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Ontario · M1 test

Ontario motorcycle M1 exit road test, and the M2 exit

Two road tests stand between an M1 licence and a full M. The first, Ontario’s motorcycle M1 exit road test, is what the motorcycle handbook calls the Level One road test: a cone course and a short on-road ride that check basic skills. Pass it and you get an M2. The M2 exit test, Level Two, comes later and checks advanced skills out in traffic.

  • 3Parts in the Level One skill test
  • 30Minutes early to arrive for a road test
  • 48Hours’ notice to cancel without a fee
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Updated November 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

When can you take the Ontario motorcycle M1 exit road test?

Once you’ve held your M1 licence for at least 60 days. The handbook suggests booking early, so you finish the test before your M1 expires.

The M2 exit test comes after at least 22 months at Level Two, or 18 months if you passed a government-approved motorcycle safety course.

The rules at each level →

What the Level One road test checks

It starts with a skill test on a course of cones, set in pairs one metre apart, with 4.5 metres between pairs:

  • Walk test: walk the motorcycle or moped around the cones in a figure eight, then stop the front wheel on the stop line without losing control or dropping it
  • Serpentine drive: ride slowly through the cones in a serpentine pattern, with both feet on the footrests
  • Straight line brake test: ride between the rows, speed up, then make a quick, controlled stop with both brakes, front wheel on the finish line

It’s meant to be one continuous motion. If you put a foot down or knock a cone over, recover as best you can and carry on.

Then comes an on-road demonstration. The examiner watches from a spot that covers several intersections and marks your lane position, turning arcs, use of the controls and how you watch traffic.

What the M2 exit test checks

The examiner follows you in another vehicle and gives directions by radio, through a disposable earphone. The handbook’s Level Two chapter covers left and right turns, stop and through intersections, a freeway, lane changes, a roadside stop, a curve, and business and residential sections.

On a full-speed motorcycle, you first fill in a declaration of your experience riding on highways with limits of 80 km/h or more. On a limited-speed motorcycle or moped, there’s no freeway section, but you ride on 50 km/h roads and sign that your vehicle can keep a safe speed there. If you can’t sign, the test is cancelled and you may be charged half the fee.

What to bring

Bring these to either road test:

  • A motorcycle in good working order, of the type you booked the test for
  • Your licence: the M1 for Level One, the M2 for Level Two
  • An approved motorcycle helmet
  • Glasses or contact lenses, if you need them to ride
  • Money for the test fee, if it applies

If the vehicle doesn’t meet ministry standards, or the test can’t go ahead for another reason, the examiner declares it out of order and you lose half the fee. The other half stays as a credit toward a new booking. Turning up with a different kind of vehicle from the one you booked can end the same way.

Booking, and trying again

Book online, by phone or at any DriveTest centre. Have your Ontario driver’s licence number ready, with a first, second and third choice of location and a preferred date and time. The booking lines are:

If you fail and your licence hasn’t expired, you can take the road test again. If it has expired, you start over and pay the fees again.

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Sources: Government of Ontario and 3 more. Checked November 2026.

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

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