British Driving Licence
 

I want to know, is British Driving Licence valid in canada or I need to do the driving test in canada? If some body know that please share with me
Thanks
Saman

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Which province are you going to? In some areas you can just exchange your licence and in others you have to do a test.

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I am going to toronto

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In Ontario you can exchange your UK licence without having to take a test.:thumbup:

Check out the WIKI for more details:

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Driver%27s_Licence-Canada

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In Manitoba we simply (ish) visited the Autopak centre and exchanged our license. But they didn't like the single sheet paper license, they told us that two piece photo licenses had been issued since 1990 whatever...... And why had we not got one! They couldn't understand the concept of a drivers license lasting 53 years.

Plus they only exchanged the car and motorcycle categories.

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I think that if you push them they will trade it to what you tell them...They really don't have a clue unless they find it in the book within 5 minutes...

Something they had to do with mine was to send it to an 'approving body' somewhere but issued me a temp license in the meantime!!!

How are you finding Manitoba now? Are you still looking at moving to ON?

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When I exchanged my license they accepted my paper license without a problem.
I guess it depends on which office you use, who you get and what kind of day they've had !

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Also make sure that the licence is still valid ! and i dont mean your driving entitlement which expires around about the time your 70, i mean the expiry date on the front ( category 4b on the front of the plastic bit). I know people who have been fined for not realising that there was a expiry date on the front !

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If your licence is issued by Swansea, you're OK for Ontario. If it's a UK Northern Ireland licence, you're screwed! I Know!

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I had the two part license with six points, i only gave them the photo card and got a clean licence back, maybe thats just newfoundland though, it put a smile on my face

annoying you have to renew the canadian one every five yrs though

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Think yourself lucky!! In Manitoba it's renewable every year...... It does amaze us the different rules for the different provencences. It does make it difficult sometimes

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I think he meant the picture???

I'm pretty sure you need to take a picture every 5 years here to.

But yes just in case in Manitoba we have to 'buy' our license every year.