That was so in Nova Scotia when I took my on-road test - plus, manual drivers could have more points lost than automatic drivers and still pass the test (due to an allowance for poor shifting and clutch technique - jerky shifts lost you points).

Somewhere in the mid to late 1980s Nova Scotia dropped the 'Automatic only' licence endorsement.

James
Ottawa, ON

> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:54:13 -0300
> From: RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA
> Subject: Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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> Dave,
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> Once upon a time in parts of this country (Canada) if you took your drivers examination (road test) in an automatic, you were only licensed to drive an automatic.  If you tested in a manual, you were licensed to drive both.
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