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  • Checked against Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) on 2026-08-28
  • 55 questions written here, every one with its citation

SAAQ motorcycle knowledge test

Motorcycle knowledge test at a glance

Question count
Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) publishes no count
Not published by the licensing body
Pass mark
Not published as a number of questions
Not published by the licensing body
Fee
$13.50 for the knowledge test, plus the Class 6R learner licence at $624.80 or less depending on the month it is issued
Retake fee
Not stated in the record we hold
Minimum age
16
Where it is taken
At a licensing office or testing centre
SAAQ, Obtaining a Motorcycle Driver's Licence (Classes 6A, 6B and 6C)verified 2026-08-28

The format above is the one Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) sets, and it is on the page before anything else, because the numbers are what you plan around. Every row carries the record it was read from and the date it was checked.

  • Pass it and you hold a Class 6R learner licence for 18 months, which lets you ride on a closed track and on the road with an instructor from a school the SAAQ recognizes.
  • The test comes in two parts and they pass at different marks. You need 85 percent on the part about operating a motorcycle and 75 percent on the part about the Highway Safety Code and signs, pavement markings and traffic signals.
  • Already hold a Class 5 licence or a probationary licence and you sit only the motorcycle part.
  • The SAAQ does not publish how many questions the test holds, so we do not put a number on it. It says to allow about an hour.
  • Fail and you wait at least 28 days before you can sit it again. That is the longest wait after a failed knowledge test in any of the four provinces we cover in depth.
  • You have to be at least 16, live in Quebec, carry fewer than four demerit points, and bring written consent from a parent or guardian if you are under 18.
  • The knowledge test is only the opening step. A course at a recognized driving school follows, running at least 30 days across 6 hours of theory and 26 hours of riding, and then a closed track test and a road test.
A rider in full protective gear seen from behind at a distance, leaning a motorcycle into a long bend on an empty forest road.
  • 55 questions written for the Motorcycle knowledge test, each with the authority it rests on
  • Free to sit, with no account and nothing held back until you pay
  • Every run free, with the whole bank open and no part held back
Start the practice runSee what it covers

Nothing here is timed unless the real exam is timed, and nothing is held back except the answers the real exam holds back too.

What the questions cover

Every Quebec question sits under one subject, and the number beside it is how many we hold. The reading column goes to the lesson behind the subject.

SubjectQuestionsReading
Road signs20The lesson behind it
Emergencies and breakdowns6The lesson behind it
Intersections and turns5The lesson behind it
Passing and lanes5The lesson behind it
Sharing the road5The lesson behind it
Weather and night driving4The lesson behind it
Speed and following distance3The lesson behind it
Right of way2The lesson behind it
Impaired and distracted driving2The lesson behind it
Licensing and the graduated system2The lesson behind it
Parking and stopping1The lesson behind it

One question from the bank, in full

The question, the answer marked, the reason it is the answer, and the authority it rests on. Nothing is held back on this page and nothing is held back in a run.

QuebecRules of the road

You are leaving a gas station on your motorcycle as traffic moves along the road, including another rider approaching nearby. Who has priority?

  1. You enter first because motorcycles can merge quickly
  2. All traffic already on the road has priority, including the other rider
  3. The vehicle nearest the entrance moves first, even from the gas station
  4. The other rider yields because you are waiting at the edge

The answer is B

From a private entrance, you must yield to every road user already travelling on the public road. Traffic on the road may be close before you finish turning or accelerating, and another rider has the same right of way as any other vehicle. Eye contact or an apparent gap does not transfer priority to you, so wait until the entry is clear.

Highway Safety Code (Quebec)

How the Motorcycle knowledge test passes

You can sit it from age 16.

Fees and rules change, so check the record itself before you pay for anything. The date beside each figure is the day we last read it.

What Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) does not publish

These are the fields the licensing body leaves out. They stay blank here rather than being filled with another province's number or with an estimate.

  • No published figure for the question count.
  • No published figure for the pass mark.

A run built on a missing length draws the whole bank instead of guessing at one, and the panel before the first question says so.

Reading for the Motorcycle knowledge test

The lessons carry the rule, the guides carry the longer answer, and both end with the note that changes the answer in Quebec.

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The 11 study lessons

Written for Quebec

Each lesson ends with the Quebec note that changes the answer, so the reading matches the exam you are sitting.
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How the SAAQ process works: the course, the wait and the exam

Quebec

The order the Quebec steps happen in, why the mandatory course comes before anything else, and what the long wait on the learner licence means for planning.
All Quebec tests and stages

Questions people ask about this test

When can I take the SAAQ knowledge test?

After you have held your learner licence for 10 months. The wait is part of the design, not a booking backlog, so there is no way to bring it forward.

SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test informationverified 2026-08-27
What does the SAAQ knowledge test cost?

About $11.20, the smallest knowledge test fee among the four provinces we cover in depth.

SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test informationverified 2026-08-27
Why does Quebec take longer than other provinces?

Two rules stack up. The mandatory course sets the pace at the start, and the knowledge test only opens 10 months into the learner licence. Newcomers who were licensed elsewhere in Canada are often surprised by both.

SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test informationverified 2026-08-27

Sources for this page

Each record below is where a number on this page comes from, with the date it was last checked against it.

  • SAAQ, Obtaining a Motorcycle Driver's Licence (Classes 6A, 6B and 6C)

    Verified 2026-08-28

    Read through an Internet Archive copy of the SAAQ page captured on 2026-08-13, because the SAAQ turns away visitors from outside Canada. The French page is cited because it is the version the SAAQ updates first.

  • SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test information

    Verified 2026-08-27