I'm going to assume Travellove414 is a tourist and looking to buy a car to drive around in for a couple of months. This is a very common way to see OZ. As Eden7 mentions, check out and search on 'buying a car'. You'll get more information that you ever wanted.

Answer 1 of 23: Hi Im looking at buying a car in Ontario but I cant find out anywhere if I need to have an actual Canadian drivers licence? Or does it not. I would suggest you get an 'International Drivers License'. Torrent Microsoft Office 2010 Proofing Tools here. Not sure where one does that in Australia, but in Canada it's through the Automobile Associations. May 25, 2016. You may be able to exchange it for an Ontario driver's licence. The type of licence you can get depends on how much driving experience you have and if the country has a reciprocal agreement with Ontario. International Driver Permit. Some countries require travellers to carry special driving permits in addition to their regular driver's license. These International Driver Permit (IDP) are available in Canada exclusively at CAA Stores and are available to members and non-members alike.

To BUY a car, nobody is going to check your drivers license. To REGISTER a car, they might.

But if you buy a used car from a dealer, they can handle the registration for you. I would suggest you get an 'International Drivers License'.

Not sure where one does that in Australia, but in Canada it's through the Automobile Associations. You should be ok for about 6 months without a local license. Man you people are tough:) We have one post pointing to the appropriate link. And 3 posts grumbling about the original post. I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt.

This is a fully legitimate travel related question. I know travellers who have done exactly the same in reverse in Australia. And I would not hesitate to ask similar questions on those forums. Now at least they have the appropriate starting point. Regarding the IDP. Everything mentioned above is correct. Its just that it only costs $10 or so and may or may not help if the OP was pulled over by the police.

Good point above about Insurance. That would definitely be the biggest sticking point. An IDP is absolutely superfluous in this instance. The official document is the drivers licence issued by the authorities in the country of origin - an IDP is just a translation of that into other languages. Otc Genisys 3.0 Manual. Here in NSW where both myself and OP live an IDP is issued by the local motoring authority ans has no legal standing, the same as any IDP issued in other countries.