Changing your name or address - Driver Education

You must tell the Ministry of Transportation within six days of changing your name or address.

You will need a new licence when you change your address. Take the change of information to a Driver and Vehicle Licence Office or mail it to the Ministry of Transportation, P.O. Box 9200, Kingston, ON, K7L 5K4. The ministry will send you a new licence. When you get it, destroy your old licence and carry the new one with you whenever you drive.

When your name changes, you need a new licence. Take the documents you must show (see the chart) and your current licence to a Driver and Vehicle Licence Office. A new photograph will be taken. You will get a temporary licence to use until your permanent licence is mailed to you. Carry it with you whenever you drive.

There is no charge for getting a new licence because you change your name or address.

The chart shows the documents you will need to change the name on your driver’s licence. If you don’t have them, the ministry will look at your case individually.

Reason for name change	Documentation required
Marriage	Marriage certificate
Common-law alliance	Notarized affidavit of the fact
Adoption	Adoption papers
Under the Change of Name Act	Change of name certificate

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