Ontario G1 practice questions, and the Level One conditions people miss

Ontario G1 at a glance, with the source for every line

Every row below is quoted from a document published by MTO and carries the date we checked it. Where MTO publishes nothing, the row says so instead of quoting a number from somewhere else.

To apply

You must be at least 16 years old, pass a vision test and pass a test of your knowledge of the rules of the road and traffic signsSource: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Cost

$90 for an original driver’s license covering G1, G2 and GSource: Government of Ontario, Driver and vehicle fees, verified 7 August 2026

How long Level One lasts

Level One lasts 12 months. If you pass an approved driver-education course, you can complete Level One in eight months.Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Full licensing timeline

The two-step licensing process takes at least 20 months to completeSource: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Your blood alcohol limit

You must not drive if you have been drinking alcohol. Your blood-alcohol level must be zero.Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Your accompanying driver

Must have a valid Class G (or higher) license, at least four years of driving experience and a blood-alcohol level of less than .05% when accompanying youSource: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Roads you cannot use

No 400-series highways with a posted speed limit over 80 km/h, and no Queen Elizabeth Way, Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway, E.C. Row Expressway or Conestoga Parkway. If your accompanying driver is a driving instructor, you may drive on any road.Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Questions

Not published by MTO. Ontario does not publish a question count for the G1 knowledge test. We checked the ontario.ca page for new drivers, the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook chapter on getting your license, and the driver and vehicle fees page on 7 August 2026, and none of them states one.Checked against: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Official MTO Driver’s Handbook, verified 7 August 2026

Pass mark

Not published by MTO. No pass mark for the G1 knowledge test is published by the Ministry of Transportation on any of the three pages we checked on 7 August 2026. Widely repeated figures are not sourced to the ministry.Checked against: Government of Ontario, ontario.ca guidance for new drivers on getting a Class G license, verified 7 August 2026

Time limit

Not published by MTO. Ontario’s own “Get a G driver’s licence: new drivers” page sets out the G1 knowledge test but states no time limit for it: neither “time limit” nor “minutes” appears anywhere on the page.Checked against: Ontario, Get a G driver’s licence: new drivers, verified 7 August 2026

Always verify: eligibility, fees and Level One conditions come from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, so confirm current details in the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook and on the ministry’s driver and vehicle fees page before you book.

What our Ontario G1 question bank covers

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What actually trips people up

The supervising driver has their own rules

The test is two subjects, but the questions that cost people marks are usually about the license conditions rather than the driving. Your accompanying driver must hold a valid Class G or higher license, have at least four years of driving experience, and be under .05 blood alcohol while accompanying you. Your own limit is zero. Two different numbers for two people in the same car, and the test asks about both.

Which highways you cannot use

At Level One you must not drive on 400-series highways with a posted speed limit over 80 km/h, nor on the Queen Elizabeth Way, the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway, the E.C. Row Expressway in Windsor or the Conestoga Parkway in Kitchener-Waterloo. Unless your accompanying driver is a driving instructor, in which case you may drive on any road.

Sign shape is the answer

The pentagon is used only for school zones. The red circle with a white horizontal bar means do not enter. Ontario is disciplined about shape, so recognizing the outline gets you to the right family of meanings before you have read a word.

School bus stops on undivided roads

Upper red lights flashing on a two-lane undivided road means traffic in both directions stops at least 20 meters away and stays stopped until the lights stop flashing. Only a physical median exempts oncoming traffic.

The clock you can shorten

Level One lasts 12 months, or eight if you pass an approved driver-education course, and the whole graduated process takes at least 20 months. People plan around the wrong number and book a road test they are not yet eligible for.

How long should I study for the G1 test?

Two weeks, split down the middle, because the test is split down the middle. Nothing here assumes you have driven before.

Week 1: Road signs

Regulatory, warning, temporary condition and information signs, plus pavement markings. That is 325 questions in our bank, which is more than you need but exactly the right amount to stop you memorizing a fixed set. Do short daily sets rather than one long session, because sign recall degrades fast and rebuilds fast. Sort by shape before you sort by color: pentagon means school, red circle with a white bar means do not enter, diamond means a hazard is coming. Once the outline tells you the family, the wording only has to tell you which member.

Week 2: Rules of the road

Right of way, speed limits, demerit points, graduated licensing conditions and safe driving practices. Write the Level One conditions out as a flat list and keep it somewhere you will see it: your zero blood alcohol, your supervisor’s .05 and four years, the six named expressways, the driving-instructor exception. Those five lines account for a large share of the questions people report missing, and they are the only part of this test you can learn word for word.

Before you go

Read the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook end to end at least once. It is free on ontario.ca, it is what the test is written from, and every condition quoted on this page comes out of it. Then run two full simulator sets back to back. If both clear comfortably, book. If one does not, you have found your weak half and you know which 325 questions to go back to.

Is the G1 test hard?

Here is the honest answer nobody else on the first page of results will give you. Ontario does not publish the question count or the pass mark for the G1 knowledge test. We checked the ontario.ca page for new drivers, the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook chapter on getting your license, and the driver and vehicle fees page on 7 August 2026. None of them states either figure, and DriveTest blocks automated access.

Every prep site quoting a confident “40 questions, 16 of 20 in each section” is citing another prep site. It may well be right. It is not sourced, so it does not go in our facts table.

What is genuinely difficult is that the test covers two distinct subjects, signs and rules, and the material for each is recall-heavy. Our bank splits it evenly at 325 questions each for exactly that reason.

How the Ontario G1 differs from the exams beside it

The G1 is the only test here where passing is the beginning of a fixed waiting period rather than a permission. Ontario’s two-step process takes at least 20 months, and the G1 restrictions run for 12 of them, or eight with an approved course. It is also the only one in this family whose ministry spells out every Level One restriction in detail: zero blood alcohol, a supervisor with four years of experience, six named expressways you may not touch. Then it says nothing whatsoever about the test that gates them. That is the exact inverse of the DVSA, which publishes its format down to the clip count, and it is worth knowing before you go looking for numbers that are not there.

Questions people actually ask about the Ontario G1

How many questions are on the Ontario G1 test?

Ontario does not publish a number. We checked ontario.ca’s licensing page, the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook and the fees page on 7 August 2026 and found no question count, so we will not print one.

What is the G1 pass mark?

Also unpublished by the Ministry of Transportation. Prep sites quote figures confidently and none of them cite the ministry. Study to be comfortably above any plausible bar and the question stops mattering.

How old do you have to be to get a G1?

At least 16. You must also be a resident of Ontario, pass a vision test, and pass the knowledge test on rules of the road and traffic signs.

How much does the G1 cost?

Ontario charges $90 for an original driver’s license covering G1, G2 and G. That is the ministry’s published fee for the whole package rather than a per-test charge.

How long do I have to stay at G1?

Level One lasts 12 months. If you pass an approved driver-education course you can complete Level One in eight months. The full two-step process takes at least 20 months.

Can I drive on the highway with a G1?

Not on 400-series highways posted above 80 km/h, and not on the QEW, Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway, E.C. Row Expressway or Conestoga Parkway. The exception is when your accompanying driver is a driving instructor.

Can my accompanying driver have a drink?

Their blood alcohol must be less than .05 while accompanying you, and they must hold a valid Class G or higher license with at least four years of driving experience. Your own blood alcohol must be zero.

Are these real questions from the actual G1 test?

No. The DriveTest question bank is not public and copying it would be theft. These are original questions written to the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook and the Highway Traffic Act.