Ontario 5-year driving record

Also called 5-year driver record, 5-year driver's abstract, longer-term driving 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 on your licence, usually 21–30 days. Nothing is posted by you or by us: the ministry posts it to the address on your licence, and it never passes through us.

$40.00 All in, one document
21–30 days Usually takes
Start an Ontario 5-year driving record What it shows

Before you order: The ministry issues this record to the driver it is about, and posts it to the Ontario residential address it has on file for that licence. Ordering here is ordering your own record: the licence number must be yours, and the address on your licence must be current, because that is where the ministry sends it. It is not emailed, and it does not pass through us.

$40.00 in total

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

What an Ontario 5-year driving record shows

Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s own description, checked 2026-09-07.

It includes

  • Driver identification details
  • Demerit point total
  • Convictions, suspensions and reinstatements under the Highway Traffic Act for the past 3 years and under the Criminal Code of Canada for the past 5 years

It does not include

  • The driver's address
  • Driver's education courses

Who may order it, in the ministry’s words: “A driver can order any longer-term record, letter or document for themselves.”

Other Ontario records with a similar name

Each is described from Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s own pages. Check which one you were asked for.

Five-year driver record, certified (with the ministry's seal)
The same information with the ministry's seal, "processed within 15 business days and then sent by regular mail via Canada Post". We do not order the certified copy, so if a court has asked for one, the uncertified record we sell is not it.

How to get an Ontario 5-year driving record

Here it takes one form and one charge. We check what you entered and file the order, and then:

  1. ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation)

    Issues the record

  2. Back to you

    ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) posts the record to the residential address it has on file for your licence - not to an address you give us. It never passes through us.

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 on your licence; 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 an Ontario 5-year driver's abstract?
It is the ministry's 5-year driver record: the same driver details and demerit point total as the 3-year record, with Highway Traffic Act convictions, suspensions and reinstatements from the past three years and Criminal Code of Canada ones from the past five. It is the driver's own record, and the ministry posts it to the Ontario address it has on file for the licence rather than emailing it. It is also called a 5-year driver record, a 5 year driving record or a longer-term driving record.
What does an Ontario 5-year driver's abstract show?
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario describes the record as containing: Driver identification details; Demerit point total; Convictions, suspensions and reinstatements under the Highway Traffic Act for the past 3 years and under the Criminal Code of Canada for the past 5 years. That is the ministry's own wording, checked on 2026-09-07.
What is not on it?
The ministry lists what an Ontario 5-year driver's abstract does not include: The driver's address; Driver's education courses. 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 an Ontario 5-year driver's abstract cost?
$40.00 in total through us. That is the whole price: one charge, nothing added at checkout, no subscription and no renewal.
Is there a free Ontario 5-year driver's abstract?
No. ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) charges a fee for this record. $40.00 is the whole of what you pay here.
Can I order an Ontario 5-year driver's abstract online?
Yes, the order is placed online: you order it here with your licence number, we file it with ServiceOntario (Ministry of Transportation) online, and the ministry posts it to the address it has on file for your licence. Nothing is printed, signed or posted on your side.
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 address it has on file for your licence, 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: "A driver can order any longer-term record, letter or document for themselves." 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. Five-year driver record, certified (with the ministry's seal) is processed by the ministry within 15 business days and then posted. We sell only the uncertified one; if a court has asked you for a certified copy, this is not it.
What do I need to order?
Six things: your Ontario driver's licence number; your name, the address on your licence, and your date of birth; the DD number on your licence card; the name and address on your licence, for the envelope; an email address for your receipt and updates (the record itself is posted by the ministry, not emailed); and the province or state you live in. 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 must be your own: the ministry issues this record to the driver, and posts it to the address on that licence.

Worth reading before you order: The Ontario 5-year driver record: what it adds to the 3-year one, and how it arrives .

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.

Start an Ontario 5-year driving record