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Northwest Territories · Learner’s test

NWT driver’s abstract and demerit points

A driver’s abstract is a printed summary of your driving record for the last 3 years, with your demerit points, convictions and suspensions. How you order a driver’s abstract in the Northwest Territories (NWT) depends on whether you live there, have moved away or are asking for someone else.

  • $20Fee for a driver’s abstract
  • 45 daysTime to ask for a suspension appeal package
  • 24 monthsHow long demerit points stay on record
See how to order

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

How do you get an NWT driver’s abstract?

There are three routes:

  • NWT residents: order it online, or visit your local driver and vehicle office
  • If you’ve moved away: contact your old local office by phone, fax or email, with a copy of your licence and the community you lived in
  • Employers, insurers and other third parties: fill in the Driver Abstract Request form, with the driver’s information and consent, and email it to Driver and Vehicle Services

For the last two, a licensing agent contacts you to arrange payment and then provides the abstract.

Demerit points on a full licence

Points go on your record once the Registrar learns of an offence. As they add up on a full licence:

  • 8 points: a letter by mail, with no limits on your licence
  • 12 points: a letter asking you to arrange a phone or in-person interview. Miss it, and your licence is suspended until the interview is held
  • 15 points: a suspension for 30 days and until you pay the reinstatement fee, after which your points are reduced
  • 15 points a second time: a suspension of at least 30 days and up to two years

Demerit points for Class 7 and 5P drivers

Learners and probationary drivers have a lower limit. At 6 demerit points, a Class 7 or 5P licence is suspended for 30 days and until the reinstatement fee is paid.

The Driver’s Manual adds longer suspensions at 12 points (3 months) and 15 points (6 months). Each of these suspensions, the one at 6 points included, also adds the same time to your learner or probationary stage.

Learner and probationary rules →

Lowering your points or appealing a suspension

An approved driver improvement course can reduce your points, once in a two-year period. The Government of the Northwest Territories doesn’t run the course itself. The manual says it removes half your points, or all of them if you have 5 or fewer, and you need a certificate showing at least 80% from a driving school the Registrar approves.

To appeal how long a suspension lasts, pick up an appeal package and form at a driver and vehicle office, then email them in once they’re filled out. The deadline counts from the day you receive the notice of suspension.

Find a driver and vehicle office →
Sources: Government of the Northwest Territories and 2 more. Checked November 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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