Every province publishes a free public search of licensed mortgage professionals. Here is where to find each one, what it shows and what to check.
Written by A.I.M.I. Collective Mortgage Group, Brokerage editorial team
Published October 2026 · Last reviewed 6 October 2026
Official sources: FSRA: licensed mortgage brokerages, administrators, agents and brokers, BCFSA: find a mortgage broker, Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA)
Use the regulator's public search. In Ontario that is the FSRA licensee search, in British Columbia the BCFSA mortgage broker search, and in Alberta RECA ProCheck. Confirm the licence is active, the licence class matches the work being done, and the brokerage named on the licence matches the brokerage on every document.
FSRA's search of licensed mortgage brokerages, administrators, agents and brokers shows the licence class and the brokerage. Open the FSRA search.
BCFSA's find a mortgage broker search lists registered brokers and brokerages. Open the BCFSA search.
RECA ProCheck covers mortgage associates and mortgage brokers along with real estate licensees. Find it on the RECA website.
Leave your name, province and the month you expect to write the exam. We will check in around then, and when you have passed we will walk you through what a brokerage needs from you.
The search is not only for consumers. Brokers check it before co brokering a file, before paying a referral fee to another licensee, and before hiring an assistant who claims a licence. Brokerages check it during onboarding, and every regulator publishes warnings about people arranging mortgages without one.
In Ontario the classes matter. A Level 1 agent, a Level 2 agent and a broker are allowed to do different things, and the search shows which one you are dealing with.
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