Coastal Pathways Driver Training Inc. was licensed by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. in August 2024 as a Driving School in British Columbia, Canada.

We are based on Salt Spring Island, B.C. and we service Duncan and the Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo and Greater Victoria.

We are licensed to provide instruction in Class 2, 3, 4 Unrestricted, 4 Restricted, Class 5 and Class 7. We are in the process of becoming licensed to teach Air Brakes.

Coastal Pathways Driver Training Inc. is co-owned by Mark Anderson, who is also the Owner and Chief Instructor of West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc., and Erica Winter, who is also the Office Manager and Director of Education at West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc.

Mark Anderson will continue to operate West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc. but will also be the Chief Instructor at Coastal Pathways Driver Training Inc.

Erica Winter is the co-owner, Office Manager and Director of Education at Coastal Pathways Driver Training.
Erica Winter is the co-owner, Office Manager and Director of Education at Coastal Pathways Driver Training.

Erica Winter is the Office Manager and Director of Education at Coastal Pathways Driver Training Inc.

She will also be continuing as the Office Manager and Director of Education of West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc.

Coastal Pathways Driver Training will partner with West Coast Driver Training to provide the same high quality instruction that West Coast Driver Training has provided since 2018.

Our Chief Instructor, Mark Anderson, doing Class 2 training for the Gulf Islands School District on Salt Spring Island. [photo: Coastal Pathways Driver Training]
Our Chief Instructor, Mark Anderson, doing Class 2 training for the Gulf Islands School District on Salt Spring Island. [photo: Coastal Pathways Driver Training]

In March 2025, Sean Potorti, a fully qualified and licensed Class 5 and Class 7 Driving Instructor with over 20 years experience, joined us to teach Class 5 and Class 7 Driving Lessons on a part time basis.

Sean Potorti is a fully licensed Class 5/7 Driving Instructor who will start working part time for West Coast Driver Training and Coastal Pathways Driver Training in March 2025 [photo: Coastal Pathways Driver Training]
Sean Potorti is a fully licensed Class 5/7 Driving Instructor who will start working part time for West Coast Driver Training and Coastal Pathways Driver Training in March 2025 [photo: Coastal Pathways Driver Training]