Canada's Worst Driver: Season 4
Canada's Worst Driver 4 is the fourth season of the Discovery Channel Canada television series focused on improving the driving abilities of eight nominated contestants. Each participant is nominated by a loved one and brought to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, which is located at an abandoned correctional facility in Guelph, Ontario, for this season. Throughout the series, contestants are taught essential driving
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Each season features eight Canadian contestants nominated by friends or relatives to improve their driving skills.
- The series is based on the British program Britain's Worst Driver and airs on Discovery Channel.
- Contestants undergo training and challenges at a Driver Rehabilitation Centre to avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver.
- The ultimate goal for participants is to demonstrate sufficient rehabilitation to be allowed back onto public roads.
Season overview
Canada's Worst Driver 4 is the fourth season of the Discovery Channel Canada television series focused on improving the driving abilities of eight nominated contestants. Each participant is nominated by a loved one and brought to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, which is located at an abandoned correctional facility in Guelph, Ontario, for this season. Throughout the series, contestants are taught essential driving skills and tested through various challenges, with three challenges occurring per episode. Host Andrew Younghusband demonstrates each challenge beforehand to show that an average driver can complete them without error. The season begins with a skills evaluation where contestants must drive to the rehabilitation centre from a location one hour away. Following the initial evaluation and starting from the second episode, experts and Andrew Younghusband evaluate the remaining contestants to determine who has been sufficiently rehabilitated to return to public roads. While typically one contestant leaves each episode, the experts have the discretion to graduate multiple people, refuse to graduate anyone, or expel a contestant in extreme circumstances. The process continues until three contestants remain, at which point two traditional final challenges determine who is named Canada's Worst Driver.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Guilty As Charged
Oct 27, 2008 · 60 min
A new group of dangerous drivers come to the Driver Rehabilitation Center to try and work out their personal driving issues and avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver.
Big Manoeuvres
Nov 3, 2008 · 60 min
This week, the nominees learn to handle a large delivery truck, how to corner on ice and how to parallel park on an actual city street.
The Urge to Merge
Nov 10, 2008 · 60 min
The nominees find themselves being tested on a basic driving skill: merging in traffic. However, when the nation's worst drivers are involved, anything can happen.
Shifty Manoeuvres
Nov 17, 2008 · 60 min
Our six remaining drivers still stuck in rehab get thrown in the deep end in this episode dedicated entirely to driving stick.
A Turn for the Worst
Nov 24, 2008 · 60 min
In an episode devoted entirely to smooth turning, the first order of business for our 5 remaining drivers is a lesson in the dangers of distracted driving.
It's All Reverse
Dec 1, 2008 · 60 min
Everything goes backwards for our 5 remaining drivers in this all reversing episode.
Practice Makes Perfect
Dec 8, 2008 · 60 min
The final four drivers tackle some of the toughest challenges they've seen in rehab to date.
The Verdict
Dec 15, 2008 · 60 min
In this final episode of the series, the remaining three face some of the biggest challenges in the show's four-year history.