Converting international drivers licence to ontario

 · Contact the Canadian Automobile Association for a Canadian International Driving Permit application form. Some foreign car rental agencies may require you to have an IDP to rent a car. Your IDP will only allow you to operate a vehicle in the same class as your Canadian driver’s licence. For example, you cannot used an IDP to ride a motorbike. Please note that Manitoba offers reciprocity on commercial driver’s licences for Canadian and U.S. commercial licences only. If you live in a jurisdiction that uses a GDL system and you have less than 15 months of non-learner driving experience, you will be placed in Manitoba’s GDL program, but receive credit toward the appropriate stage for the time you held your out-of .  · You may be able to exchange it for an Ontario driver's licence. The type of licence you can get depends on how much driving experience you have and if the country has a reciprocal agreement with Ontario.

If you have a driver’s licence, you can apply for an International Driving Permit (IDP) to drive in another country without having to take tests or submit other applications. Countries that signed the Convention on Road Traffic, and some others, accept IDPs. Check with your destination’s embassy or consulate in Canada or look under the. If a person has more than two years driving experience and holds a driving licence from another Canadian province or territory, or from a country with a reciprocal agreement (the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Taiwan), they can exchange their driving licence for an Ontario licence. To begin getting an Ontario license, you should present official, written confirmation of your driving experience. Your letter must be from the original licensing agency, the Embassy, Consulate, or High Commissioner’s offices representing the country. The type of license you’ll be able to obtain will depend on how much driving experience.

The IDP is proof that you possess a valid driver's licence issued by a competent authority in Canada. It translates your driving qualifications into ten of the. When used with your Canadian driver's licence, an International Driving Permit allows you to drive a vehicle in most foreign countries without further tests or. An official translation of the driver's licence (from a translation agency or an International Driver's Licence), if not already in English or French.