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Getting a driver licence in New Brunswick

Service New Brunswick runs the NB drivers test. The listed fee is $25 for the first attempt; the online test page states $25 plus HST.
Car 75Service New Brunswick publishes no question count for the NB drivers test
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What Service New Brunswick publishes

Questions on the real test
Service New Brunswick publishes no question count
Pass mark
Not published as a number of questions
Fee
$25 for the first attempt; the online test page states $25 plus HST

For the NB drivers test

Retake fee
$15
Minimum age
16

To sit the NB drivers test

Hold on the Class 7 Level 1
12 months

Before the next stage opens

With approved driver education
8 months

The shortened hold on the same stage

Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15

Start here

75 questions written for New Brunswick

Short runs that show the answer and the reason as soon as you choose. Nothing is timed here and nothing is held back, so this is the place to find out what you do not know yet.
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Car: practice with answers

75 questions, 15 of them on signs

The same kind of set, with the answer and the reason shown as soon as you choose. No clock, and it never stops early.

The full format

1 test on this page

Length, pass mark, fee and retake cost as Service New Brunswick publishes them. Where a number is not published, the card says so instead of carrying a guess.

Road signs and the subjects behind them

15 sign questions in our bank

Every one of the 41 signs on this site is our own drawing, made to the standard shapes and colours rather than traced from official artwork. Shape and colour first, meaning second, which is the order you read them in on the road.
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New Brunswick signs drill

15 sign questions

Sign questions on their own, drawn from the same bank as the full run.

How signs are scored on the NB drivers test

What is scored apart, and what is mixed in

What the licensing body scores separately, what it counts with everything else, and how many of our questions are about signs.
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All 41 signs, grouped by category

General Canadian sign practice

General Canadian sign practice. It does not represent the New Brunswick test.
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One subject at a time

The number beside a subject is how many questions we have written on it for New Brunswick. A subject appears once there are enough of them to be worth sitting down with.

A rural verge lined with three bare posts of different heights, every plate removed, a road running past them into open country.

Road signs

15 questions

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An uncontrolled rural crossroads with sight lines open across low fields, two vehicles approaching from different arms at a distance.

Right of way

5 questions

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A signalled intersection with a marked advance left turn lane and a painted crosswalk, seen from the waiting driver position with a green light ahead.

Intersections and turns

5 questions

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Three vehicles spaced along a two lane highway, seen from behind and above so the gap between each of them is plain.

Speed and following distance

5 questions

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A two lane rural highway on a long open straight with a broken centre line, one slow vehicle ahead and clear road beyond it.

Passing and lanes

5 questions

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A residential street seen along the curb line, cars parked parallel to it with a fire hydrant on the verge and a painted section of curb.

Parking and stopping

5 questions

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A wide street where a cyclist, a bus and a delivery van share the space at different distances under calm midday light.

Sharing the road

5 questions

Start
A dashboard and steering wheel at night with a phone lying face down in the centre console, the road ahead dark and empty through the windscreen.

Impaired and distracted driving

5 questions

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A blank card, a set of keys and a folded blank leaflet laid out evenly on a pale surface and shot square from above.

Licensing and the graduated system

7 questions

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A car stopped on a wide highway shoulder with the bonnet closed and a warning triangle set well back from it, nobody in frame.

Emergencies and breakdowns

5 questions

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A rural road at night lit only by headlights, snow drifting across the surface and the verge markers catching the light.

Weather and night driving

5 questions

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An open car glovebox with a plain unmarked document wallet inside it, shot from the passenger side in daylight through the window.

Documents, fines and demerit points

8 questions

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The licence journey in New Brunswick

Each stage has to be held before the next one opens, so the order below is also the timetable. Service New Brunswick sets every hold period on it.

  1. Class 7 Level 1, Class 7 Level 1

    Level 1 lasts at least 12 months, or 8 months after a recognized licensed driving school course.

    Held for 12 months8 months with approved driver education

    Government of New Brunswick, Graduated drivers’ licencesverified 2026-09-15

  2. Class 7 Level 2, Class 7 Level 2

    Level 2 lasts at least 12 months. Total time in GDL is at least 24 months, including at least 12 months in Level 2.

    Held for 12 months

    Government of New Brunswick, Graduated drivers’ licencesverified 2026-09-15

  3. Class 5, Class 5 licence

    The full passenger licence follows completion of Level 2.

    Government of New Brunswick, Graduated drivers’ licencesverified 2026-09-15
Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15

Guides that hold across the country

Longer answers to the questions that come before and after a test, written the same way as the rest of the site.

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Right of way, and the cases people get wrong

Rules of the road

Which right of way situations people actually get wrong, drawn out one at a time, rather than a restatement of the rule in the handbook.
A four way intersection seen from above and to one side, lane markings and crosswalks clearly painted, three vehicles approaching from different arms in low winter sun.Read

Roundabouts, lane by lane

Rules of the road

Which lane to choose on the approach to a roundabout and what to do inside it, drawn out, including the exit conflict that catches drivers who did everything else right.
A learner in the driver seat of a parked car with both hands on the wheel, shot from outside through the windscreen at an angle so the face is not readable.Read

Road sign shapes and colours, and how to read a sign you have never seen

Signs

How to work out what an unfamiliar sign means from its shape and colour alone, instead of memorising every sign one at a time.

Road test vehicle check

The checks that decide whether a road test starts

Plate and insurance, lights, signals, horn, brake, windshield, belts and doors.
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All the guides

15 written so far

Every longer answer on the site, grouped by the province it applies to.
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Common questions

What people ask about testing in New Brunswick, answered with the source underneath.

Can I take the NB drivers test online?

Yes. The Class 7 road-sign and rules tests are available online or in person.

Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15
What are the 2 parts of the NB drivers test?

They are the Road Sign Recognition Exam and the Rules of the Road Non-Commercial Knowledge Exam.

Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15
How much is the NB drivers test?

The fee page lists $25 for the first attempt. The online test page states $25 plus HST.

Government of New Brunswick, Driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15
What happens if I fail an online NB drivers test?

The online page says wait 1 day for attempt 2 and 1 week for attempt 3. After 3 online failures, test in person.

Service New Brunswick, Driving Testsverified 2026-09-15
Can I take the NB drivers test in French?

Yes. Written road tests are offered in both official languages.

Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15
Do I retake both NB written tests if I fail one?

No. Retake only the road-sign or rules test that you failed.

Government of New Brunswick, Written and road tests for driver’s licencesverified 2026-09-15

Sources for this page

Every number above comes from one of these records. The date is when we last checked the figure against it.