Starting in February, drivers over 80 can full necessary screening assessments and renew licence at choose ServiceOntario centres
NEWS RELEASE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
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The Ontario authorities is making it less complicated for seniors aged 80 and over to soundly keep behind the wheel by introducing a extra handy course of for renewing their driver’s licences.
Beginning Feb. 3, 2025, drivers on this age group will be capable to full necessary imaginative and prescient and cognitive screening assessments and renew their driver’s licences in a single go to at choose ServiceOntario centres.
By the top of spring 2025, this service can be accessible in any respect ServiceOntario places throughout the province.
“Ontario’s seniors deserve a convenient and accessible way to renew their driver’s licences, ensuring they can stay connected to their communities,” mentioned Todd McCarthy, minister of public and enterprise service supply and procurement. “Reaffirming Ontario’s commitment to enhancing customer service and supporting the needs of seniors, this new streamlined process eliminates the need for seniors to visit multiple locations, cutting wait times, expanding access to essential services, and creating a more inclusive and efficient system across the province.”
Beforehand, drivers aged 80 and over needed to go to a separate location to finish their imaginative and prescient and cognitive screening assessments after which proceed to ServiceOntario to resume their driver’s licences.
With this new method, seniors will now be despatched a renewal discover by mail roughly 90 days earlier than their licence expires, with directions to e book an appointment on-line or by cellphone. At their scheduled go to, they will full the mandatory assessments and, if eligible, renew their driver’s licences on the spot at their native ServiceOntario centre.
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Roughly 200,000 senior driver’s licences are renewed annually in Ontario.
As of 2022, there are practically 400,000 drivers aged 80 and over in Ontario.
By 2034, the variety of licensed senior drivers in Ontario is predicted to develop to roughly 700,000.
Drivers aged 80 and over are required to resume their G or M class licences each two years.
Roughly 90 days earlier than a senior’s licence expires, they are going to be despatched a courtesy discover within the mail which offers directions and assets on finest put together for a renewal.
“From eliminating prices for licence plate renewals, freezing charges for testing, and banning highway tolls, our authorities helps Ontario drivers hold extra of their hard-earned cash. As we speak’s change enhances our historic funding in new roads, bridges and highways as one other manner we’re working to make life extra handy for seniors and all drivers,” says Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria.
“Seniors will face one much less barrier when renewing their driver’s licences. By making this service extra handy, our authorities helps seniors throughout Ontario keep unbiased and linked to their communities,” says Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho.
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