International Driving Permit Canada

Driving in Canada as a tourist is not allowed. However, if you have your National Driver’s Licence accompanied with an International Driver’s Permit (IDP) and pass the required years of age, you will be permitted to drive a motor vehicle rented from a car rental agencies along with a car insurance coverage in the country. Regardless, they are all obliged to follow the road safety rules in the country and are not subject to any special treatment.

An IDP allows tourists to drive in foreign countries worldwide as per convention on road traffic. They do not need to get their own Canadian Provincial Driver’s Licence to drive in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, etc., if they are driving within the country for less than three months on tourist/visitor visa as per government of Canada.

However, they may have to get a territorial driver’s license/valid Canadian driver’s licence if they are to drive in the country for more than the allotted period of three months.

Getting an IDP from Canada is relatively easy. All you need to do is follow these steps:

1. Click on the “Start My Application” button on the upper right corner of the page.
2. Fill out the IDP application form.
3. Attach a copy of your valid home country driving license.
4. Then fill out your credit card information to pay for the IDP fee.
5. Wait for 30 days until your IDP hard copy is delivered. As for the digital copy, you can receive this with 2 hours!