The Ontario authorities is making it less complicated for seniors aged 80 and over to securely keep behind the wheel by introducing a extra handy course of for renewing their drivers’ licences.
Beginning February 3, 2025, drivers on this age group will be capable to full necessary imaginative and prescient and cognitive screening assessments and renew their drivers’ licences in a single go to on the following Hamilton-area ServiceOntario areas:
163 Centennial Parkway North, Hamilton
Unit 11, 1400 Higher James Avenue, Hamilton
Unit 101, 17 King Avenue East, Dundas
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 drivers’ 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’ll full the mandatory assessments and, if eligible, renew their drivers’ licence on the spot at their native ServiceOntario centre.
Roughly 200,000 senior drivers’ 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 anticipated to develop to roughly 700,000. Drivers aged 80 and over are required to resume their G or M class licence each two years.
