Ontario certified driving record
Also called certified driver's abstract, certified 3-year driver record, certified driver record.
We check your details against ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)’s own rules and pay its fee, so you are charged once. The result is posted by the ministry to the address you give, usually 21–30 days. Nothing is posted by you or by us: the ministry posts it to the name and address you give on the form, and it never passes through us.
$46.00 in total
Full refund of our service fee any time before we submit to the agency.
What the three-year driver record, certified shows
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s own description, checked 2026-09-07. This is the certified copy, with the ministry's seal.
It includes
- 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 include
- The driver's address
- Ontario beginner driver education course completion
- Expired medical suspensions
Who may order it, in the ministry’s words: “Anyone can order a 3-year driver record if they provide a driver's licence number.”
ServiceOntario’s own list of reasons people order one: to apply for a driver's licence in another province, territory or country; to confirm a driver's address in court.
How it moves
- ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)
Issues the record
- Back to you
ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) posts the finished document to the address you gave it.
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 passes through us. The ministry posts the record to the address you gave; you post nothing, and neither do we.
- 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.
Common questions
- What is a certified Ontario driver's abstract?
- It is the Ontario government's 3-year driver record, printed and sealed by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario so that a court or an official body can rely on it as the ministry's own copy. It contains the same information as the uncertified record; the seal is the difference, and it is also why it is posted rather than emailed.
- Is this the certified copy with the ministry's seal?
- Yes. This is the certified 3-year driver record, with Ministry of Transportation of Ontario's seal, posted by the ministry to the name and address you give on the order. If nobody has asked you for a certified copy, the uncertified record is emailed immediately and costs less.
- 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, certified 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 2026-09-07.
- What is not on it?
- The ministry lists what the three-year driver record, certified 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, certified cost?
- $46.00 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) processes the order within 15 business days and then posts the record by Canada Post to the name and address you give on the order, so allow 21-30 days in all. We place the same online order the ministry offers everyone; nothing we do makes it faster, and we do not claim otherwise.
- 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." So this is your own record, ordered with your own licence number, and the ministry posts it to the address it holds for that licence. We order it for you as your agent and never receive it.
- Is this the certified copy with the ministry's seal?
- No. This is the uncertified record. Three-year driver record, uncertified (emailed PDF) is processed by the ministry within 0 business days and then posted. It is a different product with a different delivery promise, so it has its own page on this site: /drivers-abstract/ontario/. If a court has asked you for a certified copy, order it there.
- What do I need to order?
- Your Ontario driver's licence number, a name and Canadian mailing address for the envelope, an email address for your receipt and updates, and the province or state you live in. The address is passed to ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)'s order form and nowhere else, and deleted with the licence number after the order closes. No date of birth, 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 what the ministry uses to find the 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 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 posted to you by the ministry.
Worth reading before you order: Certified or uncertified? Only one of them is instant ; How to get a certified driver's abstract in Ontario, and what the seal changes .
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.