You're lucky that in BC we only need to renew every five years. I'm in la belle provence where we need to pay every year. I got pulled over by a cop randomly checking parked cars. I was stopped at a light. Seems my DL was expired by a couple months (almost 400$). I had not received any renewal notice.  When I went to pay I was told I was marked out of province. When I asked for something showing this so I could fight it, she looked at me and laughed "nice try"....