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Driving Safe... for Life!

Providing Comprehensive Training Behind-the-Wheel

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Welcome to National! Driving Safe... for Life!

Providing Comprehensive Training Behind-the-Wheel

Voted #1 in Guelph for 7 of the Last 8 Years!

As chosen in the Readers’ Choice Awards for the Guelph Mercury-Tribune 2016-2022!

2016–18 – #1, 2019 – #2, 2020-24 #1

The combination of a classroom experience that is actually interesting and in-car instructors who are some of the best have helped us get to be the #1 driving school in Guelph. Our instructors Ian, Ranee, and Terry have over 60 years of combined experience and bad jokes to help you become safe and confident drivers for life. After all, you will be sharing the road WITH US after you get your license, so it's in everyone's best interests to make sure you're a good driver.

Award

Limited Time Special Offer! Save Big Now!! We are pleased to have been voted #1 again for 2023-24 in Guelph by both the Guelph Mercury-Tribune and Guelphtoday.com and are offering a special discount of $100*** off for a very limited time on our full MTO-Approved B.D.E. Course. THANKS AGAIN GUELPH!!  ***PROMOTIONAL PRICING IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL COURSE DATES EXCEPT MARCH BREAK.

Whether you're driving around the neighborhood or around the world...

Let National help you become a safe, defensive driver

Here Is What We Can Offer You with Our Beginner Driver Education MTO‑Approved Course

  • Award-winning driver training! (Guelph Mercury-Tribune Reader's Choice Awards Winner for 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21)
  • Potential insurance savings up to the maximum your insurance company offers for an MTO-approved course!
  • Full MTO-approved course certification upon successful completion of your training
  • Modern PowerPoint-based classroom program run by an instructor with over 27 years of experience and stories that students stay engaged with.
  • Eligibility to take the road test 4 months earlier.
  • A course recommended by driving examiners who have sent their own friends and neighbors to us.
  • Male and female instructors
  • Online eLearning modules cover driving theory for those individuals whose schedules may require extreme flexibility.
  • Depending on the course selected and the season, you may be taught skid avoidance, defensive driving, strategic emergency handling techniques, highway driving, night driving, and/or winter driving control
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Pick-up and drop-off anywhere within Guelph city limits.
  • Installment payment plan available. Just ask about it when you call to register. (519) 400-7233
  • Great availability (depending on your schedule) for in-car lessons 6 days a week.
  • MTO-certified, highly-trained instructors ... Click here for details.
  • Highest government road test passing rate of any driving school for students attempting a road test in Guelph!
  • Clear and easy-to-understand instructions, both in class and in the car. (An important skill when it comes to safety)
  • Automatic transmission in-vehicle lessons
  • Late-model vehicles that are annually safety inspected and have a dual brake system for your safety.

Private Lesson Packages

Click on your license level to see what options are available for in-car-only lesson packages

Myths or Facts?

There is a big difference in the quality of instruction available to students. Check with others who have already taken driver training before you commit. We will let our word-of-mouth speak for us. We have had many students from certain other driving schools come to us and say things like

"I never got taught that" / ''I never learned that"

"You explain things in a way that makes sense"

"I wish I had come here (National) first"

"My last instructor at... was hard to understand"

"It's nice to see a teacher who is passionate about what he teaches... thanks!"

The truth is that many schools now focus mostly on how to pass the road test. They spend much of the lesson time driving around the testing area, so their students learn how to pass the test; not how to handle different driving situations and types of drivers. At National, we aim much higher to offer our students the necessary training of skills and knowledge to be able to handle whatever comes across their path.

We teach a defensive approach that can help keep our students safe by using the right attitude and proactively assess potential threats which can allow them time to make the right decisions.