Exam format

PPAER · 100 questions · 60% overall and per section

• Private Pilot Licence Aeroplane exam (PPAER)PPAER100 questions · 180 min · 4 answer options per question

You pass with 60% overall and at least 60% in every section. Source: Transport Canada

Rules

• All exams must fall within the 24 months before your licence application. Source: Transport Canada
• Exam fee: CA$131.54 per attempt. Source: Transport Canada
• With 60% or more overall but a section below 60%, you only rewrite the failed sections, together in one supplementary exam. Source: Transport Canada
• After a failed exam you wait 14 days before a rewrite, then 30 days, then 30 days more for each further fail, up to 180 days. Source: Transport Canada
• The ROC-A radio certificate is issued separately by ISED, not by Transport Canada. Source: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• You take the exams with Transport Canada. Exam language: English and French.

Units and conventions

Altimeter setting

inHg

Visibility

statute miles

Distance

nautical miles (NM)

Speed

knots (kt)

Altitude

feet (ft)

Mass

pounds (lb)

Fuel

US gallons (USG)

Phraseology

TC AIM (RAC)

Radio licence

separate certificate: ROC-A