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LLQP exam day guide

Where you book, whether you sit in a room or at home, what the reference material looks like and when results arrive all depend on your province. This guide sorts it out administrator by administrator, then gives you a plan for the 75 minutes themselves.

Who you book with

Regulator pages, checked October 21, 2026.
ProvinceBook withSitting
OntarioDurham CollegeIn person only
British ColumbiaInsurance Council of BCIn person
AlbertaAlberta Insurance CouncilIn person, Calgary or Edmonton offices
ManitobaInsurance Council of ManitobaIn person since July 1, 2023
New BrunswickDurham CollegeIn person in Fredericton, or online
Nova ScotiaDurham CollegeOnline
Prince Edward IslandDurham CollegeOnline only
Northwest TerritoriesDurham CollegeCheck with Durham College
SaskatchewanNot confirmedAsk the Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan

You need a valid LLQP course certificate to register. It lasts 12 months from course completion.

Online or in person

Online sittings exist in Atlantic Canada. The large western and central provinces have gone the other way.

BC stopped accepting LLQP exams written online after June 30, 2023. Manitoba moved to in-person exams on July 1, 2023. Ontario is in person only, and in February 2024 FSRA announced modernized exam procedures with stronger security and penalties for cheating.

If you write online in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or PEI and later move to BC, check with the Insurance Council of BC before you assume the result transfers.

Before you book

  • Read the administrator’s candidate instructions in full, including the identification it accepts
  • Check the rules for online sittings: room, equipment and connection
  • Note the fees and whether they are refundable (Alberta’s are not)
  • Ask whether you can write several modules the same day (Alberta allows all four)
  • If you want to write in French, ask in advance (Alberta offers this on request)

The reference material on the e-reader

Administrators describe approved study material provided on an electronic reader during the exam. They do not describe it the same way: the Alberta Insurance Council calls the exam closed-book, while FCNB in New Brunswick speaks of an open-book exam using an e-book.

Our advice is the same either way. Prepare as if you will have no material at all. Searching a reader for a definition costs minutes that two-minute questions do not have. At most, use it to confirm a detail you already half know.

Results

The Insurance Council of BC publishes its timing: 3 business days in Metro Vancouver, 5 elsewhere. Other administrators set their own; their candidate information is the reference.

The result is per module, against the 60% mark. If one module falls short, the retake rules page explains the waiting period that applies in your province.

A pass on one module does not stop the other clocks. Your course certificate keeps running, and in several provinces the licence application deadline starts with your first pass. Book the next module soon after a result rather than waiting to write them all together.

The 75 minutes, minute by minute

Thirty-five questions (twenty-five for Ethics) and a clock. A plan stops one hard question from eating the rest.

  1. Minutes 0 to 50: first pass

    Answer everything you can in under two minutes. Flag any calculation or long scenario that stalls, and move on.

  2. Minutes 50 to 68: flagged questions

    Return to the flagged items. Write the calculation out step by step; eliminate the two options that are clearly wrong first.

  3. Minutes 68 to 75: final check

    Make sure nothing is blank. A blank answer is always wrong; a reasoned guess has a one-in-four chance.

The week before

  • Write your last full practice exam three or four days before, not the night before
  • Reread your notes on the traps you missed most, not the whole course
  • Confirm the time, place or online set-up, and the identification required
  • Check that your course certificate is still valid on the exam date
  • Plan the journey to the centre with a margin, or test your equipment for an online sitting

For Ethics, slow the first pass down: you have about three minutes per question, and the wording carries the answer. Rehearse this timing with a full LLQP practice exam before the day.

Integrity rules

The questions are confidential, and the provinces enforce that.

FSRA’s 2024 announcement explicitly included penalties for cheating. Sites that sell “real LLQP questions” or “dumps” put you at risk twice: the content is unreliable, and using leaked material breaches the integrity rules the provinces enforce. Original practice questions are the safe route.

Can I write all four modules on one day?

In Alberta, yes. Elsewhere, ask your administrator when you book. Four modules is 300 minutes of exams; try a full practice day first.

Can I bring my own notes?

Administrators describe the approved material on the electronic reader as the only material allowed. Confirm it in your candidate instructions.

What should I bring?

The identification your administrator lists in its candidate instructions. Requirements are set by each administrator, so read them for your sitting.

When do I get my result in Ontario?

Durham College sets the timing; FSRA’s page does not state it. Check Durham College’s candidate information.

Province-specific steps after the exam are in the licence guide by province.

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Sources

Checked October 21, 2026.

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