No Federal Licence, and Ontario Names Two Countries
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
107 exceptions recorded across 42 countries · none match Trinidad and Tobago to Canada · Driving and licence exchange
Canada issues no driving licence. Each province does, which means the answer to this question is ten different answers and the one recorded here is Ontario's. Ontario exempts an applicant from its examinations if they surrender a licence from a state of the United States, the United States Department of State or Canada Forces Europe, and separately if they surrender one from Japan or from a jurisdiction that is party to a reciprocal exchange agreement with Ontario. The regulation names the United States and Japan. Every other country reaches the exemption only through an agreement the regulation does not reproduce, and no state of Latin America or the Caribbean is named in the text.
At a glance
- Federal licence
- None: no licence is issued under any federal Act, and licensing is provincial
- Named in Ontario Regulation 341/94
- The United States, the United States Department of State, Canada Forces Europe and Japan
- Of Latin America and the Caribbean
- None named in Ontario Regulation 341/94 or 340/94
Both regulations were read for the provisions on licence exchange and on novice classification.
- How anyone else qualifies
- A reciprocal exchange agreement with Ontario, which the regulation does not reproduce
- What you give up
- The foreign licence - the exemption requires you to surrender it
- Experience required
- 24 months of licensed driving in the last three years
Requirements
- Residence in Ontario, for the Ontario route recorded here
- A valid licence of the relevant class, not subject to special conditions and restrictions
- Surrender of that licence
- 24 months of licensed driving in the three years before the application
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«(4) A resident of Ontario who applies for a Class G or M driver’s licence, pays the prescribed fee and provides the information required by the Minister is not required to take the applicable examinations under clauses 15 (1) (a) and (b) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 if he or she, (a) holds a valid driver’s licence that authorizes the operation of the relevant class of motor vehicle, is not subject to special conditions and restrictions and is issued by a state of the United States of America, the United States Department of State or Canada Forces Europe; and»A United States licence is named in the regulation itself and needs no agreement behind it.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
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«(5) A resident of Ontario who applies for a Class G driver’s licence and pays the prescribed fee is not required to take the applicable examinations under clauses 15 (1) (a) and (b) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 if he or she, (a) holds a driver’s licence that authorizes the operation of that class of motor vehicle, is not subject to special conditions and restrictions and, (i) is issued by a jurisdiction which is a party to a valid and subsisting agreement with Ontario respecting the reciprocal exchange of driver’s licences, or (ii) is issued by Japan and is certified as valid by a Japanese diplomatic or consular official or is accompanied by a valid international driver’s permit from Japan; and (b) surrenders that licence or permit.»Japan is named; everyone else arrives through subparagraph (i), which points at an agreement rather than a list. Nothing in the regulation says which jurisdictions have one.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
We re-read it every 120 days. More about this source
«(7) In addition to the requirements set out in subsections (1) to (6), an applicant for a Class B, C, D, E, F, G or M driver’s licence under those subsections must have held a valid driver’s licence for at least 24 months during the three years before making the application.»About this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
We re-read it every 120 days. More about this source
«is the equivalent of a fully licensed driver in Ontario, other than in Class M, and has held for at least 24 months in the last three years a valid driver’s licence, other than a driver’s licence equivalent to a Class M1 or M2 driver’s licence, issued by, (i) another province or territory of Canada, Canada Forces Europe, a state of the United States of America or Japan, or (ii) a jurisdiction which is a party to a valid and subsisting agreement with Ontario respecting the reciprocal exchange of driver’s licences; or»The same two-tier structure in the graduated licensing rules: named jurisdictions, then a reciprocal agreement for anyone else.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
We re-read it every 120 days. More about this source
Practical notes
This record is Ontario's and is not Canada's. Nine other provinces and three territories write their own regulations, and a licence that exchanges in one may not in another.
Driving on a foreign licence as a visitor is a separate question from exchanging one as a resident, and is governed by other provisions that were not read here.
- consolidatesOntario Regulation 341/94, Driver Licence Examinations
Ontario e-Laws, Government of Ontario
About this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
We re-read it every 120 days. More about this source
- consolidatesOntario Regulation 340/94, Drivers' Licences
Ontario e-Laws, Government of Ontario
About this source
Ontario's consolidated statutes and regulations, each at a stable numeric address. Source law under the Legislation Act, 2006 when it carries the official statement, and the only place the province's driver licensing regulations are published in full.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Ontario is one province of ten and three territories, and nothing here speaks for the others: a licence that exchanges in Ontario may not elsewhere in Canada. The licensing regulations also name some jurisdictions and leave the rest to reciprocal exchange agreements with Ontario, which the regulations do not reproduce and e-Laws does not publish. The site refuses a direct request and is read through the extraction service.
We re-read it every 120 days. More about this source