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Ontario G1 Test Preparation Course

Master Road Signs, Traffic Laws, and Safe Driving Practices to Pass Your Ontario G1 Exam with Confidence.

642 questions 3 topics 71 lessons 6 quizzes 18 references ~16h 3m 15–99 ONTARIO 4.6 (5)

About This Course

Summary:

Prepare for the Ontario G1 knowledge exam with comprehensive lessons covering road signs, traffic laws, safe driving practices, and realistic practice tests. Learn everything you need to pass on your first attempt and begin your journey toward becoming a licensed driver in Ontario.

Ontario G1 Driver's License Test Preparation Course

Getting your G1 license is the first step toward earning full driving privileges in Ontario. This course is designed to help new drivers build a strong understanding of Ontario's traffic laws, road signs, safe driving practices, and licensing requirements.

Through structured lessons, interactive quizzes, and realistic exam-style questions, you'll learn the knowledge required to successfully pass the Ontario G1 written test and become a safer, more confident driver.

Whether you're a first-time driver, a newcomer to Canada, or simply looking to refresh your driving knowledge, this course provides the preparation you need to succeed.

By the end of this course, you'll understand Ontario road rules, recognize important traffic signs, identify safe driving practices, and feel confident when taking the official G1 knowledge examination.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand Ontario's graduated licensing system.
  • Recognize and interpret official road signs.
  • Learn traffic laws and right-of-way rules.
  • Understand speed limits and road regulations.
  • Apply defensive driving techniques.
  • Identify safe driving practices in various conditions.
  • Understand penalties, demerit points, and legal responsibilities.
  • Prepare for the official G1 written examination.
  • Improve test-taking confidence through practice quizzes.
  • Build a strong foundation for future driving experience.

Course Details

Course Level

Beginner

Course Format

  • Interactive Lessons
  • Knowledge Checks
  • Practice Quizzes
  • Mock G1 Exams

Prerequisites

None

Target Audience

  • New drivers
  • Teen drivers preparing for their first license
  • New residents to Ontario
  • Anyone seeking to refresh their driving knowledge

Topics Covered

Module 1: Introduction to Ontario Licensing

  • Graduated Licensing System
  • G1, G2, and Full G License Requirements
  • Driver Responsibilities

Module 2: Road Signs and Traffic Signals

  • Regulatory Signs
  • Warning Signs
  • Temporary Signs
  • Traffic Lights and Signals
  • Pavement Markings

Module 3: Rules of the Road

  • Right-of-Way
  • Lane Usage
  • Turning Procedures
  • Passing and Overtaking
  • Intersections

Module 4: Safe Driving Practices

  • Defensive Driving
  • Sharing the Road
  • Distracted Driving
  • Impaired Driving
  • Emergency Situations

Module 5: Vehicle Safety

  • Pre-Trip Inspections
  • Seat Belts and Child Safety
  • Vehicle Maintenance Basics

Module 6: Practice Exams

  • Road Signs Practice Test
  • Rules of the Road Practice Test
  • Full-Length Mock G1 Exams

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion, learners will be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of Ontario traffic laws.
  • Correctly identify common road signs and signals.
  • Explain safe driving procedures and responsibilities.
  • Apply defensive driving principles.
  • Successfully prepare for the Ontario G1 written examination.
  • Begin their driving journey with confidence and awareness.
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What You'll Learn

3 topics
Rules
252 Q
Road Signs
199 Q
Regulations
191 Q
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What You'll focus on

20 keywords
Ontario G1
G1 Test Preparation
Ontario Driving Test
Road Signs
Traffic Laws
Safe Driving Practices
G1 Practice Tests
Ontario Driver License
Driving Exam
Learner's Permit
Ontario Traffic Rules
Defensive Driving
Vehicle Safety
G1 Knowledge Exam
Canadian Driving
Driver Education
Ontario MTO
Passing G1 Test
Driving Fundamentals
Road Safety
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Learn Path

71 lessons

Here's exactly what you'll learn, step by step. Sign up — it's free — to unlock every lesson.

Lesson 1 - Rules - Increasing Following Distance in Poor Weather
3 Q
Lesson 2 - Rules - Lane Changes - Signal Timing
3 Q
Revise What you have learned so far
6 Q
Lesson 3 - Rules - Right Turn Lane Position
4 Q
Lesson 4 - Rules - Defensive Driving Definition
4 Q
Lesson 5 - Regulations - Insurance Requirement
5 Q
Lesson 6 - Regulations - Vehicle Permit Renewal
5 Q
Lesson 7 - Regulations - Vehicle Maintenance - Tire Tread
6 Q
Lesson 8 - Regulations - Lapsed Insurance Consequences
6 Q
Lesson 9 - Rules - Adjusting Mirrors Before Driving
7 Q
Lesson 10 - Rules - Leaving the Scene of a Collision
7 Q
Lesson 11 - Regulations - Speed Limits for Towing a Trailer
8 Q
Lesson 12 - Regulations - Cyclist Licensing Requirement
8 Q
Lesson 13 - Regulations - Driving a Borrowed Vehicle
9 Q
Lesson 14 - Rules - Funeral Procession Right-of-Way
9 Q
Lesson 15 - Rules - Approaching a Yield Sign
10 Q
Lesson 16 - Rules - Vehicle Following Distance for Motorcycles
10 Q
Lesson 17 - Rules - Yielding for Funeral or Parade Processions with Police Escort
10 Q
Lesson 18 - Regulations - Vehicle Recall Notices
10 Q
Lesson 19 - Regulations - Towing Capacity and Vehicle Manual
10 Q
Lesson 20 - Regulations - Speed Limit Near Playgrounds in Community Safety Zones
10 Q
Lesson 21 - Road Signs - Through Traffic Must Turn Left/Right Sign
10 Q
Lesson 22 - Road Signs - Bridge Ices Before Road Sign
10 Q
Lesson 23 - Road Signs - Loading Zone Sign
10 Q
Lesson 24 - Rules - Right-of-Way When Backing Out of a Parking Space in a Lot
10 Q
Lesson 25 - Rules - Driving Near a Cyclist Signalling a Turn
10 Q
Lesson 26 - Rules - Use of Low Beam Headlights in Daytime Rain
10 Q
Lesson 27 - Regulations - Moped and Scooter Licensing
10 Q
Lesson 28 - Regulations - Driver's Licence and Organ Donor Registration
10 Q
Lesson 29 - Regulations - Process for Appealing a Licence Suspension
10 Q
Lesson 30 - Rules - Right-of-Way Between a Vehicle and a Cyclist at a Stop Sign
10 Q
Lesson 31 - Road Signs - Shoulder Use for Cyclists Permitted Sign
10 Q
Lesson 32 - Road Signs - Ramp Closed Sign
10 Q
Lesson 33 - Road Signs - No Heavy Trucks on Residential Street Sign
10 Q
Lesson 34 - Rules - Right-of-Way When a Vehicle is Already Partially Through an Intersection on a Changing Light
10 Q
Lesson 35 - Rules - Right-of-Way for a Vehicle Reversing Out of an Angled Parking Space
10 Q
Lesson 36 - Rules - Right-of-Way for a Vehicle Yielding to a Pedestrian with a Service Animal
10 Q
Lesson 37 - Regulations - Probationary Period for New Residents Transferring a Licence
10 Q
Lesson 38 - Regulations - Effect of a Major At-Fault Collision on Future Insurability for Novice Drivers
10 Q
Lesson 39 - Regulations - Vehicle Equipment - Functioning Fuel Cap
10 Q
Lesson 40 - Regulations - Vehicle Registration Requirement for a Trailer Used Only on Private Property
10 Q
Lesson 41 - Rules - Scenario: Multiple Hazards - Cyclist, Parked Car, and Oncoming Traffic
10 Q
Lesson 42 - Rules - Scenario: Driving Behind a Vehicle That Suddenly Loses a Wheel
10 Q
Lesson 43 - Rules - Scenario: Driving Past a Line of Parked Cars Where One Door Suddenly Opens
10 Q
Lesson 44 - Rules - Fuel-Efficient Driving: Tire Inflation
10 Q
Lesson 45 - Rules - Streetcars: Following Distance Behind a Streetcar
10 Q
Lesson 46 - Regulations - Regulations Scenario: Driver Convicted of Careless Driving While Operating a Borrowed Vehicle
10 Q
Lesson 47 - Rules - Scenario: Reduced Traction From Leaves on a Wet Road in Autumn
10 Q
Lesson 48 - Road Signs - No Left, No Right, and No Straight Ahead Signs
10 Q
Lesson 49 - Road Signs - No Parking, No Standing, and No Stopping — What Is the Difference?
10 Q
Lesson 50 - Road Signs - Road Surface Warning Signs — Slippery, Bumps, Gravel, and Pavement End
10 Q
Lesson 51 - Road Signs - Roundabout Warning Sign
10 Q
Lesson 52 - Road Signs - Accessible Parking Signs
10 Q
Lesson 53 - Road Signs - No Walking and No Bicycles Sign
10 Q
Lesson 54 - Road Signs - Do Not Drive on Shoulder — Buses Excepted Sign
10 Q
Lesson 55 - Road Signs - No Standing — Accessible Permit Holders Excepted Sign
10 Q
Lesson 56 - Road Signs - Over 5 Tonnes — Transponder Required Sign
10 Q
Lesson 57 - Road Signs - Opening Bridge Warning Sign
10 Q
Lesson 58 - Road Signs - Permitted U-Turn Warning Sign
10 Q
Lesson 59 - Road Signs - Road Work Short Duration Sign
10 Q
Lesson 60 - Road Signs - Hospital with Helicopter Landing Sign
10 Q
Lesson 61 - Rules - Flashing Green Light in Ontario
10 Q
Lesson 62 - Rules - Checking Tire Pressure Correctly
10 Q
Lesson 63 - Regulations - Demerit Points: Failing to Yield to a Pedestrian
10 Q
Lesson 64 - Regulations - Back-on-Track Program — When Required
10 Q
Lesson 65 - Rules - Electronic Stability Control (ESC) — What It Does
10 Q
Lesson 66 - Rules - Highway On-Ramp — The Zipper Merge Concept
10 Q
Lesson 67 - Rules - Rear-End Collision Imminent — Evasive Action
10 Q
Lesson 68 - Regulations - G1 Restrictions — Alcohol in the Vehicle
10 Q
Lesson 69 - Regulations - Graduated Licensing — What a G2 Driver Can Do That a G1 Cannot
10 Q
Lesson 70 - Rules - Reversing on a Public Road — General Rule
8 Q
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Simulation Exams

6 Simulation Exams

Exam simulations 40 question sets, pass to progress

Baseline Diagnostic
40 Q
Highway & Shared-Road Focus
40 Q
Vulnerable Road Users & Penalties
40 Q
Hazards, Weather & Road Conditions
40 Q
Intersections, Turns & Right-of-Way
40 Q
Final Gate: DriveTest Rehearsal
40 Q
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References & Study Material

18
The Official MTO Driver's Handbook (full online edition)

The single authoritative study source for the G1 knowledge test. Every question on the real exam is drawn from this handbook. Free online edition, always current.

Road Signs, Rules, Regulations
Driver's Handbook — Getting Your Driver's Licence

Licence classes, the graduated licensing system, and every G1/G2 condition: accompanying driver rules, zero blood-alcohol, highway and night restrictions, passenger limits.

Regulations
Driver's Handbook — Traffic Signs and Lights

The chapter behind the entire Road Signs section: regulatory, warning, temporary condition and information signs, traffic lights, pedestrian signals and pavement markings.

Road Signs
Driver's Handbook — Safe and Responsible Driving

The core rules-of-the-road chapter: right-of-way, intersections, turns, passing, freeway driving, sharing the road with pedestrians, cyclists, trucks and streetcars, and driving in bad weather.

Rules
Driver's Handbook — Keeping Your Driver's Licence

Demerit points, escalating novice sanctions, suspensions, impaired and distracted driving penalties — the source for most Regulations-topic exam questions.

Regulations
Driver's Handbook — Your Vehicle

Vehicle registration, insurance requirements, maintenance and collision procedures, including what to do and report at the scene of a crash.

Regulations, Rules
Understanding Demerit Points

Current point values per offence and the separate warning/suspension thresholds for novice (G1/G2) versus full licence holders — kept more current than any printed handbook.

Regulations
Demerit Point System Regulation (O. Reg. 339/94)

The regulation behind the demerit point table, for learners who want the legal source of the numbers quoted in questions.

Regulations
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8

The statute the handbook summarizes. Useful as a 'for official purposes' reference link on lessons covering fines, speed limits and offences.

Rules, Regulations
Get a G Driver's Licence: New Drivers

The step-by-step licensing process, current fees, required identification and booking information — the page to link from course onboarding and exam-day preparation lessons.

Regulations
DriveTest — Official Driver's Handbooks and Knowledge Test Information

Where learners actually book and sit the knowledge test. Also lists the companion handbooks (Motorcycle, Truck, Bus, Air Brake) — the exact references you will need when the M1 and trucker courses launch.

Regulations
The Official MTO Motorcycle Handbook

Primary source for the planned M1 course; also covers the motorcycle-awareness material that appears in G1 sharing-the-road questions.

Rules
The Official MTO Truck Handbook

Primary source for the planned commercial/trucker course (Class A and D), including the large-vehicle blind spot content already touched on in G1 questions.

Rules
Cycling Skills: Ontario's Guide to Safe Cycling

Backs the bicycle-related sign and sharing-the-road questions, including the one-metre passing rule and cyclist signal obligations.

Road Signs, Rules
Impaired Driving in Ontario

Current alcohol and cannabis rules, zero-tolerance for novice and young drivers, and the immediate roadside penalties referenced by exam questions.

Regulations
Distracted Driving in Ontario

Handheld device law, current fine ranges and the escalating penalties for novice drivers — figures that change periodically, so linking beats hard-coding them in lessons.

Regulations
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Learner Reviews

5 reviews
4.6
Based on 5 reviews
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Priya S.
Sep 3, 2026

Passed my G1 on the first try. The practice quizzes felt exactly like the real test — no surprises at all.

M
Mark T.
Aug 28, 2026

Clear explanations for road signs I always mixed up. Went through the whole course in a weekend.

A
Aisha K.
Aug 22, 2026

Really solid question bank. Would've liked a couple more practice simulations but overall got me ready fast.

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Dave R.
Aug 16, 2026

Free lessons convinced me to sign up. Worth it — timed quizzes especially helped with exam pacing.

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Lianne W.
Aug 10, 2026

Good coverage of the trickier right-of-way scenarios. Passed with a couple of questions to spare.

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Course Stats
  • Questions 642
  • Topics 3
  • Lessons 71
  • Quizzes 6
  • References 18
  • Est. Duration ~16h 3m
  • Recommended Age 15–99
  • Region ONTARIO
  • Rating 4.6 / 5 5
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