Ontario driver’s abstract

The ministry’s own 3-year driving record, issued by ServiceOntario and emailed to you as a PDF within a day. One form, one charge.

Get your Ontario driver’s abstract All four records
  • $40.00 All in. One charge, nothing added at checkout.
  • Within a day Emailed to you by the ministry as a PDF.
  • Three details Licence number, email, and where you live.
  • Ministry-issued We file the request; the ministry issues it.

$40.00 in total

Full refund of our service fee any time before we submit to the agency.

Get your Ontario driver’s abstract

“Anyone can order a 3-year driver record if they provide a driver's licence number.”

— ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation), on its own page, checked 2026-09-04
What we order

Four Ontario records, one form

Pick the record you were asked for. Each is ordered the same way: one form, one check before anything is paid, one charge.

Most ordered

Driver's abstract

Your 3-year driving history as a PDF - convictions, suspensions and demerit points - issued by ServiceOntario and emailed to you, usually within the hour.

  • Asked for when you apply for a job, for vehicle insurance, apply for a driver's licence in another province, territory or country.
  • Usually within a day, emailed straight to you by the ministry.
$40.00all in Order
With the ministry's seal

Certified driver's abstract

The same 3-year record with the ministry's seal on it, for a court or an official body that will not take an emailed copy. Posted to the name and address you give.

  • Asked for when you apply for a driver's licence in another province, territory or country or confirm a driver's address in court.
  • Usually 21–30 days, posted by the ministry to the address you give.
$46.00all in Order
Longer history

5-year driver record

A longer look back: everything on the 3-year record, plus Criminal Code convictions from the past five years. Your own record, posted by the ministry to the address on your licence.

  • Usually 21–30 days, posted by the ministry to the address on your licence.
$40.00all in Order
Commercial drivers

CVOR driver abstract

For drivers of commercial vehicles: five years of collisions, safety-related offences, convictions and inspections in Ontario, plus licence status. Emailed to you as a PDF.

  • Usually within a day, emailed to you by us as a PDF.
$16.00all in Order
The record

What is on the 3-year Ontario driver record

Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s own description, not ours.

It shows

  • Driver identification details
  • Demerit point total
  • Active fine suspensions
  • Highway Traffic Act convictions from the past 3 years
  • Criminal Code of Canada convictions from the past 3 years
  • Suspensions and reinstatements from the past 3 years

It does not show

  • The driver's address
  • Ontario beginner driver education course completion
  • Expired medical suspensions

The missing address is the one that matters: a record that carries one is a different product, and only the driver or an authorised requestor under contract with the ministry may order it.

Checked against the source

2026-09-04

Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. Every figure on this page carries the date somebody last looked.

How it works

How it moves

One form, one charge, and the ministry emails you the record. Nothing passes through us.

  1. ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)

    Issues the record

  2. Straight to you

    ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) emails the record to you as a PDF. It never passes through us.

What you are paying for

What is included

  • One payment, to us. You never enter card details on a government site.
  • We check what you enter against the published requirements before it is filed.
  • Nothing physical changes hands. The document is issued to you electronically.
  • If it is rejected for something fixable, we tell you plainly and resubmit once at no extra service fee.
  • If we get your request wrong or never file it, you get everything back, fee included.
Why it matters

Why check your Ontario driving record

It is the ministry’s own account of you as a driver, and anyone you show it to reads the record, not your explanation of it. Your own copy is how you find out what it says — and whether it is right.

What the ministry says it is used for

ServiceOntario’s own list, on its page:

  • to apply for a job
  • for vehicle insurance, for example when you apply
  • to apply for a driver's licence in another province, territory or country
  • to confirm a driver's address in court

Whatever the reason, it is your record: ordered with your licence number and emailed to you by the ministry.

Suspensions you might not know about

The record lists an active fine suspension as a current state, not as history: a licence suspended because a fine went unpaid. A court notice that never reached you — a move, a missed letter — still suspends the licence, and the record is where it shows.

Driving on a suspended licence is its own offence under the Highway Traffic Act, with fines and a possible jail term set by the Act. We do not quote amounts the ministry’s record pages do not state.

Before anything renews or gets decided

Demerit points come off two years from the offence date; the conviction that produced them stays for three years. A total that looks wrong is worth checking against the table below before a policy renews or an application goes in — and an entry that is wrong is yours to have corrected, not to explain away.

What to do when the record is wrong

Demerit points in Ontario: what each offence costs

From the ministry’s demerit points page, checked 2026-09-07. Points stay on your record for two years from the offence date. For a full licence: 6 to 8 points, a warning letter; 9 to 14 points, a second warning letter; 15 or more points, the licence is suspended for 30 days.

Points Offences, as the ministry groups them
7 Failing to remain at the scene of a collision · Failing to stop when signalled by police
6 Careless driving · Racing · Exceeding the speed limit by 40 km/h or more where the limit is under 80 km/h · Exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more · Failing to stop for a school bus
5 Failing to stop at an unprotected railway crossing (bus drivers)
4 Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h · Following too closely · Failing to stop at a pedestrian crossover
3 Driving while holding or using a hand-held device · Viewing a display screen unrelated to driving · Exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h · Improper passing · Driving the wrong way on a divided road · Failing to yield the right of way · Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal · Improper lane use · Improper use of a high-occupancy vehicle lane · Other traffic-control violations
2 Improper turns · Failing to signal · Failing to wear a seat belt · Failing to ensure a child passenger is properly secured · Opening a vehicle door improperly · Backing on a highway · Failing to lower headlamp beams · Failing to share the road

Source: Ontario - Understanding demerit points. The full table and the two-year rule: Ontario demerit points · how to read the record.

Questions

Common questions

Answered first, in a sentence or two. The first sentence under each is written to be the one an assistant quotes, so it is the true one.

Worth reading before you order: what an ontario driver's abstract is, and what it is called elsewhere; which ontario driver record do you need? all four, compared; what the 3-year ontario driver record shows, and what it leaves out. 6 more guides on this record.

What is an Ontario driver's abstract?
It is the Ontario government's record of your driving history, issued by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. "Driver's abstract" is the ministry's own term for it; the same document is called a driving record, a driver record, a 3-year driver record.
Is a driver's abstract the same thing as a driving record?
Yes. They are two names for one document, and nothing about what you receive changes depending on which word you searched for. Ontario paperwork tends to say "driver record", people tend to say "abstract", and outside Canada the same thing is usually called a motor vehicle record or MVR.
What does the three-year driver record show?
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario describes the record as containing: Driver identification details; Demerit point total; Active fine suspensions; Highway Traffic Act convictions from the past 3 years; Criminal Code of Canada convictions from the past 3 years; Suspensions and reinstatements from the past 3 years. That is the ministry's own wording, checked on 2026-09-04.
What is not on it?
The ministry lists what the three-year driver record does not include: The driver's address; Ontario beginner driver education course completion; Expired medical suspensions. The missing address is the important one - a record that carries an address is a different product, and only the driver themselves or an authorised requestor under contract with the ministry may order it.
How much does the Ontario three-year driver record cost?
$40.00 in total through us. That is the whole price: one charge, nothing added at checkout, no subscription and no renewal.
How long does it take?
ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) issues this record immediately and sends it as a PDF by email, so it normally reaches you the same day you order. We are not faster than the ministry and do not claim to be - this is the ministry's own instant online product. Its other records are slower: three-year driver record, certified (with the ministry's seal) is processed within 15 business days and posted.
Do I have to be the driver to order this record?
ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) states: "Anyone can order a 3-year driver record if they provide a driver's licence number." Two of its other records are restricted rather than open - any record that includes an address, and the driver's licence history - and we do not sell either.
Is this the certified copy with the ministry's seal?
No. This is the uncertified record. Three-year driver record, certified (with the ministry's seal) is processed by the ministry within 15 business days and then posted. It is a different product with a different delivery promise, so it has its own page on this site: /certified-drivers-abstract/ontario/. If a court has asked you for a certified copy, order it there.
What do I need to order?
Three things: your Ontario driver's licence number, the email address the record should go to, and the province or state you live in. No name, no date of birth and no address - ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) finds this record from the licence number alone, and your card details are entered on our payment processor's own page, never on ours. Fifteen characters, one letter then fourteen digits, shown on your licence as A1234-56789-01234. It is the only thing the ministry needs for this record.
What is an Ontario driving record used for?
ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)'s own page lists the reasons people order one: to apply for a job; for vehicle insurance, for example when you apply; to apply for a driver's licence in another province, territory or country; to confirm a driver's address in court. Whatever the reason, it is your record, ordered with your licence number and emailed to you.
If you change your mind

Refunds

You can cancel for a full refund of our service fee at any time before we submit your request to the agency. No form, no questions. The government fee is not refundable by the agency once your request has been submitted.

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