Class 5 is the Québec driver’s licence for passenger vehicles — the car. On the road to it, the SAAQ places a mandatory knowledge test: the theory exam. It’s taken on a computer, at an SAAQ service centre, and its format is precise: 28 questions · 3 sections · 75% each. That test — the one you can prepare for — is what this page situates; how it works in detail has its own complete guide.
The exact steps to the licence — courses, learner’s licence, exams — depend on your situation: check your own path with the SAAQ. Each attempt at the knowledge test costs $13.50. Check the current fee when you book.
Three areas, each in its own section: the road rules, the road signs, and the Class 5 driving behaviours — with right-of-way, the documented trap zone, first among them. There is no overall average: the passing score applies to each section, separately, and a failed section means a wait of 28 days before the retake.
By understanding the test itself — the knowledge test guide covers how it runs, the cost and the languages. Then practise under its conditions: questions in the same styles as the test’s, explained one by one, then mock tests in the real format, with a verdict per section, until you clear the threshold with room to spare — in every section. That is exactly the work Permis 101 is built for.
It’s the Québec driver’s licence for passenger vehicles — the everyday car. To get it, every candidate has to pass, among other steps, the SAAQ’s knowledge test — the theory exam this page is about.
It’s the same Class 5 knowledge test, whether you come from driving school or from exchanging a foreign licence. What changes is the path that leads to it — and the preparation that fits.
$13.50, paid to the SAAQ for each attempt — retakes included. Check the current fee when you book.
In French or in English, your choice. The SAAQ may also offer the test in Arabic, Spanish or Mandarin, on request.
Permis 101 reproduces the SAAQ test as it really is — a verdict per section, an explanation on every question — and tells you when you’re ready.
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Permis 101 is an independent app, not affiliated with the SAAQ. For official information and to book your test, go to the SAAQ.