How to Become a Real Estate Agent in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan real estate agent licensing: Phase 1 and Phase 2 through UBC Sauder, 70% exams, and $4,118 in listed costs to registration.
How to Become a Real Estate Agent in Manitoba
Manitoba real estate agent licensing: the MREA salesperson course, registration with the Manitoba Securities Commission, and the $400 fee.
Applies in: Manitoba
Real estate agents in Manitoba are registered as real estate salespersons under The Real Estate Services Act, administered by the Manitoba Securities Commission. The Act protects home buyers and sellers by requiring agents and brokers who act for them to be registered and to meet educational qualification requirements. This guide covers the salesperson path: the course, the registration, and the fee. It is the licensing route, not the buying process: how to buy a home is a different guide.
Step 1: Confirm you are eligible
To register as a real estate salesperson, you must be an individual of good character and at least 18 years old. There is no separate application to the Commission before the course: eligibility is checked through the course and the registration application itself. If you are not a Canadian citizen, you must provide documentary evidence showing that you are entitled to work in Canada, and you must be employed by a registered brokerage in Manitoba within 12 months of completing the education requirements.
Step 2: Complete Real Estate as a Professional Career
The education requirement is the Real Estate as a Professional Career program, administered by the Manitoba Real Estate Association (MREA). The program consists of four modules. Modules 1 to 3 are self-study courses completed at your own pace, and Module 4 is a classroom component with prerequisite online courses. The salesperson licensing program, including any corresponding exams, assignments, and online courses, as well as any exam rewrites, must be completed by the end of the sixteenth month from the Module 1 enrolment date. Students must attain a final mark of 70% to pass the Module 1 and Module 2 examinations, and for Module 3 must attain at least 70% on the multiple-choice section and at least 70% on the offer to purchase section. Examination results are generally emailed to students within two weeks of the examination date, though results can take longer if written in a rural location.
Step 3: Join a licensed brokerage
A salesperson must be sponsored by a licensed real estate brokerage. Salespersons and authorized officials registered under the Act are considered employees of their brokerage and owe their duties of loyalty and responsibility to that brokerage, and a salesperson may be registered with only one broker. Line up the brokerage before you file, because the application is filed under the brokerage's sponsorship and the brokerage is the employer named on the registration. Do not submit the licensing application until you have received email confirmation of program completion from the MREA education department.
Step 4: Apply within 12 months of finishing the course
Apply for registration with the Commission within 12 months of completing the real estate salesperson's course. Complete and file the application with the Registrar on the approved form, Form RAO/RS, under the sponsorship of a licensed real estate brokerage, and submit the registration fee of $400. The criminal record check is part of the application: applicants complete a Criminal Record Form included in the application, and the check is processed by the Commission as part of the registration process. The Commission's Real Estate Division processes applications through its online Real Estate Registration System, known as ROLS, and brokerages are encouraged to submit renewals online through ROLS rather than on paper.
Step 5: Register and start practising
Once the Registrar is satisfied, you are registered as a real estate salesperson under The Real Estate Services Act, and you may provide trading services on behalf of your brokerage. Renewals must be submitted at least 30 days before the current registration expires: applications submitted less than 30 days before expiry may not be approved and processed before the registration expires, which leaves a gap in which you cannot provide real estate services. The renewal window in ROLS opens 30 days before the registration expiry date, and brokerages, not individual registrants, hold access to ROLS. Report any change in your personal circumstances to the Commission's office when it occurs.
Step 6: The broker ladder, if you want it later
A salesperson who wants to open a brokerage or manage one follows the broker route. You need at least 24 months of experience as a registered real estate salesperson within the 36 months before applying, you must complete the Broker Education Program administered by the Manitoba Real Estate Association, and you must apply for registration within 36 months of completing that program. The broker registration fee is $400, the same as the salesperson fee. A brokerage must have a managing registrant, and for a real estate brokerage that person must be a real estate broker.
Figures the opened regulator pages do not state
The Manitoba Financial Services Agency pages state the salesperson and broker requirements, the $400 registration fees, the 12-month and 36-month application windows, the 24-of-36-months broker experience rule, and the 30-day renewal rule set out above. They do not state the cost of the Real Estate as a Professional Career program, the processing time for a registration application, the continuing education hours required to stay registered, or the further courses a salesperson must complete in the first two years after registration. Those figures were cut from this guide rather than filled in from a secondary source. The four-module structure, the 16-month completion window, and the 70% pass marks come from the Manitoba Real Estate Association's own published pages, not from the regulator, so confirm them with the Association before enrolling.
Related guides:
- How to become a real estate agent in Ontario: Ontario's real estate agent path under the Real Estate Council of Ontario, with a different education provider and registration route.
- How to become a real estate agent in Alberta: Alberta's real estate agent path under the Real Estate Council of Alberta, starting with Fundamentals of Real Estate.
- How to become a mortgage broker in Manitoba: Manitoba's mortgage salesperson-to-authorized-official ladder under the same regulator, for the financing side of a transaction.
- Licensed Occupations in Manitoba — every verified licence and credential in Manitoba, with the regulator that issues it
The Manitoba real estate agent path
- Check you are eligibleAt least 18, of good character, and ready to complete the salesperson course
- Complete Real Estate as a Professional CareerFour modules through the Manitoba Real Estate Association, completed within 16 months of Module 1 enrolment, with a 70% pass mark
- Join a licensed brokerageA salesperson must be sponsored by a licensed real estate brokerage and registered as that brokerage's employee
- Apply within 12 monthsFile the application with the Registrar on the approved form, under the brokerage's sponsorship, within 12 months of finishing the course
- Pay the $400 registration feeThe registration fee for a salesperson is $400, and the criminal record check is completed as part of the application
- Register and start practisingRegistration is under The Real Estate Services Act, administered by the Manitoba Securities Commission
Questions people ask
Who registers real estate agents in Manitoba?
The Manitoba Securities Commission administers The Real Estate Services Act, which requires anyone providing real estate services to be registered in a registration category that permits those services. The Commission's Real Estate Division runs the registration system, and its current public site is the Manitoba Financial Services Agency. Do not confuse it with the old Real Estate Brokers Act: the current statute is The Real Estate Services Act.
What course do I need to become a real estate agent in Manitoba?
Real Estate as a Professional Career, administered by the Manitoba Real Estate Association. The program has four modules: Modules 1 to 3 are self-study courses with examinations, and Module 4 is a classroom component. The whole program, including exams, assignments, and online courses, must be completed by the end of the sixteenth month from the Module 1 enrolment date.
What is the pass mark for the salesperson course?
Students must attain a final mark of 70% to pass the Module 1 and Module 2 examinations. To pass the Module 3 examination, students must attain at least 70% on the multiple-choice section and at least 70% on the offer to purchase section. Examination results are generally emailed within two weeks of the examination date.
What does it cost to register as a salesperson?
The registration fee is $400, submitted with the application on the approved form. The criminal record check is completed as part of the application itself, on a Criminal Record Form included in the application, and the check is processed by the Commission as part of registration.
How soon must I apply after finishing the course?
Within 12 months of completing the real estate salesperson's course. The application is filed with the Registrar on the approved form, under the sponsorship of a licensed real estate brokerage. A salesperson may be registered with only one broker, and salespersons are considered employees of their brokerage.
How do I become a real estate broker in Manitoba?
After registering as a salesperson, build at least 24 months of experience as a registered salesperson within the 36 months before applying, complete the Broker Education Program administered by the Manitoba Real Estate Association, and apply for broker registration within 36 months of completing that program. The broker registration fee is also $400.
Sources
- Manitoba Financial Services Agency, Real Estate — registration under The Real Estate Services Act, the salesperson and broker requirements, the $400 registration fees, the 12-month and 36-month application windows, and the 24-of-36-months broker experience rule.
- Manitoba Financial Services Agency, Application processing notice — the 30-day renewal rule, the ROLS renewal window, and the requirement to report changes in personal circumstances when they occur.
- Manitoba Real Estate Association, Real Estate as a Professional Career registration form — the four-module program, the 16-month completion window, and the requirement to be employed by a registered brokerage within 12 months of completing the education.
- Manitoba Real Estate Association, Education Policies — the 70% pass marks for the Module 1, 2, and 3 examinations and the timing of examination results.