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Yukon Class 7: Your licence, demerits and penalties

Licence classes, carrying and renewing your licence, new residents, demerit point suspensions, impaired driving consequences and vehicle impoundment. Background material, not tested per the handbook.

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Police find you driving without valid insurance. What can happen to the vehicle?

Study reference: Yukon Driver's Basic Handbook (2023 edition), Ch. 10 Licensing requirements — Licence classes, Responsibilities, Enforcement, Penalties, pp. 140–149

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  1. Police find you driving without valid insurance. What can happen to the vehicle?

    1. Only the licence plates are seized
    2. It must be sold within 30 days
    3. It may be impounded
    4. Nothing if you pay on the spot

  2. A fully licensed driver gets a second demerit point suspension within one year of the first. How long is it?

    1. Twelve months
    2. Three months
    3. Six months
    4. One month

  3. Police impound a vehicle driven by an unlicensed driver. How long can the impoundment last?

    1. 24 hours
    2. Until the driver pays a fine
    3. 7 days
    4. 30 days or longer

  4. You move to Yukon with a valid licence from another province. How long may you drive on it?

    1. Your first 120 days of residence
    2. Your first 30 days
    3. Until it expires
    4. Your first 90 days after you arrive

  5. At what age must Class 5, 6 and 7 licence holders first provide a medical report?

    1. 80
    2. 70
    3. 60
    4. 65

  6. What is the minimum age for a full-privilege Class 5 licence in Yukon?

    1. 18
    2. 16
    3. 17
    4. 17.5

  7. An officer in uniform signals you to pull over. What must you do?

    1. Stop and stay stopped until allowed to go
    2. Drive to the nearest police station
    3. Slow down and keep driving
    4. Stop only if you broke a law

  8. What can happen if you are convicted of driving while disqualified in Yukon?

    1. You risk losing the right to a licence for life
    2. You get a one-week suspension
    3. You must take the road test again, and nothing more
    4. You receive three demerit points

  9. You move to a new address in Whitehorse. What does the law require?

    1. Notify the RCMP detachment within 30 days
    2. Tell a Motor Vehicles office for licence and registration
    3. Tell your insurance company only, by phone
    4. Nothing until your licence comes up for renewal

  10. When will you be asked to re-test for your licence?

    1. If it has been expired for more than 30 days in a row
    2. If you move to another Yukon town
    3. If it has been expired over two years in a row
    4. Every time you renew after age 50

  11. What must you do every time you drive?

    1. Carry a letter from your insurer
    2. Carry your vehicle's bill of sale
    3. Carry your driver's licence
    4. Carry your birth certificate

  12. How many demerit points may be recorded for a driving conviction under the Criminal Code of Canada?

    1. 3
    2. 15
    3. 10
    4. 5

  13. A fully licensed Yukon driver gets 15 demerit points for the first time. What happens?

    1. A one-year suspension
    2. A written warning only
    3. A three-month licence suspension
    4. A one-month licence suspension

  14. How can unpaid fines for moving violations affect you?

    1. They have no effect on your licence
    2. They can block your licence renewal
    3. They only affect vehicle registration
    4. They are cancelled after a year

  15. To get your licence back after an impaired driving conviction, what may you be required to do?

    1. Take a remedial program and use an ignition interlock
    2. Retake the knowledge test only
    3. Wait one week, then reapply at any motor vehicles office
    4. Only pay a reinstatement fee

  16. What is the heaviest trailer a Class 5 licence lets you tow without a heavy trailer endorsement?

    1. 4,000 kg
    2. 4,550 kg
    3. 11,000 kg
    4. 2,000 kg

  17. You drive a vehicle you are not licensed for and have a crash. What can happen with your insurance?

    1. It pays half of all costs
    2. It still pays in full
    3. It pays only the other driver
    4. Your claim may be denied

  18. What do you need to drive a snowmobile or ATV across a public road in Yukon?

    1. Only a hunting licence
    2. A Class 6 motorcycle licence
    3. No licence at all, as long as you cross quickly and safely
    4. A learner's licence with a co-driver, or a Class 5

  19. For how long is a Yukon driver's licence valid?

    1. Up to ten years
    2. Up to two years
    3. Up to five years
    4. For life

  20. After serving a demerit point suspension, a fully licensed driver's licence is reinstated with how many points?

    1. Ten
    2. Three
    3. Seven
    4. Zero

Your licence, demerits and penalties: 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 ↗

Ch. 10 Licensing requirements, pp. 140–149 (not tested per handbook p. 2)

  • About five years for new drivers to become fully experienced.
  • Classes and minimum ages: Class 1–4 at 18; Class 5 at 17.5 (two-axle vehicles up to 11,000 kg, towing under 4,550 kg, motorcycles 50 cc and under, ATVs, snowmobiles; full Class 5 is a learner's licence for other classes); Class 6 motorcycles at 17.5; Class 7 learner at 15 (Class 5 and 6 vehicles).
  • Classes 2–5 may tow trailers up to 4,550 kg; heavier needs Class 1 or heavy trailer endorsement. Heavy RV endorsement over 11,000 kg. Air brake endorsement for air brakes.
  • Off-road vehicles on/beside/across a road or public trail: learner's licence plus co-driver, or Class 5; machine insured and registered.
  • Parent/guardian may request restrictions while under 18.
  • Must carry licence; notify Motor Vehicles of name or address changes (licence and registration); can't lend, alter or use invalid licence; report stolen licence to RCMP.
  • Licence valid up to five years. Re-test if expired, or suspended/disqualified/cancelled, more than two consecutive years.
  • Medical reports for Class 5, 6, 7 start at 70, then 75, 80, then every two years.
  • New residents: may use outside licence for first 120 days; must apply and surrender old licence within 120 days; can't hold two licences. Canadian licence accepted at same class without testing; vision screening for all.
  • Uniformed officer signals stop → comply, remain stopped until allowed.
  • Driving uninsured or with expired registration → vehicle may be impounded. Driving without proper licence/contrary to conditions voids insurance.
  • Outstanding fines can block renewal or lead to suspension.
  • Impaired: criminal and territorial penalties; court-ordered prohibition; registrar disqualification may be longer; remedial program and ignition interlock at your cost; insurance claims may be denied. Driving while disqualified can mean losing licence eligibility for life.
  • Impoundment: police can impound a vehicle driven illegally for 30 days or longer; owner pays costs.
  • Fine amounts are not in the handbook; a yukon.ca news release reports Traffic Safety Act regulations raised several fines from July 1, 2025.

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