OMVIC CPD courses launched April 1, 2026 with a new $99 annual fee

OMVIC’s Continuing Professional Development courses went live on April 1, 2026, with a separate fee on top of registration renewal. Dealers in every class pay $99 per year. Salespersons pay $99 every two years. Both are payable up to 90 days before renewal. OMVIC published the 60-day notice on January 26, 2026, after the OMVIC Board of Directors confirmed the rate in November 2025.

Why CPD is mandatory

CPD is not optional reading. O. Reg. 278/24 added a renewal-only requirement to the General Regulation in 2024: dealers must complete the Registrar’s designated educational requirements to renew under s. 11 (1.1) of O. Reg. 333/08, and salespersons must do the same under s. 13 (1.1). Both subsections were prescribed for the purposes of s. 5.1 and s. 6 of the MVDA, the entitlement-to-renew provisions. If the Registrar designates a course and the registrant has not completed it, the renewal application does not meet the prescribed requirements and refusal under s. 5.1 (1) follows.

The fee is administrative. The legal obligation to take the courses is statutory.

What changed on April 1

Three things took effect:

1. The OMVIC in-house CPD courses are now available through the OMVIC portal.
2. Renewal applications for cycles ending on or after July 1, 2026 require the CPD fee to be paid up to 90 days before the renewal date.
3. The CPD fee is separate from registration renewal fees and is collected in addition to them.

OMVIC describes the fee as set on a “cost-recovery basis to support the delivery and administration of the CPD program.” The bulletin also flagged that OMVIC was waiting on CRA guidance on whether HST applies to the in-house courses, so registrants should check the renewal invoice for whether HST has been added.

What dealers and salespersons should do now

Before the next renewal, work through this short checklist:

• Confirm in the OMVIC portal which courses are designated for your class and your renewal cycle. The Registrar designates the educational requirements; the bulletin does not.
• Budget the fee separately from the registration fee. For a salesperson on a two-year cycle, that is $99 every renewal. For a corporate dealer with multiple persons identified under s. 11 (4) of O. Reg. 333/08, the cost is $99 per applicable person per year.
• Pay 90 days out, not on the renewal date. The continuation-pending-renewal protection in MVDA s. 9 (8) only kicks in once the renewal application has been made and the required fee paid before the registration expires; without that, missing the CPD course at expiry triggers refusal under s. 5.1 (1).

UCDA published a critical editorial on the fee on March 30, 2026, contrasting it with the association’s own free CPD offering for members. The editorial does not change the legal obligation: completing the Registrar’s designated course is what s. 11 (1.1) and s. 13 (1.1) require for renewal. If a dealer or salesperson uses a UCDA course or any other source to learn the material, that is the registrant’s choice; the renewal still depends on what the Registrar has designated.

What to learn

• The CPD fee is $99 annually for all dealer classes and $99 biennially for salespersons, with renewal dates on or after July 1, 2026.
• The legal hook is O. Reg. 333/08 s. 11 (1.1) and s. 13 (1.1); the Registrar designates the course content.
• Pay early, complete the designated course, and keep proof. Renewal under MVDA s. 5.1 turns on whether the prescribed requirements are met, not on whether the fee was paid in time.