NPPE exam dates, deadlines and booking

The NPPE runs 5 times a year, each sitting spread over three days. The next sitting is Nov 2 to 4, 2026. You register with your regulator before its deadline, then book a seat with the exam administrator during the booking window.

Apply to write the NPPE through your provincial or territorial regulator, before that regulator's deadline for the sitting you want. Once approved, you book an exam time with the administrator during the booking window, which opens about a month before the sitting.

Within the sitting, yes. Each sitting runs over three days, and once your regulator has approved you, you book your exam time with the exam administrator during that sitting's booking window. You cannot write outside the scheduled sittings, so if a sitting does not suit you, the choice is a later one. There are 5 sittings a year.

You will most likely write at a later sitting. Each regulator sets its own registration deadline for every sitting, so ask yours whether anything can still be done. The NPPE runs 5 times a year, so the wait is weeks or months rather than a year. In NPPE Pro, change your exam date in your profile and the study plan counts back from the new one.

Results usually arrive about 2 to 3 weeks after the sitting, and they come through your regulator rather than from the exam administrator. They are released at least a week before the next registration deadline, so a candidate who fails can usually register for the next sitting.

The NPPE fee is set by each regulator and is about $175 to $300 CAD plus tax, set by each regulator. For example, APEGA charges $250 plus GST and EGBC $300 plus GST. You pay the fee again for each attempt, and it goes to your regulator, not to any prep provider.

Plan for several weeks rather than a few cramming weekends. NPPE Pro's default plan is eight weeks of short daily sessions, because the exam covers six sections of law, ethics and practice and steady daily study is easier to keep up beside a job. If your sitting is sooner, the plan counts back from your date and compresses to fit.

No. The sitting dates are the same across Canada, but each regulator sets its own registration deadline. APEGS, for example, set its 2026 deadlines about seven weeks before each sitting, earlier than the deadlines listed on nppexam.ca. Always work from your own regulator's deadline, which may be the earliest date in your plan.

The booking window is the period when candidates who have registered with their regulator book an exam time for the sitting. It opens about a month before the sitting and closes one to two weeks before it. Registering and booking are separate steps: your regulator's approval does not reserve an exam time on its own.

The five 2027 NPPE sittings are January 11 to 13, March 22 to 24, June 7 to 9, August 23 to 25 and November 1 to 3. Booking windows open about a month before each sitting. Your regulator sets its own registration deadline for each one, which can be several weeks before the sitting, so check it first.

Usually, yes. Results are released at least a week before the next registration deadline, so a candidate who fails can normally register for the following sitting. You pay the fee again for each attempt, and some regulators limit attempts: APEGA and APEGS allow four, while EGBC may require a 12-month wait after three consecutive fails.