Canada's Worst Driver

Canada's Worst Driver (often abbreviated CWD) was a Canadian television series that aired on Discovery Channel Canada from October 3, 2005 to December 17, 2018, with reruns of select seasons occasionally airing on CTV. Based on Britain's Worst Driver, Canada's Worst Driver was a part of the Worst Driver television franchise and was produced by Proper Television whose president, Guy O'Sullivan, was the director of the original Britain's Worst Driver series until its cancellation in 2003. O'Sullivan served as executive producer of Canada's Worst Driver until his death in April 2017, doubling as executive producer of sister series Canada's Worst Handyman until its cancellation in 2011. As such, Canada's Worst Driver was considered to be the production company's flagship show and, with 14 seasons and 115 episodes aired, including five specials, the longest-running of any Worst series to date. The series also aired dubbed in French in Canada as Les Pires Chauffards Canadiens on the Z channel with Richard Turcotte as host. Until 2011, when Canada's Worst Handyman was cancelled after six seasons and later replaced in 2015 with Blood, Sweat & Tools, Canada's Worst Driver and Canada's Worst Handyman were the two highest-rated programs on Discovery Channel Canada. On May 21, 2019, series host Andrew Younghusband announced on his personal Facebook page that the show would not be renewed for a fifteenth season, with no reason being given publicly for the series' cancellation (it's believed O'Sullivan's death may have contributed to the decision).[1]

Canada's Worst Driver
Canada's Worst Driver season one title card
Developed by	Proper Television
Written by	Andrew Younghusband
Presented by	Andrew Younghusband
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	115
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Younghusband Lesia Capone Blair Ricard
Producers	Guy O'Sullivan (2005-2016) Blair Ricard Jeff Cole
Running time	46 minutes (without commercials) 60 minutes (with commercials)
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel
Original release	October 3, 2005 – December 17, 2018
Chronology
Related shows	Britain's Worst Driver (2002-2003) Canada's Worst Handyman (2006-2011) Blood, Sweat & Tools (2015) Don't Drive Here (2013-2015)
External links
Website

Format

In each season, a number of drivers (typically eight) and their nominators enroll at the "Driver Rehabilitation Centre," where they compete in challenges designed to improve their driving skills in an effort to not be named Canada's Worst Driver. In the first challenge, the contestants begin at a location typically about a 90-minute drive from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. Following the directions that are given (in season fourteen, the nominees were given the directions through their GPS in keeping with that season's "evolution of driving" theme), each contestant must drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre where, upon arrival, the driver's license (or, for the first two seasons, the car keys) is confiscated. The first episode typically concludes with an obstacle course or assessment challenge, meant to evaluate the skills of each driver. The series is well known for its obstacle course challenges. Contestants must routinely maneuver their cars through tight spaces with less than an inch of clearance on either side of the vehicle. To show that the challenge can be done without hitting obstacles by an "average" driver, Andrew, himself an average driver (although he has since admitted that he was not that average when the series began), performs each challenge before any contestant attempts the same course. At the end of each episode, each contestant meets with Andrew and a panel of four experts for an evaluation of his or her performance. Since the eighth season, the panel consisted of Tim Danter, Shyamala Kiru, Philippe Létourneau and Cam Woolley. After all remaining contestants are interviewed, the experts deliberate with Andrew on which contestant and nominator pair have improved enough to graduate from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. The driver who has graduated is eliminated from the competition and is sent home with his or her license (or keys in the first two seasons) returned to him or her by Andrew. Typically, the contestants drive off with their nominators in the car that they used to arrive at the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. This was not always the case, as in the third season, after taking the racing helmet and his driver's license in one piece (the alternative was choosing the scissors, cutting his license in 90 pieces and being expelled), Thomas Hobbs was given a ride to Barrie Speedway, where, as a reward for being that season's second graduate, he partook (and won) in his first race on a track, vowing never to street race again, as the experience from being at the track alone (let alone racing) was well worth the trip to rehab, while in the fourth season, due to being too young to have a rental car insured, Teagan Cramer was given a limousine ride home after graduating in the penultimate episode (subsequently setting up the only all-female finale in the series' history) and in the fifth season, Joanna "JoJo" Kopty drove home in a Mercedes-Benz as a reward for being that season's first graduate. During the series, the experts also reserve the right to not graduate anyone during an episode (generally the fifth episode of a season, although contestants have been allowed to either graduate or withdraw for personal reasons, the former of which has happened twice-- Billie-Jean Leslie in the third season (only because Dr. Louisa Gembora, the show's psychologist that season (the first of three consecutive seasons as an expert), believed that Shelby D'Souza, who would have graduated that episode, would benefit more from staying in rehab, a decision that later proved costly, as he ended up failing to graduate in the final episode) and Diane Akers in the sixth season (only because Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Smith, the show's psychologist that season (her only season as an expert), believed that Bradley "Brad" Hengerer, who would ultimately be that season's final graduate, performed worse in the Lane Change Rally even with his wife and nominator, Donna, constantly advising him)-- and the latter only once (Crystal Hubley Farao left in the fifth season after her brother-in-law, Tom Stagno, was killed in a motorcycle accident)) or to take other courses of action as they see fit. Graduating multiple contestants at the same time has occurred twice, with Jodi Slobodesky and Sean McConnell both graduating in the penultimate episode of the second season (with Andrew convincing Sean to finally see the error of his speeding habits and admit that "slower is safer" and then giving him 50 stickers with the show's phone number in case he ever sped in public again) and Alexander "Alex" Morrison and Tina Cook both graduating in the second episode of the eleventh season (this was due to that season having nine contestants, hence the reason for why the fourteenth season had only seven contestants instead of the usual eight). The panel may choose to expel any contestant prematurely who does not show any incentive to learn or who they believe should not continue driving, the former of which has also occurred twice, with Canada's Worst Driver 2 contestant Colin Sheppard having his car key cut in half by Andrew in the fourth episode and his car towed away and Canada's Worst Driver 6 contestant Scott Schurink having his shared insurance policy cancelled in the second episode by his nominator, Danny Bridgman (rendering Scott unable to drive himself, as his insurance cost of $15,000 was too prohibitively expensive). The panel may also release a contestant who they judge to be unable to continue the rehabilitation program for medical or legal reasons. In extreme cases, the experts may contact the relevant Ministry of Transportation and request that a driver's license be put up for review, if they believe that a contestant is medically unfit to continue driving, which has also occurred twice, with Canada's Worst Driver 4 contestant Donna Hicks suffering an angina attack in The Water Tank Challenge and effectively falsifying her medical form by not declaring them and Canada's Worst Driver 6 "runner-up" Dale Pitton attempting to quit rehab during her appearance on Canada's Worst Driver Ever and refusing to take responsibility for her actions, leading the experts to decide not to even afford Dale a medical-based departure, as they did with Canada's Worst Driver 5 "winner" Angelina Marcantognini, who was booked into a 60-day stay at a specialist psychiatric clinic during her own appearance on Canada's Worst Driver Ever. The elimination process continues until only three contestants remain (the original intent was for two contestants to remain, but in the first season, an episode was aired in which no one graduated due to an overall poor performance in the Icy Corner Challenge, leading to three finalists; every subsequent season had three finalists), although Andrew twice suggested having a four-person finale-- in the penultimate episode of the seventh season when he unsuccessfully tried to convince the experts to not graduate Afiya Lassy, believing that she was still a pathological liar who told the experts what they wanted to hear and in the penultimate episode of the tenth season when he unsuccessfully tried to convince the experts to not graduate Tyler Fitzsimmons due to the all-around awful performances in the Icy Corner Challenge despite Tyler performing the best and would likely avoid most dangerous situations in real-life (suggestions that, luckily for Afiya and Tyler, none of the experts followed through on), although half the experts did consider having a four-person finale in the fourteenth season before ultimately deciding to graduate Descyara "Descy" McMurray in the penultimate episode. In each finale, the remaining drivers are given their final challenge-- typically a three-in-a-car forward-backward slalom within a certain time limit (introduced in the eighth season)-- followed by the "Mega Challenge," an obstacle course with elements of almost every previous challenge seen during the season (with the exception of the standard transmission balancing challenge, among others) and a driving examination through the busy streets of a major urban centre near the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. In addition to Hamilton, Ontario, where the Road Test had been held since the seventh season, the Road Test was held in other major urban centres: Montreal, Quebec (season one; the only season in which the Road Test was not held in a Ontario city), Toronto, Ontario (seasons two, four and five), Barrie, Ontario (season three) and Niagara Falls, Ontario (season six). Based on these challenges, the experts determine which finalist is ultimately Canada's Worst Driver. The contestant who fared the second-worst is deemed to not have graduated from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, while the contestant who fared the third-worst is typically considered a successful graduate or the final graduate of the Rehabilitation Centre. However, this was not always the case, as during both the ninth season and the eleventh season, despite finishing third-worst, Sly Grosjean and Sholom Hoffman failed to graduate due to their respective poor track records (Michael Telford and Renee Boily were considered final graduates in their respective seasons by default). Unlike other Worst Driver series around the world, where being a graduate is rewarded with either a new car or, as was the case on America's Worst Driver, a trip for two while the worst has their car destroyed, Canada's Worst Driver only awards a trophy at the end of each season to emphasize education, the learning process of the contestants and the science of driving above entertainment value.

Experts

Experts	Season
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Cam Woolley
Philippe Létourneau
Shyamala Kiru
Tim Danter
Peter Mellor
Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Smith
Dr. Louisa Gembora
Dan Bagyan
Scott Marshall
Marcus Agyeman
Juliana Chiovitti
Kelly Williams
Jim Kenzie
Dr. Uzma Rehman

Challenges

With the exception of the first and last episodes, challenges are specifically tailored to each contestant and designed by Andrew and the driving school sponsoring the series (whose head instructor is one of the experts; for the first three seasons, it was Young Drivers of Canada Director of Training Scott Marshall; in season four, it was Dan Bagyan of the Signature Driving School; in seasons five-seven, it was Peter Mellor of the Advanced Motoring Bureau and since season eight, it was Tim Danter of DriveWise). Challenges typically range from traditional driving school lessons such as parallel parking, reversing and driving with a trailer to those not normally found in a beginner's driving course, such as driving a standard transmission vehicle and extreme driving manoeuvres (such as the Scandinavian flick). However, there are some challenges that are reused from year-to-year, like The Eye of the Needle and The Water Tank Challenge, which were both first introduced in the first season and are the only challenges to be featured in every season.

• The Shoulder Check Challenge is a challenge where contestants must drive in a straight line until they pass a sign on each side. The signs determine which of the two exits the contestants must take when the road forks ahead; however, the signs are posted in the reverse direction, so the contestants must briefly look behind them to read the signs. If neither exit is permitted, they are simply instructed to stop in front of the fork in the road. The lesson of this challenge is to only turn the head when performing a shoulder check, not the entire human body.
• Distracted Driving is a challenge introduced in the second season that was so unusually effective on one contestant (Matt Elkind) that it has been used in every subsequent season. In this challenge, drivers must drive around in a circle while having to do a series of tasks such as eating a sandwich, inserting a CD, texting and so on. Often, these tasks are tailored to each contestant's vices. The lesson is meant to teach individuals to not do these things while at the wheel, as it can cause potential accidents.
• Swerve and Avoid is a challenge where contestants must drive towards a wall at high speeds, only to turn away-- that is, swerve-- at the last moment to avoid hitting the wall. Typically, there are two exits to each side of the wall, which will either initially be blocked before one or both open at the last moment or initially be open before one or neither are blocked in the last moment. The lesson is to avoid touching the brake pedal, as putting the foot down on the brake will severely limit the car's steering ability and lead to crashing.
• The Cornering Challenge (called Driving into a Wall in the first two seasons) is a challenge where contestants must drive towards a wall of foam blocks at high speed before braking hard, releasing the brake and then turning away from the wall. The lesson in this challenge is to release the brake so as to not lose steering input to the car when it is needed. In some seasons, a large wet tarp may also be laid out on the ground in front of the wall, to simulate icy or slippery conditions.
• The Three-Point Turn Challenge (called The Dirty Circle in the second season) is a challenge where contestants must enter a small space and make a three-point turn, returning in the direction that they entered. The entrance may either be off to one side of the area (as it is in earlier seasons) or to the centre of the area (as it is in later seasons). A key lesson in this challenge is to make use of the space available to the car in order to do the turn efficiently; in some seasons, obstacles may ring the outer perimeter of the area to give the contestants a better visual cue.
• The Eye of the Needle is a perennial challenge where contestants must navigate through a series of archways at a minimum speed. The intended lesson is to have the driver look where they want to go, in the middle of the archways rather than at the feet on one side of the archway.
• The Figure-Eight Challenge (called Broken Hearts in the third season) is a perennial challenge introduced where drivers must reverse their car around a course in the shape of an 8. There are two versions of this challenge. The first version, originally featured in the second season, had a pair of contestants perform the challenge simultaneously: both cars begin in one end of the course and contestants must reverse their cars to where the other contestant began, with the only passing spaces available at the centre and opposite end of the course. The second version, introduced in the fourth season, has each contestant do one lap in reverse with the remaining contestants as passengers.
• Canada's Worst Parking Lot is a version of musical chairs where drivers must find spaces to park. The parking lot is filled with cars and may have blocker cars that attempt to frustrate the contestants and cars that may open up new parking spaces. Any driving violation-- such as parking in a no parking zone or hitting a stationary object-- will typically send the contestant out of the parking lot in a lap penalty. The challenge ends when one contestant fails to park.
  • Canada's Worst Gas Station is a variation on the Canada's Worst Parking Lot Challenge with many of the same rules, but instead of just trying to find spaces to park, contestants also try to get fuel at a simulated self-service gasoline station, avoiding the diesel pump, which their car can't use. Hitting anything or performing a moving violation requires the contestant to leave the station and come back to try again. Most of the pumps start with blocker cars in front of them, which will leave as the challenge goes on. The challenge ends when one contestant fails to get fuel.
• The Water Tank Challenge is a perennial favorite in which the contestants must navigate around a tight obstacle course in a car with a roof-mounted water tank; should the contestants stop too abruptly, the contents of the tank will spill over into the cab of the vehicle, soaking its occupants. In earlier seasons, this was done with a pipe system, though in later seasons, open-top cars or cars with a sunroof are used. Portions of the obstacle course will include a slow forward section, sudden stops due to last-minute reactions, such as a hidden stop sign or a pop-out car, a hump-- infamous for repeatedly soaking Andrew in his demonstration runs-- and optionally an acceleration portion. The intended lesson is on smooth threshold braking: should the contestants brake poorly or navigate too quickly, the water in the tank will spill, soaking both the contestant and nominator inside.
• The Handbrake Turn Challenge is a challenge introduced in the third season that has contestants perform a handbrake turn around a foam figure while in a confined space. The intent of this challenge is for contestants to learn the distribution of weight in a car, as well as a lesson on how to properly control a car in a skid.
• The Reverse Flick is a challenge that has contestants perform the namesake technique in a confined space; it is in essence the handbrake turn in reverse, and without the use of the handbrake. The intent of this challenge is similar to the handbrake turn challenge, but also introduces elements of driving in reverse at speed.
• Drifting Doughnuts (called Burning Out in the third season) is a challenge where contestants must drive in a wide doughnut around a figure; the key to this challenge is counter-steering partway through in order to allow the car to continue drifting, eventually towards a designated exit point. The lesson behind this challenge is on extreme manoeuvres as well as avoiding target fixation.
• The Trough is a challenge introduced in the fifth season where contestants must get their car to move across the namesake trough, a series of concrete Jersey barriers placed on their side, without the car leaving the rails and hitting the ground. The lesson behind this challenge is that the rear wheels will turn more sharply than the front wheels; the key to this challenge is to take wide turns and allow the car to hug the edges of the concrete rails.
• The Parallel Parking Challenge requires drivers to parallel park. Often, there is a moving obstacle, such an emergency vehicle, that the contestant must give way to.
• The Teeter-Totter (called The Balance-Beam for Unbalanced Drivers in the third season) is a challenge that has contestants balance a car atop a teeter-totter, such that both ends for the apparatus are off of the ground. The lesson of this challenge is on managing cars on slopes. The Gimbal is a variation of the teeter-totter challenge, where lateral motion is also introduced.
• The Slalom Challenge is a challenge where drivers "swerve" around blue and pink foam mannequins. In the seventh season, they were changed into red and blue hockey players, in keeping with that season's "Driving in Canada" theme. In the eighth season, they were changed into blue and pink shopping people, in keeping with that season's "Big city driving" theme.
• The Lane Change Challenge is a challenge where the drivers are on a two-lane course. The goal is to pass Andrew twice as he drives around. Key to this challenge is learning the proper technique for lane changes (check mirrors, signal, shoulder check, change lanes). Each infraction committed or improperly-executed lane change requires the guilty driver to pass Andrew one extra time. The challenge concludes when only one contestant is left on the course.

Nomination

Like its sister series, the contestants are chosen by nominations submitted to Proper Television. Until June 2011, when Canada's Worst Handyman was cancelled and later replaced in 2015 with Blood, Sweat & Tools, Canada's Worst Driver and Canada's Worst Handyman were filmed alternately, with each season of Driver followed by a season of Handyman (except for the first season, in which Handyman was filmed during the summer and Driver was filmed during the winter, Driver has been filmed during the summer and Handyman was filmed during the winter). Nominations for the next season of one are accepted shortly after the airing of another on Discovery Channel. Also, like its sister series, candidates may be nominated by multiple nominators, though only one nominator accompanies the contestant to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre.

Home Video/Internet Availability

Seasons 1-7 are currently available for download in Canada from the iTunes Store in widescreen standard definition (480p). Seasons 8-14 are available from iTunes in both standard definition and high definition (720p/1080p). Seasons 2-7 are available for streaming on CraveTV. Each season has also been posted on DiscoveryChannel.ca and YouTube for streaming. There has been no news on whether the series will be released on DVD/Blu-ray.

Seasons

Season	Original run	Location	Theme	Canada's Worst Driver (CWD)	Runner(s)-Up	Final Graduate	Reason	Notes
1	October 3, 2005-November 21, 2005	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place at CFB Picton (currently operating as Picton Airport), a decommissioned military base near Picton, Ontario that closed down in 1969, with the final road test taking place in Old Montreal.	Winter driving	Chris Ferguson	Madalena Phillips	Heather Reynolds	Chris was the first person named Canada's Worst Driver due to his inexperience on the road.	This was the only season filmed in the winter; all subsequent seasons have been filmed during the summer. This is also the first (and, as of 2018, only) time that the final road test took place in a Canadian city not in Ontario; all subsequent seasons have the final road test in an Ontario city.
2	October 16, 2006-December 4, 2006	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place within the grounds of CFB Borden, with the final road test taking place in Toronto.	Summer driving	Henrietta Gallant	Michael Telford	Shannon Willemsen	Henrietta was the first woman named Canada's Worst Driver due to her vision issues and her insistence on not wearing glasses, along with being unable to complete the final road test.	This season saw the first-ever expulsion in any Worst Driver series when Colin Sheppard was expelled due to his unwillingness to learn. This season also saw the first instance of two contestants graduating in an episode, as Sean McConnell and Jodi Slobodesky did so in the penultimate episode.
3	October 29, 2007-December 17, 2007	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place at the Edgar Adult Occupation Centre, a radar station in Edgar, Ontario that was sold in 1964 and later used as an institution for developmentally disabled or handicapped adults until it closed down in 1999, with the final road test taking place in Barrie, Ontario.	Extreme driving manoeuvres	Jason Zhang	Shelby D'Souza	Jennifer Kritzer	Jason was named Canada's Worst Driver for his dangerous final road test performance, stopping in the middle of merging onto Ontario Highway 400. As a result, Jason immediately surrendered his license and gave up driving permanently, the first-ever contestant to do so, which made runner-up Shelby D'Souza, who would have graduated in the fifth episode if not for Dr. Louisa Gembora's sole dissenting opinion on who the most improved driver was, technically the worst by default.	This season saw the first instance of a contestant graduating in the fifth episode, as, despite her jerky driving in the Water Tank Challenge, in which she lost 40 litres (11 US gal) of water (less than Jason and Jennifer, but more than Shelby and Ed Porter), Billie-Jean Leslie graduated (except for Dr. Gembora, Andrew and the experts felt that Shelby was the most improved driver).
4	October 27, 2008-December 15, 2008	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place at the old Ontario Reformatory Prison, an abandoned correctional facility in Guelph, Ontario that closed down in 2002 due to being too harsh, with the final road test taking place in Toronto.	Legal consequences of bad driving	Ashley van Ham	Emily Wang	Amy-Lee "Amy" Wisniewski	Despite passing most of the challenges and being shortlisted four times, including three episodes in a row, Ashley was named Canada's Worst Driver for having never addressed her frustrations with her husband and nominator, Bryan.	This season saw the first-ever medical expulsion in any Worst Driver series due to the experts' belief that Donna Hicks should no longer be driving; Donna was eliminated in this manner in part due to angina. This season also saw the only instance of an all-female finale in the series' history (this is due to that season having only three male nominees-- Teagan Cramer, Curt Higham and Kenneth "Ken" Westwood).
5	October 26, 2009-December 14, 2009	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place within the grounds of CFB Borden (referred to on-air by Andrew as "an undisclosed military location"), with the final road test again taking place in Toronto.	Driver's boot camp	Angelina Marcantognini	Michael "Mike" Butt	Arun Suryanarayanan	Angelina was named Canada's Worst Driver due to her severe anxiety and lack of focus. Andrew further stated during the Canada's Worst Driver: U Asked! special his belief that Angelina is the worst of the "worst drivers" to date, though he subsequently retracted this statement in Canada's Worst Driver Ever and said that her severe emotional problems were more to blame for her driving than a lack of technical ability.	This season saw the first time a contestant left due to a personal (and ironically, driving-related) tragedy-- Crystal Hubley Farao's brother-in-law, Tom Stagno, was killed in a motorcycle accident. This season was also the first to feature the three finalists driving a convertible on each of their final road tests during the final episode of every subsequent season.
6	October 25, 2010-December 13, 2010	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre took place at Dunnville Airport, a registered aerodrome near Dunnville, Ontario that ceased airport operations in 2013, with the final road test taking place in Niagara Falls, Ontario.	High-performance driving	Lance Morin	Dale Pitton	Bradley "Brad" Hengerer	Lance was named Canada's Worst Driver for being inexperienced and denying that his anxiety had anything to do with his driving.	This season featured the first-ever instance of a driver effectively being removed not by the experts, but by their nominator after Scott Schurink's poor attitude caused his nominator, Danny Bridgman, to cancel their shared insurance policy, resulting in Scott's immediate expulsion, as he was unable to insure himself due to his insurance being too expensive. This season also saw the second instance of a contestant graduating in the fifth episode, as Diane Akers was indisputably responsible for her successful performance in the Lane Change Rally Challenge.
7	October 24, 2011-December 13, 2011	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the second year in a row, with the final road test taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	The peculiarities of driving in Canada	Shirley Sampson	Sly Grosjean	Aaron Cheshire	Despite performing well in most of the challenges this season, Shirley was named Canada's Worst Driver for having a disastrous road test that included stopping while merging onto (and attempting to exit) the Chedoke Expressway.	This season was the first to be broadcast in HD, owing to the launch of the high-definition simulcast of Discovery Channel.
8	October 29, 2012-December 17, 2012	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the third year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	Big city driving	Flora Wang and Kevin Simmons	None	Diane Zbierski	Both Flora and Kevin were named Canada's Worst Driver for being equally bad in different ways, with Flora's poor progress and Kevin's non-functioning right eye, respectively, being their main issues.	This was the only time that there was ever a tie for Canada's Worst Driver.
Ever	October 28, 2013-December 16, 2013	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at the Dunnville Airport for the fourth year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	An "all-star" season, which saw nine previous winners and runners-up return to the show for a chance to either redeem themselves or be named the worst-ever.	Kevin Simmons	Dale Pitton and Sly Grosjean	Michael Telford	Kevin was named Canada's Worst Driver Ever after turning in an even worse final road test than the previous season. Afterwards, he burned his license under the promise he'd made to the panel and his boyfriend and nominator, Lenny Stone, that he'd stop driving if he either didn't graduate or was named the worst.	This season saw the first time a contestant graduated in the first episode (as Chris Ferguson was the only returning driver to pass the assessment challenge), another contestant was disqualified and removed from the show due to the experts judging Henrietta Gallant ineligible to take part (Henrietta admitted she largely gave up driving after previously being named the worst) and another contestant's nominator was replaced (Yolanda Kozak served as Michael Telford's nominator after his original nominator, Eric, was unable to return for health reasons; he had since recovered to replace her in the fifth episode after she was proven to be too negative and detrimental).
10	October 27, 2014-December 15, 2014	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the fifth year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	10th Anniversary	Chanie Richard	Siham Martell	Jason Marcoux	Self-described "Selfie Queen" Chanie was named Canada's Worst Driver for her lack of focus at the wheel and admission of driving without legally required medication.	None
11	October 26, 2015-December 14, 2015	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the sixth year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	High-speed driving	Jillian Matthews	Polly Sargeant and Sholom Hoffman	Renee Boily	Despite passing some challenges and numerous practice driving sessions in public off-camera, Jillian was named Canada's Worst Driver due to her inability to completely overcome her anxiety when alone behind the wheel, deemed by the judges to be a real danger to other drivers on the road.	This season featured nine contestants instead of the usual eight, as for the first time ever, a pair of contestants also acted as nominators for each other, as Sholom and Shmuel Hoffman both nominated one another and were considered equally bad drivers. This season also saw the second instance of two contestants graduating in an episode, as Alexander Morrison and Tina Cook did so in the second episode.
12	October 24, 2016-December 12, 2016	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the seventh year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	Dangers of speeding	Krystal McCann	Daniella Florica	Tyler Dupont	Krystal was named Canada's Worst Driver due to her addiction to her cell phone, aggressive driving, mood swings, failing to improve her hostile attitude (especially toward Andrew) and not taking any of the lessons to heart (Krystal later attributed her behaviour to borderline personality disorder which she was diagnosed with after the show).[2]	This season featured the show's 100th episode, being the seventh episode of the season (specials included). This season also saw the only time in which the traditional trophy was not awarded to Canada's Worst Driver (it was instead repurposed as the Final Graduate trophy and awarded to Tyler Dupont), as the experts believed Krystal was not even worthy of it due to her hostile behavior in rehab.
13	October 23, 2017-December 11, 2017	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the eighth year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	Driving fears and the number 13	Mélanie Lautard	Ashley Dunne	Adam Bourré	Mélanie was named Canada's Worst Driver and the last woman to be named as such due to her inability to focus on, apply and sometimes remember the lessons she was taught in rehab and her negative attitude towards herself and the Rehabilitation Centre's instructors while driving on- and off-camera.	This season saw the first (and, as of 2018, only) instance of a former contestant returning as the nominator of a new contestant, as Canada's Worst Driver 11 "winner" Jillian Kieley (née Jillian Matthews) served as Ashley Dunne's nominator. This season also made more extensive use of helicopter drone aerial video than previous seasons.
14	October 29, 2018-December 17, 2018[3]	The Driver Rehabilitation Centre was located at Dunnville Airport for the ninth year in a row, with the final road test again taking place in Hamilton, Ontario.	Evolution of driving	Brandon Wilkins	Alexis Pratola	Brittany Dube	Brandon was the final person ever given the title of Canada's Worst Driver (and also the youngest) due to his reckless driving, emotional instability and lack of basic understanding of road signs and rules. As a result, Brandon immediately cut up his license after promising he would quit driving if named the worst, which made "runner-up" Alexis Pratola technically the worst by default.	This was the only season to feature seven contestants instead of the usual eight (season eleven had nine, as for the first time ever, a pair of contestants also acted as nominators for each other, as Sholom and Shmuel Hoffman both nominated one another and were considered equally bad drivers). This season also marked the only instance of a new contestant graduating in the first episode, as Ryan Whittier drove perfectly in the Assessment Challenge, while Brandon had to get a doctor's note after arriving at rehab to get permission to be able to drive since he broke his arm in a skateboarding accident a week before filming.

See also

• World's Worst Driver
• Don't Drive Here

References

1. https://www.facebook.com/857985552/posts/10161997285840553/
2. Snowdon, Wallis (December 14, 2016). "After mental health journey, 'Canada's worst driver' back on the road in Edmonton". CBC Edmonton News. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
3. "Canada's Worst Driver - Season 14 postcard" (PDF). Bell Media - Advertising Sales. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

External links

• Canada's Worst Driver on discovery.ca
• Canada's Worst Driver at IMDb
• Canada's Worst Driver at TV.com