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 increase tracks Ontario’s inflation rate and is 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 annual Compensation Fund fee stays at $324. 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 annual CPD fee of $99 is on top of these base fees. It is set separately and was not adjusted in this notice. The CPD fee was the subject of OMVIC’s January 2026 bulletin and is now the largest single CPD-related cost dealers and salespersons pay each year.
• 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.