Almost eight times
4. Almost five times
A driver with no alcohol-related history is convicted of dangerous driving under the Criminal Code. Which remedial measure applies?
1. A warn-range education course
2. A driver-improvement interview
3. An ignition interlock only
4. The Back on Track program
Escalating sanctions for novice drivers count repeat violations that happen within what time period?
1. Two years
2. Ten years
3. One year
4. Five years
A fully licensed driver blows in the warn range for the first time. How long is the roadside licence suspension?
1. One day
2. Seven days
3. Three days
4. Thirty days
How long will a Criminal Code driving conviction remain on your driver's record?
1. At least 2 years
2. At least 5 years
3. At least 10 years
4. At least 3 years

Impaired driving and other suspensions: key rules to remember

Our summary of what the official handbook says on this topic, in our own words. Read it before or after the practice questions above, then check the original chapter. Read the official chapter ↗

Current provincial policy and source precedence

Source checked 2026-10-18: https://www.ontario.ca/page/impaired-driving . Current penalties take precedence over conflicting older handbook figures.
Drivers aged 21 or under and all novice drivers must have no alcohol or drugs in their system.
For young/novice zero-alcohol violations: immediate suspensions of 7 days first, 14 days second and 30 days third. Conviction can add 30 or 90 days or cancellation, depending on age and licence class.
Warn range: BAC 0.05–0.079. First occurrence: 7-day immediate suspension and 8-hour education course. Second: 14 days and 16-hour treatment. Third: 30 days with treatment and interlock requirements. Monetary penalties and reinstatement requirements also apply.
BAC 0.08 or more, or failure/refusal to comply with a lawful testing demand: immediate 90-day suspension and 7-day vehicle impoundment, with other sanctions. These are separate from criminal proceedings.
A first criminal impaired-driving conviction brings a suspension of at least one year, mandatory education or treatment, and an ignition interlock for at least one year. Later convictions can bring longer or lifetime suspensions. Do not treat an old handbook fine figure as a universal maximum.

Graduated-licensing sanctions

Qualifying novice violations within five years escalate: first conviction 30-day suspension, second 90 days, third cancellation. This covers novice restrictions and qualifying serious HTA offences.
Driving while under an HTA suspension adds six months to the suspension on conviction and can bring fines and jail. Violating a Criminal Code prohibition order brings a one-year suspension first and two years on a subsequent conviction.

Other suspensions and impoundment

HTA section 216(3): wilfully evading police during pursuit, on conviction and without death/bodily harm, brings a five-year suspension. Death or bodily harm has a different, longer rule. This is not the automatic penalty for every failure to stop.
A vehicle driven under a Criminal Code suspension is impounded for at least 45 days, including a borrowed, rented or business vehicle; the owner pays towing and storage. Driving without a required interlock brings seven-day impoundment.
A Criminal Code driving conviction remains on the driver record for at least ten years. Failure of a re-examination and certain unpaid reinstatement requirements can cause cancellation.
Current medical-reporting source: https://www.ontario.ca/page/medical-review-ontario-drivers . Physicians, optometrists and nurse practitioners have mandatory reporting duties for patients aged 16+ with specified high-risk conditions; not every health concern triggers mandatory reporting.

Impairment, care or control and remedial requirements

A vehicle need not be moving: impaired care or control can be an offence. Actual circumstances and a realistic risk of danger matter; mere presence after drinking is not an automatic conviction. Reference: Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Boudreault, 2012 SCC 56.
Complete required education/treatment before reinstatement. The current reduced-suspension program still names Back on Track remedial measures: https://www.ontario.ca/page/reduced-suspension-ignition-interlock-conduct-review-program .
The handbook describes a driver-improvement interview for non-drinking Criminal Code driving convictions with no previous alcohol-related convictions.
Criminal Code sections 320.2 and 320.21: impaired driving causing bodily harm can carry a maximum of 14 years on indictment; causing death can carry life imprisonment.
Prescription and non-prescription drugs can impair driving. Read labels and ask a doctor or pharmacist about effects and interaction with alcohol.
According to the handbook, crashes at 50 km/h or more above the posted limit have almost five times the fatal/serious injury risk, and almost eight times on roads posted at 60 km/h or less. This is the handbook's stated comparison, not a new study by this site.

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