Common questions about Ethics CPD.
Try LumiQ for freeIn Canada, your CPD requirements are set by your provincial CPA body. In many provinces, CPAs must complete 120 CPD hours over a rolling three-year period, including 60 verifiable hours—and at least 4 verifiable hours in professional ethics. Make sure you follow your province’s specific requirements and renewal cycle.
LumiQ is a CPD provider and issues a certificate of completion for each course, which you can use as documentation for verifiable CPD reporting. Since CPD reporting is provincial, you’re still responsible for confirming the activity meets your provincial CPA body’s rules—but LumiQ is built to align with common “verifiable” CPD documentation expectations.
General ethics courses cover universal ethical principles and professional conduct (often aligned to the CPA profession’s code/rules of professional conduct). Province-specific ethics courses focus on provincial legislation, regulatory expectations, and guidance from your provincial CPA body. Depending on your province, you may need ethics CPD that’s verifiable and/or includes certain content types.
It varies. Some CPA ethics courses review principles and rules; others use case studies to explore ethical behavior and ethical conduct in real situations. Topics can include independence, fraud, whistleblowing, and internal control issues—plus how internal audit can help prevent breakdowns.
Podcasts can be easier to retain than live webinars and recorded webcasts, with less “Zoom fatigue.” You can pause and replay complex ethical dilemmas as needed, and earn CPD during commutes or between meetings—better learning, fewer scheduling constraints.
CPD hours vary by course. Many are 1–2 hours per episode, with longer multi-episode learning paths that can total 3–9 hours. Each course listing shows the CPD hours available, and hours are earned after completion and the final assessment.
Yes. After you complete an episode and pass the final assessment, LumiQ generates a certificate of completion. Your certificates live in your tracker and can be downloaded anytime to support your CPD records
Yes—LumiQ offers a free trial that includes 3 free CPD hours
Yes, we’ve got an app for both Apple and Android devices. Click here to go to the Google Play Store and click here to go to the Apple App Store.
Yes! Sign up for a free trial today and get 3 verifiable CPD hours, no credit card required. To purchase a full subscription, visit our pricing page. If you work for a company with a team of CPAs, or others who may be interested, contact us for team pricing options.





















