Change to renewal process

  • As of February 3, you can complete your renewal requirements at select ServiceOntario centres. Book an appointment now.
  • By the end of Spring 2025, this service will be available at all ServiceOntario locations across the province.

How to renew

Step 1: receive a renewal notice

Before your licence expiry date, you will receive the following in the mail:

  • a renewal application form
  • a letter explaining the steps required to renew

The letter and renewal application form will be sent up to 90 days before your licence expires.

Step 2: watch the educational video

Before renewing your licence:

Video transcript

Step 3: book an appointment

Once you receive your renewal application form and letter in the mail:

Change to renewal process

  • As of February 3, you can complete your renewal requirements at select ServiceOntario centres. Book an appointment with ServiceOntario.
  • By the end of Spring 2025, this service will be available at all ServiceOntario locations across the province.

To book the appointment:

  • call 1-800-396-4233 (toll free) or 416-235-3579 (in the Greater Toronto area) or email the Contact Centre at SeniorAppointmentBooking@ontario.ca
  • our current Contact Centre hours of operation are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays.  Please note that Mondays are normally our busiest day, as a result, you may experience longer than normal wait times on Mondays, and Tuesdays after a long weekend.
  • provide your driver’s licence number
  • tell us about any language barriers
  • tell us if you require accommodations such as a sign-language interpreter

If you will be out of Ontario when your licence expires:

You may renew your driver’s licence up to 180 days before it expires.

Step 4: attend your appointment

What to bring:

  • your driver’s licence (or temporary driver’s licence)
  • the licence renewal application, if available
  • corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses you use for driving as well as any used for reading
  • hearing aids, if needed
  • original identification that shows your legal name, date of birth and signature if your licence has already expired

At the appointment

You will need to:

  • complete a vision assessment
  • complete a 5-minute screening exercise

After the appointment, you may need to complete one or more of the following:

  • pass a road test
  • follow up with your doctor and submit medical information
  • provide additional vision information from a doctor or optometrist

This will depend on how well you performed on the vision assessment and screening exercise.

If additional medical information is required, you will be notified by mail.

Screening exercise

Instructions:

  1. Draw a large circle.
  2. Put all the numbers in to make it look like the face of a clock.
  3. Draw in the hands of the clock to set the time at ten minutes after eleven.
  4. Stop when completed. The form will be collected after five minutes.

Select a language below to see the instructions translated.

Step 5: Renew your driver’s licence

Renew your driver’s licence by paying a $36 renewal fee at ServiceOntario.

Your new driver’s licence will be sent by mail in 4-6 weeks.

More information

About the vision test

  • a vision screener is used to assess your vision
  • please wear the eyeglasses or contact lenses you use for driving
  • bring your most current prescription eyeglasses

If you bring a vision report from an eye doctor indicating complete vision test results, no vision screening is needed at the session. The report must:

  • be signed/dated within 6 months of the session
  • contain a measurement for acuity and peripheral

Please note that some reports will be sent to medical review for further processing.

About the screening exercise

  • You will have 5 minutes to finish a brief, non-computerized assessment. This is a clock drawing exercise which measures a driver’s capacity to recognize and organize information.
  • The assessment is not dependent on language and cannot be taken orally.

Drivers are encouraged to refresh their knowledge of driving in general by reading the Driver’s Handbook.

Read the Drivers’ Handbook online

Buy a print copy online

Print copies may be available at some DriveTest centres and retail stores.

Other licence types

If you have an A, B, C, D or E, F class licence or have a Z endorsement, you must renew at a DriveTest centre, or you can downgrade to a G licence and renew as described above.

Contact us

For more information about the driver’s licence renewal process for seniors 80+, please contact ServiceOntario at:

Toll-free: 1-800-396-4233

Telephone: 416-235-3579 (Greater Toronto Area)