Checked against Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) on 2026-09-15
108 questions written here, every one with its citation

SAAQ knowledge test

SAAQ knowledge test at a glance

Question count: Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) publishes no count
Pass mark: 75% in each of 3 sections
Fee: $13.50 for the knowledge test
Retake fee: Not stated in the record we hold
Minimum age: Not stated in the record we hold
Where it is taken: At a licensing office or testing centre

SAAQ, Obtaining a Driver's Licence for a Passenger Vehicle (Class 5)verified 2026-09-15

The SAAQ knowledge test has 75% in each of 3 sections, and Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) publishes no question count. The listed fee is $13.50 for the knowledge test. Every row carries the record it was read from and the date it was checked.

You can only sit it after holding a valid learner licence for at least 10 months on the test date.
It is all multiple choice, in three sections: the Highway Safety Code; road signs, pavement markings and traffic signals; and behaviours and techniques for driving a passenger vehicle.
You need 75 percent on each of the three sections, not one combined score, and a failed test means waiting at least 28 days before you can try again.
The mandatory driving course comes first. Without it you do not reach the test at all.
The SAAQ publishes no question count, so we do not state one. It says the test takes between 30 and 60 minutes.

A plain compact hatchback carrying no badges, stopped at a painted stop line on a wet suburban road, seen low and from behind with the crossing road empty.

108 questions written for the SAAQ 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

Take the free practice test See 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.

Subject	Questions	Reading
Road signs	54	The lesson behind it
Right of way	5	The lesson behind it
Intersections and turns	5	The lesson behind it
Speed and following distance	5	The lesson behind it
Passing and lanes	5	The lesson behind it
Sharing the road	5	The lesson behind it
Impaired and distracted driving	5	The lesson behind it
Licensing and the graduated system	5	The lesson behind it
Emergencies and breakdowns	5	The lesson behind it
Weather and night driving	5	The lesson behind it
Documents, fines and demerit points	5	The lesson behind it
Parking and stopping	4	The 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 and another driver reach a four way stop at the same moment. The other car is directly to your right and both of you are going straight ahead.

You go first, because a driver going straight has priority over one on a side street
The driver on your right goes first
You go first, because the vehicle on the busier street goes first
Neither of you has priority, so creep forward until one of you gives way

The answer is B

At a four way stop the order is set by who stopped first. When two drivers stop at the same instant the tie is broken in favour of the vehicle on the right, so the driver beside you goes first. A fixed rule matters here because two drivers guessing at each other is exactly how these collisions happen.

Highway Safety Code (Quebec)

How the SAAQ knowledge test passes

The authority publishes 3 sections.

The published pass rule is 75% in each of 3 sections.

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.

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 SAAQ 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.