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If you get a provincial offences notice, you must respond within 30 days. If you don’t pay your fine or request a trial or early resolution meeting within that time, the court will review your ticket and you may be convicted.
Once you’ve been convicted, it is too late to choose any of the options on the back of your original ticket. Instead, you will receive a notice of fine and due date by mail at the address on file. The notice will indicate the date of your conviction and the amount due.
The Ministry of Transportation may suspend your licence for unpaid fines. If this happens, you must pay your fines and a reinstatement fee in person before your licence will be reinstated.
Go to a Service Ontario location to pay your fine and reinstatement fee.
You can also pay your fine at the Provincial Offences Court at 950 Burnhamthorpe Road West. But you must still visit a Service Ontario location after 4 business days to pay the reinstatement fee.
Once all unpaid fines and the reinstatement fee have been paid, the Ministry of Transportation will reinstate your licence.
You must make sure you have a valid driver’s licence before driving. If you own a vehicle, you must also check that everyone who drives your vehicle has a valid licence.
You can check the status of an Ontario licence using the Ministry of Transportation’s driver’s licence check.
If you’ve broken certain driving laws, the Ministry of Transportation will decide whether to add demerit points to your driver’s licence.
Contact the Ministry of Transportation if you have any questions about a licence suspension or demerit points.