On demand videos are quickly becoming the preferred format for convenient access to required CPD content. CPDonline.ca videos are accredited by the provincial societies. CPDonline.ca videos count towards some or all of the required hours in most jurisdictions.
Below please find your society’s video allowance. The information is believed to be accurate at time of posting, but please consult your society’s website for up-to-date information.
Each Lawyer in Alberta must make an annual CPD plan, make annual CPD declarations and must complete his/her CPD plan. There is no formal accreditation process of programs by the Law Society of Alberta, nor is there a mandatory hours requirement.
Individual legal professionals decide on the content of his/her CPD plan.
All CPDonline.ca videos may be included as a CPD learning activity in your annual Continuing Professional Development Plan in Alberta.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of Alberta website.
Each lawyer must complete 12 hours of CPD, of which 2 hours must be “Professionalism”: ethics, client communications, professional responsibility, or practice management. New members: completed bar admission in the reporting year, are exempt for the CPD requirement for that year. The Law Society of BC amended the requirement to view CPD content in the presence of a colleague in 2019 such that video material no longer needs to be viewed with a colleague to qualify.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards BC’s CPD requirement. Our programs are listed in the BC law society’s portal. CPDonline is an Approved Provider in British Columbia.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of BC website.
Each lawyer must complete one hour of eligible CPD for each month or part of a month during which the lawyer maintains active practising status. Lawyers who maintain active practising status for three or more months must complete as part of their total CPD hours 1.5 hours of eligible CPD activities related to ethics, professional responsibility or practice management (EPPM). The Law Society does not accredit providers. However, typical eligible activities include video replay of programs offered in an organized group setting (i.e. viewed with a colleague). Each lawyer determines if a particular activity is an eligible CPD activity based on the requirements and guidelines set out by the Law Society
CPDonline.ca videos may be eligible CPD activity if viewed with another colleague and discussed. Remote viewing with colleagues
Or, if watched alone, you submit a completed Question Sheet. Download the question sheet [PDF]
For more information, please visit the Law Society of Manitoba website.
CPDonline.ca videos may be eligible towards New Brunswick’s CPD requirement. Each Lawyer must submit an Activity Approval Request [PDF] to the Law Society.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of New Brunswick webiste.
Each lawyer must complete 15 hours of annual CPD. CPDonline's videos are eligible provided the recording is not more than 365 days old. Eligible videos (within 365 days) will be indicated as such for NFLD and Labrador lawyers. Law Society of newfoundland and Labrador website.
View the list of eligible videos.
Each lawyer must complete 12 hours of CPD, of which 2 hours must be “Professionalism”: ethics, or practice management during each membership year (April 1st to March 31st). CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards NWT’s CPD requirement.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of the Northwest Territories website
Each Lawyer must complete 12 hours of qualifying CPD annually. Lawyers decide for themselves which CPD content is relevant to their practice. Each must report his/her CPD activities in their Annual Lawyer Report.
CPDonline.ca videos and mp3 audio are eligible towards Nova Scotia’s CPD requirement.
For more information on which CPD activities qualify, please visit the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society webiste.
For the NSBS's listing of upcoming CPD events of interest, see http://nsbs.org/events
Each lawyer must complete 12 hours of CPD, of which one hour must be professional responsibility or ethics content.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards Nunavut’s CPD requirement.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of Nunavut website.
Each lawyer must complete 12 hours of CPD, of which 3 hours must be “Professionalism”: ethics, client communications, professional responsibility, or practice management. Each year lawyers and paralegals must complete 1 Professionalism Hour that addresses issues of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards Ontario’s CPD requirement. Any, and all, CPDonline.ca videos can be counted towards the 9 hours of Substantive content. Only courses annotated as “Professionalism” can be counted towards Professionalism hours and annotated "EDI: can be counted towards EDI.
As of 2021, viewing or listening to archived or recorded CPD programs without a colleague is eligible for credit up to a maximum of 6 hours per year. Beyond six hours lawyers must view in the presence of a colleague.
For more information, please visit the LSO website.
To log your CPD hours, access your LSO portal.
Each lawyer must complete 24 hours of CPD within a 2 year period, of which 4 hours must be “Professionalism”: ethics, client communications, professional responsibility, or practice management.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards PEI’s CPD requirement.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of PEI website.
Each lawyer must complete 30 hours of CPD.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards Quebec’s CPD requirement
As of April 1, 2019 we are waiting for an updated Activity Number for Professionalism content. Until it arrives you can complete an 'Individual Recognition Request'.
For more information, please visit the Barreau du Québec website.
All active members will be required to accumulate a minimum of 12 CPD hours annually. Not less than 2 of the required hours must pertain to 'ethics' hours. Upon viewing a video you must submit a law society cpd application for approval.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards Saskatchewan’s CPD requirement upon approval.
Upon viewing a video you must submit a law society cpd application for approval.
For more information, please visit the Law Society of Saskatchewan website.
Each Lawyer must complete 12 hours of CPD annually. These 12 hours can be in any area of “Substantive” or “Professionalism” content.
CPDonline.ca videos are eligible towards Yukon’s CPD requirement
For more information, please visit the Law Society of the Yukon website.
*see individual programs and jurisidictional allowances for accredited hours/requirements for Canadian law societies.