DriveTest travel point · Northern Ontario

G1 Test in Mattawa

No. Mattawa does not offer the G1 knowledge test.

Town Hall, 160 Water St.

Mattawa, Ontario P0H 1V0 · Open in Google Maps

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DriveTest data retrieved August 22, 2026

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Mattawa is a travel point, not a DriveTest Centre. DriveTest sends examiners to Town Hall, 160 Water St. in Mattawa on scheduled dates, staffed from North Bay, rather than keeping an office open here. That distinction is the whole story for anyone searching for a G1 test in Mattawa, because what a travel point offers is narrower than what a centre offers.

No. Mattawa does not offer the G1 knowledge test.

DriveTest publishes road test hours and road test licence classes for this travel point, and nothing else. The nearest location where it does list knowledge testing is North Bay, 57 km away in a straight line.

What Mattawa Handles

Location typePart-time travel point, staffed from North Bay
G1 knowledge testNot listed by DriveTest at this location
Road testsG2 road test
Commercial classesB, C, D, E, F, Z
Service in FrenchYes
Open SaturdaysNo
Booked appointmentsCounter services are walk-in only

Mattawa is the only travel point North Bay staffs, so its schedule depends on that one centre alone.

Copied from DriveTest’s own centre locator on August 22, 2026. Services change. Check the official locator before you travel, and use it for live wait times too.

When It Is Open

A travel point does not keep standing hours. DriveTest publishes a specific list of dates and times for Mattawa, and that list is revised through the year, so reproducing it here would only make it stale. The official locator carries the current schedule, and it is the only place worth trusting for it.

Where to Write the G1 Instead

These are the closest locations where DriveTest does list knowledge testing, nearest first. Distances are straight-line, calculated from the coordinates DriveTest publishes, so every one of them is shorter than the drive. Around the Great Lakes it can be much shorter.

LocationDistance
North BayNew North Bay Mall, 300 Lakeshore Dr, Unit 502, North Bay · Maps57 km
Huntsville215 Main St W, 1st Floor, Huntsville · Maps119 km
Pembroke513 Eganville Rd, Pembroke · Maps134 km
New LiskeardTimiskaming Square, 883303 ON-65, Unit 4A, New Liskeard · Maps153 km

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Before You Go

None of this is specific to Mattawa. It is specific to Ontario, and it is where most wasted trips come from.

  • Bring original documents. Photocopies, scans and photos on a phone are refused at the counter. You need original proof of identity, and if you are under 16 you need a parent or guardian with you.
  • There is a vision screening first. Bring your glasses or contacts if you wear them. It happens before the written test, not after.
  • The fee is $159.75 for the Class G1 licence package, set by the province and the same at every location. A retake of the knowledge test is $16.
  • Nothing is bookable. Knowledge tests are first come, first served at every DriveTest Centre. Arrive well before closing rather than close to it.

Turn Up Having Already Passed It Once

The trip is the expensive part, not the $16. Our G1 practice test is free, has no ads and needs no account: 200 questions on signs and rules of the road, a 40-question mock in the real two-section format, an explanation on every answer, and unlimited retakes.

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Common Questions About Mattawa

No. Mattawa does not offer the G1 knowledge test. DriveTest publishes road test hours and road test licence classes for this travel point, and nothing else. The nearest location where it does list knowledge testing is North Bay, 57 km away in a straight line.

Town Hall, 160 Water St., Mattawa, Ontario P0H 1V0. DriveTest lists it under Northern Ontario as a travel point.

North Bay, roughly 57 km away in a straight line, at New North Bay Mall, 300 Lakeshore Dr, Unit 502, North Bay. After that, Huntsville at about 119 km. Straight-line distance is always shorter than the drive.

The same as everywhere else in Ontario. DriveTest fees are set by the province, so there is no local pricing. The Class G1 licence package is $159.75 and covers the knowledge test, a G2 road test later, and a five-year licence. A retake of the knowledge test is $16.

We are a driving school in Richmond Hill, not DriveTest, and we do not administer tests. Everything on this page about Mattawa is taken from DriveTest’s own centre locator on August 22, 2026. Where DriveTest publishes nothing, we say so instead of filling the gap.