Ontario Truck Driving School

Fantastic experience: Really very good school, all the instructors very helpful. Overall i am very satisfied with their service

Fantastic experience: Great people, and great school. Lots of knowledge to be shared here, you get your moneys worth here.

Fantastic experience: Just got my AZ, first attempt, Hamilton campus! I am so glad I found this school. I live in Toronto, 1-2 hours away depending on traffic, and all of my friends were so skeptical about the location I picked. "Couldn't find anything closer" they said. Yes, and here's why: dozens of schools around me but none of them are the members of any of the trucking association. So does it mean that any other school is bad now? Not necessarily, but if you're the newbie like me and know nobody in the industry, having the AZ license with no experience is gonna bring you nowhere. You have to get your foot in the door somehow and Ontario Truck Driving School seems to be one of the solutions. Of course, nobody guarantees a job once you obtain the license, however when we were driving on the road or filling up the tanks at the truck stops, lots of truckers hauling steel, oil tankers were waving, honking to the instructors. You can not fake this. I saw it with my own eyes. And the guys coming up to us were like: "You are in good hands man, listen to what they say, I went to this school" So I believe I made a good choice. When I walked into their Hamilton office, Christopher and Stephanie welcomed me with their warm and positive energy. I could feel they're nice people. Very approachable and always pleasure to talk to. Always met me with sincere smiles. Then I met Abraham, who walked me through the program details. Very respectful and understanding gentleman. Answered all my questions. Scott, the Air Brake instructor, when I was in his class, I thought: wow, he really loves teaching. He was so passionate about the subject. Super interactive. I wish this world had more people like him. Although the program was super condensed (nothing to do with him, it's just the curriculum) he made boring stuff very interesting Same thing I can say about all other instructors: Sandra and Jean used to be the examiners at the drive test center. Sandra taught me how to back up. Ron and Val are the gentlemen with enormous driving experience. Ron shared his experience with shipping containers. Val gave some tips with long hauls around the US and Canada. Frank gave me an introduction to the manual transmission. The amount of patience he had with me on the manual is unbelievable. I drive manual daily, so I thought it's the same. little did I know... His sudden transitions from strict to a soft instructor in a split second to deescalate the tension inside the cab are one of the most memorable experiences. Well worth it. Jean is amazing: he is the combination of being strict and caring. Like everybody else. At first I was a bit worried I was assigned different instructor every other day, but then I quickly realized they are all strict, disciplined and professional, all of them are on the same level, but just different background. Alison, the online zoom instructor, she went through all the laws and regulations. Gave some interesting tips from her personal experience: "This is what we have in the book, but this is what you gonna see in real life" Amazing people! I am very glad I had the opportunity to learn from them! Thank you OTDS!

Fantastic experience: I just had the pleasure of doing my AZ course at this location at 505 Kenora Rd, I had the pleasure of dealing with the office staff and also the instructors they make you feel like part of the family, they also took the time to make sure that anything I was struggling with was clear and that I did understand it. Every instructor had different ways of teaching you specific things which makes it great to learn and helps retain the knowledge. I would highly recommend this school to anyone who wants to learn the proper way of driving a truck or any kind of vehicle. I can 100% say they teach you the proper steps to successfully pass your road test (as long as you listen properly to what they have to teach you). Once again thank you so much for teaching me and helping me along my journey that helped me get my AZ

Fantastic experience: I took the F class license training course here and it was great! I received 10 hours of 1 on 1 instruction with a very knowledgeable instructor who was friendly and very patient with me. They also drove the vehicle to the drivetest center for me on the day of the test and I passed the test easily on my first try. They were very accommodating with scheduling. Great school!