Quebec extends reduced cost of driver's license for another year

Quebec is continuing its reduced driver's license rates in 2025. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press)

Quebec is extending the reduced cost of a driver's licence for a fourth year, announced Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault on Friday.

As a result, a driver with a Class 5 licence who has no demerit points will only have to pay $26.25, rather than $118.41, to renew his or her licence in 2025.

“This rebate is possible thanks to the reduction in compensation amounts payable to road accident victims since 2020, and to an increase in the yield of the Fonds d'assurance automobile du Québec and the sums available in it,” reads a news release issued by the Quebec auto insurance board (SAAQ).

Due to the month-long strike by Canada Post workers, Guilbault also announced that the validity period for driver's licences and registrations expiring between Friday and Feb. 28 will be extended.

Drivers with a birth date between Dec. 20 and Feb. 28 will have until March 31 to make their payment. Owners of vehicles whose surname begins with the letters A, B, C, or W will have until the same date to pay their registration fees.

“Once again, safety on our roads is improving, and the number of claims is falling. It's only natural that this positive result should benefit our drivers,” said Guilbault in a news release.

The payment vacation is intended for holders of a regular, probationary or restricted class 5 and 6 driver's licence. The price of the driver's license had also been reduced in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Dec. 20, 2024.