APRIL 2025

 Welcome to our website, please read carefully as the site has been updated.

 DRIVERS LICENSE HISTORY:  For past students who completed our full defensive driving course and require certificate graduation notice for the Insurance Company, please use this link.

 New Drivers: We have included a link below to help new drivers' understand the different types of courses available and to assist you in choosing the ones that best suit your needs.

 https://www.ontario.ca/page/government-approved-driving-schools

 Note: Progressive Driving School does not rent vehicles for the road test. 

Driver Training: Progressive Driving School has been providing driver training in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area for 38 years, successfully teaching over 20,000 clients aged between 16 to 99. We helped our students comply with Ministry standards and pass their road tests, which require a basic level of driving aptitude without any motivation to further enhance their driving skills once they obtained their G driver's licence.

 Progressive Driving School is no longer committed to providing the Ministry of Transportation B.D.E. driver education courses.

 We are still in operation and have been Thunder Bay’s longest continuous driving school since 1986, but we stopped offering the MTO approved Beginner Driving Courses in June 2024.

 Since we closed our classroom, the MTO suggested moving to online courses, unfortunately, we didn't agree with the digital curriculum set out by the providers as it did not align with the values that we feel should be taught to new drivers. Therefore, we are now focusing on teaching corporate courses only.

 To elevate driving standards in this area, we have decided to focus our expertise on commercial and corporate training.

 Our goal is to promote new advanced driving skills, raise awareness of current driving practices and regulations, and support existing safe driving habits.

 Driving is an essential life skill that should be taken with commitment by both the teacher and the student. The main emphasis should be driver development with the students learning how to contextualize their learning. Getting a driver license is essential for many reasons, but secondary to effective practice.

Office Inquiries: Please email us at: driving@tbaytel.net for information on our corporate courses.