Instructions for Completing the Pharmacist Qualifying Examination

Application
Identification Documents:
For first-time applicants to PEBC:
We require a properly witnessed* copy of one of the following showing your first and
last names exactly as they appear on your application:
Your birth certificate
Both sides of your Canadian Citizenship Card
Both sides of your current Permanent Resident Card
These are the names that will appear on your PEBC registration certificate.
Please note: Your passport is not an accepted form of identification.
If your surname is now different from what is shown on your primary form of
identification, we also require a properly witnessed copy of either:
Your marriage certificate
Your change of name certificate
If you do not have the required identification, you will need to make a statutory
declaration before a Notary Public, Commissioner for Oaths, or a lawyer that states:
The official names you were given at birth
Your date of birth
An explanation as to why you are not able to submit an acceptable form of
identification
When submitting the declaration, certified photocopies of two official documents
showing your complete names with exactly the same spelling are also required.
Acceptable documents include a social insurance card, passport, Canadian drivers
licence, health card, or major credit card.
* See below for a list of acceptable witnesses.

If you have sent your birth, marriage, citizenship, and/or permanent resident
certificates previously, you do not need to re-submit them.

Photographs:
You will need two, identical, passport-acceptable photographs (with date taken, stamped or
written on back by a professional photographer), for each application. If you are applying for
both Parts I and II, you will need four photographs. They must have been taken within twelve
months of the examination date. They cannot be photocopies or digital prints and must be
identical.

Glue one photo in the space provided on each application form you are submitting.
Staple one photo to the top left-hand corner of each application form.

Witnesses:
Once the photographs are attached you will need to have your signature on your application
witnessed by an appropriate individual. Acceptable witnesses* include:
the dean or other academic member of your Canadian pharmacy school or
a registrar of a Canadian pharmacy regulatory authority or
a Canadian pharmacist or
a notary public or
a passport guarantor in Canada who has known you for at least two years and is in
one of the following professional categories: lawyer, medical doctor, dentist, chartered
accountant, professional engineer, bank manager, school principal, member of
parliament or member of provincial parliament.
Your witness must also sign across the front of the attached (glued) photograph on each
application.

Application Deadline:
Completed application forms (including checklists) and all supporting documents must be
received no later than the application deadline date (see PEBC website). Applications that
are received after the deadline date will NOT be processed.

IMPORTANCE OF MEETING APPLICATION DEADLINE:

It is important to ensure that your printed application form and supporting documents for
either part of the Qualifying Examination are received by the deadline date (see PEBC
website), even if your eligibility to take either part of the Qualifying Examination is
conditional until receipt of transcripts, confirmation of graduation or required
remediation. Please do not wait for PEBC to acknowledge receipt of the above
documentation, prior to sending in your application(s).
Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted even if the pending
documentation has been received prior to the examination date(s).

Overseas candidates who require a visa to take the examination in Canada are strongly
encouraged to apply for their visa prior to the application deadline date. Candidates are not
eligible for a refund due to a visa refusal, unless they have withdrawn from the examination
either before the application deadline date or at least 8 weeks before the date of the
examination.

Acknowledgment of Receipt:
Please do NOT contact the PEBC office by telephone, fax or email to confirm receipt of your
paper application form(s)/supporting documentation or to check your examination location
assignment. If you wish to know whether PEBC has received your application, you must send
it by a courier service or by Canada Post (Security Registered), and request an
Acknowledgement of Receipt.
Application receipt acknowledgement will NOT be provided by phone or fax. When your
application has been received and reviewed by the PEBC office, an email acknowledgment
will be sent to your email address within 2 to 4 weeks. Please note that the email
acknowledgment does NOT ensure that your application is accepted; it simply indicates that
PEBC has received your application.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE

The only acknowledgment of acceptance of your application will be the
issuance of one PEBC Identification/Card of Admission for each Part of
the examination for which you have applied, which will be mailed
approximately 2 to 3 weeks before the examination.
At that time, you will also be advised of the exact times and locations of your
assigned placement for each Part of the examination, together with other
important information.
The ID/Cards of Admission for Part I (MCQ) and Part II (OSCE) examinations
are each mailed separately.
If you do not receive this information at least one week prior to the
examination, please contact us in writing, by email, at pebcinfo@pebc.ca.