Remedial Measures - Driver Education

If you are convicted of a driving-related Criminal Code offence, you must complete a remedial program before you can get your licence back. There are two types of remedial programs:

If you are convicted of a drinking and driving related Criminal Code offence, you must take the impaired driving program called Back on Track, delivered by the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health. The three-part program, which is available across the province, involves assessment, education or treatment and follow-up. You must pay the cost of the program directly to the program provider.
If you are convicted of a non-drinking and driving related Criminal Code offence and have no previous alcohol related convictions, you must undergo a Ministry of Transportation driver improvement interview.

If you have not completed your remedial program by the time your Criminal Code suspension expires, your licence will be further suspended until you have completed the remedial requirements.

Reinstatement fees

Suspended drivers must pay $100 to have their licence reinstated. This fee does not apply to reinstatement following a medical or administrative suspension of your driver’s licence.

Driving under suspension

You may not drive, under any circumstances, when your licence is suspended. If you are convicted of driving while your licence is suspended for an HTA offence, you will have to pay a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 for a first offence and $2,000 to $5,000 for a ‘subsequent’ offence. (A ‘subsequent’ offence is when you are convicted again within five years.) You may have to spend six months in jail, or you may have to pay a fine or do both. Your licence will be suspended for an additional six months.

There is a fine for driving when your licence is cancelled.

If you are found guilty of driving while your licence is suspended for a Criminal Code offence, you face a fine of $5,000 to $25,000 for a first offence and $10,000 to $50,000 for a subsequent offence within five years. You also face an additional suspension (one year for a first offence; two years for a subsequent offence) under the HTA and up to two years in prison and three years licence suspension under the Criminal Code.

Driving while prohibited

This is a prohibition order under the Criminal Code conviction. When convicted of violation of order, you will get a suspension of one year for a first offence or two years for a subsequent offence. Courts can order longer prohibition, which will be matched in length by a suspension under the Highway Traffic Act.

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