Canadian, American, Austrian, German, Swiss, Japanese or South Korean driver's licence?
British Columbia has driver licence exchange agreements with these jurisdictions. You may exchange your other licence for an equivalent class B.C. driver's licence (please note that this requires you to surrender your other licence upon application). In most cases, you will not need to take a road test if you hold:
a Canadian or American passenger car or motorcycle operator's licence, or
an Austrian, German or Swiss Category B or German Class 3 driver's licence for passenger cars, or
a Japanese Ordinary driver's licence or a South Korean Class 2 Ordinary driver's licence for passenger cars, or
a Canadian licence equivalent to a B.C. Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 (commercial) licence
and your licence is valid or expired less than 3 years ago.