Family owned driving school since 1996. The McKenna family has grown our reputation in Halifax, Dartmouth and the surrounding area for our dedicated and experienced instructors.
Mckenna’s Driving School is proud to offer our students:
- Competitive rates – We don’t comprise on safety, we focus on keeping our home office admin costs low so we can offer savings to our students
- Locally operated for over 26 years by the McKenna family
- Two locations – Halifax and Dartmouth
- Comprehensive in-class and in-vehicle lessons (view course outline here)
- Extensive highway driving, downtown driving, rotary driving, recovery lessons for highway shoulder driving and vehicle avoidance
- Winter conditions driving during winter months
- 100% online and asynchronous delivery of our theory course
- Complimentary access to driving school vehicle for lessons and the road test
- Thorough preparation for the Access Nova Scotia Road Test (we have high road test pass rates and only advise you to take the road test when you are ready)
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Why completing an approved Driver Education Course is a great investment:
- 25-hours reviewing rules and regulations of driving a vehicle and 10-hours of practising driving a vehicle with a certified instructor
- Vehicles with dual-control so instructors are always in control of the vehicle
- Learning environment with professionals removes the emotional aspect of learning to drive with friends and family
- Decreased motor vehicle insurance rates with proof of McKenna’s Driving School Certificate
- 9 months to complete NS New Driver Program rather than in 12 months without course (more info here)
- No charge to remove N (Newly Licensed Driver) off license. Without an approved Drivers Education Course you will need to take a 6-hour course for a cost of about $120
- Higher probability of passing the road test ($53 each time you take the test)
- Learning the rules of the road and becoming a better and safer driver