OMVIC raises registration fees 2.4% effective May 1, 2026

OMVIC’s 60-day notice of March 2, 2026 raises every registration fee charged under the MVDA by 2.4% on May 1, 2026. The notice states that all registration fees will be adjusted based on an inflation rate of 2.4%, rounded down to the nearest dollar. OMVIC’s administrative agreement with the province caps fee adjustments at the rate of inflation.

Two amounts do not move. The per-vehicle transaction fee stays at $22.00. The Compensation Fund fee stays at $324, which is OMVIC’s amount rather than the regulation’s: s. 75(2) of O. Reg. 333/08 sets $300, and s. 75(1) makes that figure subject to a different payment set under clause 12 (1) (c) of the Safety and Consumer Statutes Administration Act, 1996. The payment is not a renewal charge either way. Section 75(2) makes it fall due when an application for registration as a general dealer, broker or lease finance dealer that is not a renewal is granted, at $300 for each place a general dealer or broker is authorised to trade from and $300 flat for a lease finance dealer, and s. 75(3) charges it again on each place a general dealer or broker adds later. Everything else changes.

What goes up on May 1

Salesperson fees:

• New application: $341 → $349
• Biennial renewal: $205 → $209
• Out-of-province application: $229 → $234
• Notice of change: $117 → $119
• Late fee (renewal expired under 60 days): $150 → $153, plus the renewal fee

Dealer fees:

• New application: $683 → $699
• Annual renewal: $392 → $401
• Classification change: $331 → $338
• Out-of-province application or renewal: $331 → $338
• Late fee (renewal expired under 60 days): $300 → $307, plus the renewal fee

Branch fees:

• Application: $331 → $338
• Annual renewal: $392 → $401

What this means in practice

Renewal under s. 6 of the MVDA and the entitlement-to-renew provisions in s. 9 (8) only continue past expiry if the application is filed and the prescribed fee is paid before the registration lapses. After May 1, the prescribed fee is the new amount. A dealer or salesperson submitting a renewal in late April using the old fee is fine. One submitting on May 2 with the old amount has an incomplete application and risks falling outside the continuation-pending-renewal protection.

Plan two quiet items into the rest of 2026:

• The $99 CPD fee is on top of these base fees. Dealers pay it annually and salespersons every two years. It is set separately and was not adjusted in this notice; it was the subject of OMVIC’s January 2026 bulletin.
• Late fees apply only when a renewal lapses for less than 60 days. A registration that has been expired for more than 60 days is no longer a renewal at all; it requires a fresh application, which costs the dealer or salesperson the higher new-application fee. Letting the calendar slip is the most expensive way to handle a renewal.

What to learn

• Treat the May 1 line as a hard cutover. Submit and pay before that date or budget the higher amount.
• Watch the late-fee window. Sixty days past expiry is a cliff: late fee plus renewal fee on one side, full new-application fee on the other.
• The Compensation Fund fee did not change. That is structural protection for consumers under the MVDA’s Compensation Fund provisions, not an operating cost OMVIC adjusts.