Port Union DriveTest Centre: G2 Road Test Route Guide

The Toronto Port Union DriveTest Centre is located at 91 Rylander Boulevard in Scarborough (M1B 5M5), near Kingston Road and Sheppard Avenue East. This centre serves students from eastern Scarborough, Pickering, and Ajax. The centre is open Monday to Friday from 7 AM to 7 PM and Saturday from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. Port Union is generally considered a moderate-difficulty test centre: the route uses a combination of Kingston Road (a busy arterial) and quieter residential streets, with an uphill parking requirement that distinguishes it from most other GTA centres.

The Port Union G2 route is approximately 15 minutes long. It follows a consistent pattern that most students who have practised the area will recognise.

Kingston Road is a busy east-west arterial with multiple lanes, frequent traffic lights, bus stops, and turning vehicles. You will drive it twice on the route: once heading west after turning off Rylander, and once returning east toward the end of the test. The examiner is watching for correct lane positioning, smooth deceleration approaching traffic lights, full stops when required, and awareness of buses pulling in and out of stops. Do not tailgate. Do not change lanes unnecessarily. Signal all turns well in advance.

The uphill parking requirement is the distinctive challenge at Port Union that most students do not encounter at other centres. When parking on a hill facing uphill, you must turn your front wheels away from the curb (to the left) before setting the parking brake. The examiner checks both the wheel position and that you have applied the parking brake. This is a simple technique but it requires deliberate practice. If you have not specifically practised uphill parking before your test, do so. It takes 10 minutes to learn and it eliminates a common automatic fail risk.

Port Union typically includes three manoeuvres in the Durness Avenue residential area.

Practise Kingston Road in both directions during normal traffic hours so the arterial section feels routine. Then spend time in the Durness Avenue and Durnford Road residential area specifically: practise your 3-point turn in that street width, and practise uphill parking on any incline you can find beforehand. The Durness Avenue incline is mild but you should not encounter uphill parking for the first time on test day. Arrive via Rylander Boulevard so you are already familiar with the plaza exit turn before the test begins.