HOW TO APPLY FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE IN ONTARIO

To apply for an Ontario Driver’s License you will be required to show proof of your legal name, date of birth (must state the day, month and year of birth) and signature. Documents must be original and valid.

In an effort to prevent identity theft and fraud, the list of acceptable identification documents to obtain an Ontario Driver’s License changed on January 23, 2006. The list of acceptable identification documents are as follows:

Please note: The symbol • indicates a particular data element is satisfied

Item #	LIST 1	DATA ELEMENTS
	Acceptable Identity Documents	Legal Name	Date of Birth	Signature
1	Passport - Canadian	•	•	•
2	Passport - Foreign	•	•	•
3	Canadian Citizenship Card with photo	•	•	•
4	Canadian Permanent Residence Card	•	•	•
5	Record of Landing (Form IMM 1000). If information on the IMM 1000 is amended and an IMM 1436 is issued, IMM 1436 must be accompanied by IMM 1000 to be acceptable	•	•	•
6	Confirmation of Permanent Resident Form (IMM 5292)	•	•	•
7	Refugee Status Claim (IMM 1434)	•	•	•
8	Acknowledgement of Intent to Claim Refugee Status (IMM 7703) with photo	•	•	•
9	Report Pursuant to the Immigration and Refugess Protection Act (IMM 1442) with photo	•	•	•
10	Student Authorization Study Permit (Form 1442)	•	•	•
11	Employee Authorization/Work permit (Form 1442)	•	•	•
12	Visitor Record (Form 1442)	•	•	•
13	Temporary Resident's Permit (IMM 1442)	•	•	•
Note: Any document from List 1 above will satisfy all three data elements required. Applicants identified as a child on their parent’s Passport, Record of Landing/Refugee Status Claim must provide an additional document that provides proof of the child’s signature. Legal name is defined as the one registered at birth or the one changed legally through adoption, court order/Change of Name Certificate or marriage.

If you do not have the required ID documents from List 1, the following documents from List 2 are also acceptable.

Item #	LIST 2	DATA ELEMENTS
	Acceptable Identity Documents	Legal Name	Date of Birth	Signature
1	Canadian or US Birth Certificate.	•	•
2	Certified Copy of Marriage Certificate (issued by Ontario only)	•
3	Certified Copy of Statement of Live Birth (issued by Ontario only)	•
4	Canadian Certificate of Indian Status - issued by Canadian Federal Government	•	•
5	Driver's License - issued by a Canadian or U.S. jurisdiction			•
6	Identity Card - issued by a Canadian or U.S. jurisdiction			•
7	Ontario Health Card*			•
8	Ontario Student Card with signature			•
9	Department of National Defence (DND) identity card			•
10	Declaration of Guarantor, Form SR-LD-40			•
11	Enhanced Driver’s License			•
Note: Two documents from List 2 above are required to satisfy all three data elements. If an applicant is unable to present proof of signature from items 4 to 9 on List 2, the applicant may present an original, completed “Declaration of Guarantor” form attesting to their signature. Applicants must first ensure that no other acceptable documents for signature are available from the list identified above. Direct identification by a parent or guardian will no longer be acceptable. The child will be required to present an acceptable document with his or her own signature. *A Health Card signed by a parent or guardian is not acceptable. The child will be required to present an acceptable document with the child’s signature.

To obtain a Guarantor Form:

• Download the form – Declaration from a Guarantor (PDF – 35K); or
• Request a copy of the form at a DriveTest Centre.

Note: A Birth Certificate can be received within 15 days of application through Service Ontario through the following link: https://www.orgforms.gov.on.ca/eForms/start..do

Support documents from List 3 are required if one of the following scenarios occurs:

• If the name on identity documents from List 1 or 2 provided by the applicant is different from what the applicant wishes to appear on the driver’s license;
• If the name differs between 2 identify documents provided by the applicant, or
• If the date of birth on the immigration paper(s) is incomplete or if it is not possible for the applicant to provide government issued documents to prove date of birth.*

Item #	LIST 3	DATA ELEMENTS
	Acceptable Identity Documents	Legal Name	Date of Birth	Signature
1	Marriage Certificates - Only Government-issued original or certified copies are acceptable. A Record of Marriage, Record of Solemnization of Marriage or church-issued Marriage Certificate is not acceptable	•
2	Change of Name Certificate issued by a Canadian or Foreign government	•
3	Court Order showing legal name, date of birth, obtained for the purposes of name change, divorce or adoption. Court Order must have the court seal.	•	•
4	Sworn affidavit* signed by a Commissioner of Oaths/Notary Public and must bear the legal name, date of birth and the reason why no date of birth or only partial date of birth is available. Sworn affidavit must be accompanied by any of the following supporting documents Certified copies of school records Employment records or place of worship records with an original seal or stamp indicating "certified true copy" signed by an authorized signing officer for the institution or organization Form 39 issued by the Office of the Registrar General of Ontario and is for a child born in another country and adopted in Ontario, or Insurance Policy that has been in effect for more than 3 years.		•
Note: A Snowmobile License cannot be used to fulfill the signature data element *Sworn affidavit is only acceptable if date of birth on the immigration paper(s) is incomplete or if it is not possible for the applicant to provide government issued documents to prove date of birth

WHERE TO APPLY FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE

DriveTest has 56 centres and 38 travel points across the province to serve you. Please refer to our Locations Page for the list of DriveTest Centres and Travel Points and their addresses. Designated French Driver Examination Centres are marked by an asterisk.

HOW MUCH DO I PAY TO APPLY FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE

Please refer to our Test Fee Page or a list of license fees, road test fees, knowledge test fees and other services.