We told them so …
When we first started talks with OMVIC about their proposed mandatory education for registrants, we told them we supported the idea. Our industry needs to modernize and improve, like all professions, and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is not unique to our industry. It is necessary to keep up with laws and regulations that are constantly changing and we want to maintain Ontario’s position as the most progressive consumer protection oriented motor vehicle sales market in Canada.
CPD
Launching April 1, 2026, all dealers and salespeople renewing on or after July 1, 2026, must complete OMVIC’s CPD program prior to renewal. Dealers will have to do this every year and salespeople every
two years. CPD will be accessible online on desktop, mobile, and tablet.
We told OMVIC we are concerned with cost, a proposed passing grade of 80% (we felt that was too high for CPD), fail rates and time.
We won on the issue of fail rates, as we suggested the CPD should be a non-fail test format, but many of our other concerns were ignored or have gone unanswered. Many of the issues we raised are the main objections registrants are now raising. No surprise there.
We still don’t know how much CPD will cost dealers every year or salespeople every two.
When we ask why the pass rate is set at 80% or the CPD course is going to take as much as 6 hours!!! we are told, as you are, that is what the “environmental scan” suggests everyone else is doing. We
pointed out long ago that is not actually so, but again, nada. It’s also concerning you will only have 90 days prior to renewal to complete it. Even lawyers get a year!
We asked why dealers can’t renew every two years, like salespeople, so they don’t have to do CPD every year … no reply.
Grandfathered Registrants
Dealers and salespeople registered before January 1, 2010, who renew after July 1, 2026 and who have not completed the Key Elements course offered by Georgian College, will need to do so prior to their renewal.
We were told Grandfathered registrants would have to pay $175 for the Key Elements course, we thought that was too high, and now it turns out even that was not true, it is $200.85:
https://www.georgiancollege.ca/omvic/#tab/mvda-key-elements
Interestingly, they say the passing grade is 75%, so it seems their “environmental scan” was more like ours was.
We are still waiting for an answer on grandfathered registrants who fail the Key Elements course. How much will it cost to re-write? According to Georgian College, a re-write will cost $200.85, so no credit for a re-write.
Anyway, what we do know is this education is coming in 2026, and we will be ready to support our members, whatever it looks like.
UCDA IN-CLASS EDUCATION
All of the OMVIC options are online, self-study only.
The UCDA will offer in-class training to grandfathered registrants to help them pass the Key Elements course and to help other
registrants pass their CPD. For grandfathered registrant dealers who take our course and who are UCDA members, WE WILL PAY FOR THE COST OF A RE-WRITE.
These options will be in place by January 1, 2026.