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Session dates

Find the next RAD exam session near you. Make sure you get your entries in on time to share in students’ success. Exam entry portals close at midnight in your local time zone. Any late entries will be subject to a surcharge.

AEC & RAV (In-Person & Filmed* Exams)

SESSIONRegionClosing dateSession datesTarget date
Fall 2024British Columbia27 September 202420 November – 12 December 202423 January 2025
Fall 2024Alberta27 September 202413 November – 6 December 202420 January 2025
Fall 2024Saskatchewan27 September 202420 November – 6 December 202421 January 2025
Fall 2024Ontario27 September 202420 November – 13 December 202424 January 2025
Fall 2024Ottawa / Quebec27 September 202420 November – 6 December 202417 January 2025
SESSIONRegionClosing dateSession datesTarget date
Winter 2025British Columbia22 November 202418 February – 14 March 202511 April 2025
Winter 2025Yukon22 November 20243 – 7 February 20257 March 2025
Winter 2025Alberta22 November 202418 February – 21 March 202518 April 2025
Winter 2025Saskatchewan22 November 20241 – 28 March 202525 April 2025
Winter 2025Manitoba22 November 20249 – 14 March 202511 April 2025
Winter 2025Ontario22 November 202418 February – 5 March 20252 April 2025
Winter 2025Ottawa / Quebec22 November 202420 February – 8 March 20252 April 2025
SESSIONRegionClosing dateSession datesTarget date
Spring 2025British Columbia24 January 20257 April – 9 May 20256 June 2025
Spring 2025Alberta24 January 202521 April – 9 May 20256 June 2025
Spring 2025Ontario24 January 20251 April – 9 May 202516 June 2025
Spring 2025Ottawa / Quebec24 January 20251 – 19 April 202520 May 2025
Spring 2025Atlantic Provinces24 January 202530 March – 19 April 202520 May 2025
SESSIONRegionClosing dateSession datesTarget date
Late Spring 2025British Columbia7 March 202526 May – 26 June 202524 July 2025
Late Spring 2025Alberta7 March 202526 May – 24 June 202522 July 2025
Late Spring 2025Saskatchewan7 March 20251 – 26 June 202524 July 2025
Late Spring 2025Ontario7 March 202526 May – 27 June 202525 July 2025
Late Spring 2025Ottawa / Quebec7 March 20257 – 24 June 202522 July 2025
SESSIONRegionClosing dateSession datesTarget date
Summer 2025British Columbia23 May 20257 – 20 July 202518 August 2025
Summer 2025Ontario23 May 20257 – 18 July 202515 August 2025

*Target dates for filmed exams cannot be predicted.

At least 48 hours before submitting your exam entry:

  • Ensure your membership is current
    for 2024/25 and paid at least 48 hours
    before the exam entry deadline.
  • Ensure your Vocational students
    have a current membership before
    adding them to your exam entry.
    Memberships must be paid at least 48
    hours before the entry deadline, and
    before you add students to the entry.
    Exam pricing is locked in at the time
    a student is added to the entry.

It is essential to Contact Your Exam Planner:

  • If you have any new students at your
    school who have already taken RAD
    exams. We can then transfer the
    student registration to your school.

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    your phone calendar.

Contact details:

If you would like to know something about a specific AEC or RAV session, please get in touch with the tour organiser.

For further enquiries contact Carolyn Jones, Examinations Manager for RAD Canada, at cjones@radcanada.org.

If you have an urgent exams enquiry outside of normal business hours please contact the tour organiser of your session. Please note the following distinctions:

  • Approved Examination Centre (AEC) Sessions for Exams in Your Own Studio.
  • RAD Approved Venue (RAV) Sessions Studio Organised by the RAD.


We aim to release results online four weeks after the end of the exam session, with certificates, medals and bars sent six weeks after the end of the session.