CIRE — Canadian Investment Regulatory Exam

Audience: new entrants. Tone: reassuring, demystifying, energizing.

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Your entire career starts with one exam. Let's get you through it.

Here's something that would have sounded impossible a few years ago: today, the distance between you and Canada's investment dealer industry is a single exam. The CIRE — 110 multiple-choice questions, two hours, $475. No mandatory course. No gatekeeper. The regulator itself says you're free to self-study.

That's the good news. The honest news: "no mandatory course" doesn't mean easy. The CIRE is scenario-based — it tests whether you can think like a person who belongs in this industry: regulations, ethics, client obligations, product basics, all applied to situations rather than recited as definitions. And because you get three attempts per enrolment before a cooling-off period, walking in half-ready is expensive in both money and momentum.

So walk in ready.

What's in the CIRE program

• The complete study guide (~23 pages of core instruction across 9 blueprint domains) — built directly from CIRO's official exam blueprint, covering every domain in proportion to its exam weight, with the 2026 rules (fees, attempts, exemptions, registration mechanics) verified and footnoted. Includes the things nobody tells beginners: what an "Approved Person" actually is, which category you're entering, and what happens administratively after you pass.
• 200 original practice questions — scenario-styled like the real thing, tiered from foundational to advanced, with every single answer explained. You'll finish the bank knowing not just what the right answers are, but how the exam thinks.
• A study plan that respects your life — most candidates prepare in 4–8 weeks alongside work. We show you how to structure it.
• The CIRE cohort — everyone in it is writing the same exam you are, many of them career-changers and newcomers asking the exact questions you're afraid are too basic. (They never are.)

Who this is for

You, if: you're entering the investment dealer industry, changing careers into finance, arriving in Canada with financial experience earned elsewhere, or sitting at a bank branch looking at the advisory desk. No prerequisites. No prior finance education needed — the guide assumes intelligence, not vocabulary.

One check before you buy: if you've worked in the industry before, you may qualify for an exemption (experienced returnees and holders of certain U.S. qualifications can skip the CIRE). Our guide's first section helps you confirm your status before you spend a dollar on preparation you might not need. That's the kind of company we're trying to be.

After the CIRE

Passing makes you registrable in the entry category — order execution. The advising career most people actually want requires one more paper: the RSE. Most of our CIRE members roll straight into it while the study momentum is hot.

[Get the CIRE program] [Open a free sample first] [Read the new entrant's roadmap]

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FOOTER LINE

Independent education provider. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CIRO. All practice questions are original works — none reproduced from any actual examination.

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Editions & pricing (CAD, one-time · taxes extra)

Choose how you want to study for the CIRE:

• Essentials — $179. The complete written system: the study guide, 200 original explained practice questions, the program forum, your exam-window cohort, cycle updates, and the Master Strategy Document.
• Plus — $249. Everything in Essentials, plus the professionally narrated audiobook edition of the study guide (≈1–2 hours).
• Pro — $379. Everything in Plus, plus the full instructor-led video walkthrough training — every topic on screen.

What every edition includes: the complete study guide · 200 original explained questions · the program forum · your exam-window cohort · cycle updates · the Master Strategy Document (the 10-credential roadmap).

This guide: ~10,505 words across 9 topics.

Ways to save: buy any program and the Alumni Ladder gives you 20% off every future program, permanently. Studying more than one? See the full catalog & bundles → — including the Complete System (all 10 programs, from $1,499) and 1-on-1 coaching.