Alberta Eliminates Driving Test, Probationary Fees for Young Drivers With Clean Record

Cars wait in line to go through US customs at the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, New York and cross the border to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada on August 13, 2022. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

Young drivers in Alberta aged 18 and over are now able to exit the province’s graduated driver’s licence program without taking a driver’s test or paying fees, and automatically get an upgraded licence.

Effective June 25, “drivers no longer have to take a drivers test and pay a $154 fee to exit the graduated driver’s licence (GDL) program if they have a clean driving record,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a tweet.