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Alberta · Learner’s test

Alberta road signs for the Class 7 test

There’s no stand-alone Alberta road signs test. Sign questions are mixed into the Class 7 knowledge test along with questions on laws and safe driving. The quickest way in is shape and colour: a yellow diamond warns, an orange diamond means construction, and a yellow-green pentagon means a school. Learn those first and many sign questions answer themselves.

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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

Regulatory signs: what you must or must not do

Regulatory signs are the ones you have to obey. In Alberta most are white squares or rectangles. A red circle with a slash means the action shown isn’t allowed, and a green circle means it is. Stop and yield signs have their own shapes, so you can tell what they are even from behind.

  • Red octagon with a white border and the word STOP in white.Stop completely, then go when the way is clear
  • Downward-pointing triangle with a wide red border and white centre, no text.Let others go first; stop only if you need to
  • White square with a black border holding a red circle crossed by a white horizontal bar.Don’t drive into this road
  • White square with a black left-turn arrow inside a red circle with a red slash.No left turn at this intersection
  • White square with a black U-shaped arrow inside a red circle with a red slash.No U-turn here
  • White square: two black cars side by side inside a red circle with a red slash.Don’t pass other vehicles on this stretch
  • White square with a black border showing a black letter P inside a red circle with a red slash.No parking here
  • White vertical sign: green letter P in a green circle, 30 min, 9 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday, arrows left and right.Parking allowed for the time and hours shown
  • White vertical sign with a black island shape on the left and a black arrow curving around it to the right.Keep to the right of the island
  • Vertical white sign: a right-turn arrow in a red circle and slash above a traffic-signal symbol with the red light lit.No right turn while the light is red

Lane control signs

Lane control signs are white arrows on a black square, posted over or beside the lane they control. Move into the lane you need early. Once you’re in a lane with an arrow, you have to go the way it points.

  • Black square sign with a white left-turn arrow.This lane must turn left
  • Black square sign with a white straight-up arrow.This lane must go straight
  • Black square sign with a white arrow going straight with a branch to the left.Go straight or turn left from this lane
  • Black square sign with a white arrow going straight with a branch to the right.Go straight or turn right from this lane
  • Black square sign with two white left-turn arrows.Both lanes turn left; stay in your lane through the turn
  • Black square with two white curved arrows turning left, one from each direction.Centre lane for left turns from both directions only

Warning signs

Warning signs are yellow diamonds with black symbols. Each one tells you about something on the road ahead, like a curve, a merge or a railway crossing, so you can slow down before you get there. Construction warnings use the same diamond in orange.

  • Yellow diamond with a black arrow curving gently to the right.Curve ahead: slow down before it
  • Yellow diamond with a black arrow going up then turning sharply right at a right angle.Sharp turn ahead: slow right down
  • Yellow diamond with a black arrow pointing up above a red stop-sign octagon.Stop sign ahead: get ready to stop
  • Yellow diamond: a vertical black road crossed by a horizontal railway track with short ties.Railway crossing ahead: look and listen for trains
  • Yellow diamond: a black vertical road with a second road joining it diagonally from the right.Traffic joins from the side: let it merge smoothly
  • Yellow diamond with two black lines: the left one straight, the right one bending in to show the right lane ending.Right lane ends: move left when it’s safe
  • Yellow diamond with two black lines that bend inward, showing the pavement getting narrower.Road gets narrower: slow down and keep right
  • Yellow diamond with a black leaping deer.Deer cross here: watch the ditches, especially at dusk
  • Yellow diamond with a black car and two wavy skid marks behind it.Slippery when wet: slow down in rain
  • Yellow diamond: a black vertical road with a side road joining from the right at an offset, partly hidden.Side road ahead that drivers can’t see well: watch for cars pulling out

Schools, work zones and slow vehicles

A yellow-green pentagon means a school. With a maximum speed sign attached, it starts a school zone. Unless other times are posted, that applies on school days from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Without a speed sign, it’s a school area: no special limit, but drive with extra care.

Playground zones use their own sign and apply every day from 8:30 a.m. to one hour after sunset. School and playground zones are both 30 km/h unless another speed is posted, and you can’t pass a vehicle going the same way while they’re in effect.

In a construction zone, a traffic control person may hold up a STOP or SLOW paddle. Do what it says, and watch for workers and equipment.

  • Five-sided fluorescent yellow-green sign with a black border and two black schoolchildren walking.School zone or area: slow down and watch for children
  • Yellow diamond: an arrow pointing up above the front of a school bus with a child on each side.School bus stop ahead: be ready for a stopped bus
  • Two hand-held signs on poles: a red STOP octagon and a yellow-and-black SLOW octagon.Traffic control person: stop on STOP, go slowly on SLOW
  • Fluorescent orange triangle with a dark red reflective border.On the back of a slow vehicle: ease off and pass only when safe
  • Yellow vertical rectangle with a large black chevron pointing right.Sharp curve: follow the chevrons around it
  • Tall narrow yellow board with black diagonal stripes sloping down to the right.Something close to the road: pass on the side the stripes slope toward

Signals count too

The same chapter of the guide covers lights. A flashing red light is treated like a stop sign. When yellow lights flash on a school, playground or pedestrian sign, slow to 30 km/h at most and yield or stop for pedestrians. Over a lane, a red X means get out of it and a downward green arrow means you can use it.

  • Yellow traffic-signal head with the top red light lit.Red: stop and wait
  • Traffic-signal head with the middle yellow light lit.Yellow: stop if you can do it safely
  • Traffic-signal head with the bottom green light lit.Green: go if the way is clear
  • Traffic-signal head with the red light lit and short rays showing it is flashing.Flashing red: stop, then go when it’s safe
  • Traffic-signal head with the yellow light lit and rays showing it is flashing.Flashing yellow: slow down and go with care
  • Yellow diamond with a black traffic-signal housing showing red, yellow and green lights.Traffic lights ahead: be ready to stop

How do you study for the Alberta road signs test?

  1. Learn the shapes and colours above until you can name a sign’s group from across the street.
  2. Read Chapter 2 of the Driver’s Guide, Traffic Control. It has every sign, signal and pavement marking the test can ask about.
  3. Pay extra attention to the school and playground zone signs. The times and the 30 km/h limit come up a lot.
  4. Try the practice test. Five of its 20 questions show you a sign and ask what it means or what you should do.
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Sources: Alberta Driver’s Guide, Alberta.ca. Checked October 2026.

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