Built for the new CIRE. Nothing retrofitted from the CSC.
The Canadian Securities Course retired on January 1, 2026. CIRO replaced it with a 9-exam Proficiency Model delivered through Fitch Learning. Existing providers scrambled to pivot. We started with a blank page and the new syllabus.
Who built it
Four Canadians with backgrounds in finance, software, and content.
We built Ciroexam because the existing prep tools were slow, expensive, and sold per-course in time-limited windows. The CIRO transition gave us the opening to build something modern.
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Daniel Park
Content & Curriculum
02
Arjun Mehta
Product
03
Liam Carter
Founder, Engineering
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Marcus Brooks
Growth
9
CIRE elements covered
~600
Practice questions, growing
100%
of questions get an AI tutor
30 days
Money-back guarantee
Our mission
Make modern licensing prep affordable for the people taking these exams.
Getting a securities licence costs you money and study time. The standard prep tools are expensive, time-limited, and run on technology a decade behind. A subscription that covers all 9 CIRE elements, an AI tutor that knows the rule a question tests, and a review schedule that adapts to your confidence should not be premium features.
Every question is tagged to a CIRE learning outcome and cited to a specific rule. Every lesson is built from the regulatory text the exam tests against: IDPC Rules, UMIR, NI 31-103, PCMLTFA. The diagnostic and Element 1 stay free forever so you can check the depth before paying.
Why now
The CSC retired on January 1, 2026. We built for that date.
For 60 years, the Canadian Securities Course was the licensing standard. CIRO replaced it with nine separate exams: role-based, delivered through Fitch Learning, with a different blueprint and a different question style.
Every other provider has decades of CSC content to retrofit. We started with the new CIRO syllabus and the regulatory text. That is the wedge.
The product
The dashboard candidates see every day.
Element-by-element mastery. Questions due for review today. Your study streak. What is in progress. One screen, no vanity metrics.
Try the diagnosticCIRE
Canadian Investment Regulatory Exam
Streak
Day 7
Spaced review
12 due today
Your CIRE map
- E01Regulatory framework60%Open
- E02Prospective client relationships30%Locked
- E03KYC and suitability20%Locked
- E04Complaint handling0%Locked
Mini-mock
30 Q · Free
Full mock
110 Q · 120 min
Why Ciroexam
What makes this different.
Six things we wanted from a prep tool. The existing ones offer none of them.
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Built for CIRE, not the CSC
Every question and lesson is sourced from the new CIRO Proficiency Model rules and the CIRE syllabus. We started with a blank page in January 2026.
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AI tutor on every question
Ask why any answer is wrong. The tutor knows the question, the rule it tests, and your reasoning. No copy-paste into ChatGPT.
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Confidence-aware spaced review
We capture how confident you were before the answer reveal. Confident wrongs come back fast. Lucky guesses come back sooner.
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One price, every element
$29.99 a month or $249 a year. No per-element upsells, no time-limited windows, no tiers.
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Free diagnostic, no email gate
25 blueprint-aligned questions. Element-by-element score. No card, no popup, no wall.
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30-day money-back guarantee
If we don't help you pass, email us within 30 days and we refund you. No questions asked.
Independence
Ciroexam is independent. No affiliation with CIRO, the Canadian Securities Institute, IFSE Institute, or Fitch Learning. CIRO publishes its CIRE Guide for Studying with this note: "none of the materials listed are accredited or recognized by CIRO." No prep provider is endorsed. We sit in the same bucket as every other study tool and we say so.
Start studying for free.
25-question diagnostic, then Element 1 free forever. No card.