The nearest of the far ones
Seventy-five minutes down the 401 makes Cornwall the most straightforward out-of-town booking we take. A morning test is a normal morning for us.
Ottawa & Eastern Ontario · we come to your centre
Interlock road test car for Cornwall drivers
Cornwall DriveTest is at 120 Tollgate Road West, and we are 97 km away — about 75 minutes down the 401. No Cornwall school we could find advertises an interlock car.
Getting to the test
What Cornwall drivers need to know
A device installer in town
ALCOLOCK lists a Cornwall service centre, which matters more than it sounds — a missed 60-day calibration is a programme violation, not a minor slip.
Course and test together
If you need the ten hours as well, they can be run around the test date so the whole thing is one arrangement rather than several trips.
Do not let the calibration clash with the test
If your 60-day service appointment falls in the same week as your road test, move the service, not the test. DriveTest dates are the scarce thing; provider appointments are reschedulable, as long as you do not simply miss one.
The two Ottawa centres
Where we take the car
Both are standard, and neither costs more than the other. Whichever gave you the earlier date is the right one.
Walkley Road
South Ottawa
- Address
- 1570 Walkley Rd, Ottawa, ON K1V 6P5
- From our school
- 12.5 km, about 16 minutes
- Road tests
- Every licence class, including G2 and G
- Worth knowing
- The only Ottawa centre running Saturday road tests
Quote for Walkley Road
Cars free
Canotek Road
East Ottawa
- Address
- 5303 Canotek Rd, Unit 14, Ottawa, ON K1J 9M1
- From our school
- 3.8 km, about 6 minutes
- Road tests
- G2 and G road tests only
- Worth knowing
- Closest centre to us, straight out Montreal Road
Quote for Canotek Road
Cars free
What we cover from here
Cornwall, Long Sault, Ingleside, Alexandria and the surrounding SD&G townships.
If you are still working out what you need, start with renting an interlock car for your road test or the ten-hour ignition interlock training course. The rules behind all of it are set out in taking your road test with an “I” condition, and ignition interlock road test cars across Ontario are listed on one page. Drivers near you often also read about an interlock road test car in Brockville and an interlock road test car in Kingston.
How the day runs
Test morning, from Cornwall
Seventy-five minutes down the 401 and we are at 120 Tollgate Road West an hour before your appointment. Of the out-of-town centres, this is the one that runs most like a normal Ottawa morning.
The practice hour uses the roads around Tollgate and the residential streets north of it. Cornwall is a smaller centre than Walkley, the routes are more predictable, and an hour of properly targeted practice covers a good proportion of what you will actually be asked to do.
The car itself is the same everywhere: certified interlock, insured for a road test, unmarked, automatic, fresh mouthpiece. The full specification is on the road-test car page.
You might not need a road test at all
Before you book anything from Cornwall, check how long your licence was invalid. It is the only thing that decides whether a road test is required at all, and we would rather tell you now than take a booking you do not need.
- 1–3 yrs
- Eye test only — no road test. A first conviction carries a minimum one-year suspension, so most first-time drivers land here.
- 3–10 yrs
- Knowledge test, eye test and two road tests, with no mandatory waiting between them. This is who we are for.
- 10+ yrs
- You reapply as a new driver and serve every graduated licensing waiting period. No fast-tracking.
Questions
From Cornwall drivers
Is Cornwall a full-day booking for you?
No — 75 minutes each way makes it the most practical of the out-of-town centres. A morning test runs much like an Ottawa one.
My calibration is due the same week as my test.
Move the calibration, not the test. DriveTest dates are the scarce thing. Just do not miss the provider appointment entirely; that is a programme violation.
Do you come to Cornwall?
Yes, by arrangement. It is 97 km and about 75 minutes each way, which makes it the most practical of the out-of-town centres we cover. Tell us the date when you ask for a quote.
Is there an interlock car available locally?
Not that we could find as of 6 September 2026. If that has changed, use the local option — it will be cheaper than bringing a car from Ottawa.
Availability & pricing
Send the date. We’ll confirm the car.
Tell us the date, the centre and whether it is a G2 or a G. We check the car and an instructor against that slot and quote it in writing, usually the same day.
- Answered the same day, Monday to Saturday
- A written figure with everything included
- If you don’t need a road test, we’ll tell you that instead
Phone is faster. Someone answers Monday to Saturday, evenings included.