Driving examiners in Ontario have reached an agreement with their employer, which if ratified will see testing service resume in January.
The divisive strike has prevented many Ontarians from getting new drivers' licences or renewals since August.
Full service at the 93 affected centres is expected to resume on January 5. Since the strike, about 300,000 people have had to wait for their tests.
An email sent to media outlets Saturday said an agreement between management and the union representing employees had been reached and all services would resume in the New Year.
The email said details of the deal were still "confidential."
The 590 employees from United Steelworkers Local 9511 walked off the job four months ago, over disputes about job security and wages.
The employer involved is not the Ontario government, but Serco DES Inc., who signed a 10-year deal with the province in 2003 to provide driver testing.
Non-striking managers opened a total of 12 centres in November and December so that commercial drivers could get their licences for work purposes.
Brian Patterson from the Ontario Safety League said that people booking tests in the New Year should do their best to be prepared, because long waiting lists will mean that second chances will be tough to get in the short term.
"The best advice we have is be ready for your test when you have it, because obviously there is not going to be the opportunity to continually do retests if you show up unprepared," he told CTV Toronto Saturday.
