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The ministry is responsible for:

  • 9.7 million registered vehicles

  • 8.5 million drivers

  • 55 driver examination centres

  • 37 travel points (operated by Serco DES Inc, as DriveTest Centres)

  • 281 privately owned driver and vehicle licence issuing offices across the province

  • Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office

  • GO Transit

  • 16,525 kilometres of provincial highway

  • Service Ontario Kiosks


The current Minister of Transportation is the Honourable Harinder Takhar .

The ministry was gradually created and re-created from other provincial ministries:

  • Provincial road building instructor 1896-1916

  • Provincial Department of Public Highways 1916-1960s

  • Department in the motor vehicles branch 1920

  • Department of Highways 1960s

  • Ministry of Transportation and Communications 1971-1993



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