# G2 vs G road test

> The Ontario G2 and G road tests compared: when you can take each, how long they are, which manoeuvres and roads each covers, the highway declaration, and the $53.75 and $91.25 fees.

Canonical: https://g2test.ca/vs/g2-vs-g-road-test
Last updated: 2026-10-29

The G2 road test is a city test that lets you drive alone. The G road test, 12 months later, adds expressway driving and gets you a full licence. Here’s what’s different, from Ontario’s own pages and the MTO handbook.

Updated 2026-10-29 · By the G2 Test team

## The two road tests side by side

|  | G2 road test | G road test |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it gets you | A G2 licence: you can drive alone | A full G licence |
| When | 12 months after your G1 (8 with BDE) | 12 months after your G2 |
| Length | About 20 minutes | About 30 minutes |
| Roads | City and residential streets, no highways | Major roads and expressways |
| What’s marked | Left and right turns, stop intersections, through intersections, lane changes, curves, business areas, residential streets, roadside stop, parallel parking and three-point turn | Left and right turns, stop intersections, through intersections, lane changes, curves, business areas and freeway driving |
| Left out | Highway and expressway driving | At full-time centres, parallel parking, roadside stops, three-point turns and driving in residential neighbourhoods, for now (travel points still test them) |
| Highway declaration | No | Yes: 5 drives in the last 3 months on a road signed 80 km/h or more, or you lose 50% of the fee |
| Fee | $53.75 (your first is in the G1 package) | $91.25 |
| Where | Every DriveTest centre and travel point (92) | 55 of 56 full-time centres and 9 travel points |

From ontario.ca’s [new drivers page](https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-g-drivers-licence-new-drivers) and the handbook’s [road test chapter](https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-mto-drivers-handbook/level-two-road-test), checked October 29, 2026; centre counts from DriveTest’s [centre list](https://drivetest.ca/find-a-drivetest-centre/alphabetical_list/).

## Why the names get mixed up

Ontario’s new drivers page calls them the G2 road test and the G road test, after the licence each one gets you. The MTO handbook’s road test chapter names them by level instead, and says passing the “Level Two (G2) road test gives you full Class G driving privileges”. That Level Two test is the one this site calls the G road test. If a guide says the G2 test has a highway section, it means the G.

## Getting ready for each

- G2: practise the city manoeuvres, especially the ones the G test drops, and see the [G2 road test checklist](https://g2test.ca/g2-road-test).
- G: log your 5 highway drives in the 3 months before the test, then see the [G road test guide](https://g2test.ca/g-road-test).
- Either: check [which tests your DriveTest centre gives](https://g2test.ca/drivetest-centres) before you book. Not every centre gives the G.

Sources, checked October 29, 2026: [ontario.ca new drivers](https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-g-drivers-licence-new-drivers), [MTO handbook road test chapter](https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-mto-drivers-handbook/level-two-road-test), [DriveTest road tests](https://drivetest.ca/tests/road-tests-cars/).

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## Questions people ask

### Is the G test harder than the G2?

It’s different rather than a longer version of the same thing: about 30 minutes instead of 20, with expressway merging, driving and exiting. At full-time centres it leaves out parallel parking, roadside stops, three-point turns and driving in residential neighbourhoods, which the G2 test already covered.

### Can I take the G test at a travel point?

At 9 of the 36 travel points. Those still give the standard test, with parallel parking, roadside stops, three-point turns and driving in residential neighbourhoods. Each centre page shows which tests it gives.

### Do I sign a highway declaration for the G2 test?

No. The declaration of highway driving experience comes before the expressway part of the G test.

## Related

- [G2 road test guide](https://g2test.ca/g2-road-test)
- [G road test guide](https://g2test.ca/g-road-test)
- [DriveTest centres in Ontario](https://g2test.ca/drivetest-centres)