COKO Fees
Fee increase
In 2013, COKO was founded to protect the public by regulating kinesiology practice in Ontario. Throughout the past 10 years, about 3,000 kinesiologists have registered with COKO, and their fees enabled us to create robust programs to ensure registered kinesiologists (R.Kin) are held to high standards and keep Ontarians safe.
For the past decade, COKO successfully fulfilled our legislated mandate to protect the public without adding additional costs to our registrants. However, as the cost of maintaining our work has increased due to inflation, to ensure we can continue to protect the public by effectively regulating kinesiology practice, COKO reviewed our fee structure and proposed a fee increase.
New fees
In June 2023, Council approved the fee increase following a public consultation with members and stakeholders. Starting Sept. 1, 2023, COKO fees are as follows:
| Fee | Amount |
| General Class application (non-refundable) | $150 |
| Jurisprudence e-Learning Module (non-refundable) | $75 |
| Exam | $450 |
| General Class registration (pro-rated in the first year only): – September 1- November 30 – December 1- February 28 – March 1- May 31 – June 1- August 31 | $700 $525 $350 $175 |
| General Renewal (due each year by August 31) | $700 |
| Inactive Class application | $50 |
| Inactive Class Renewal | $250 |
| Renewal late fee- General Class | $150 |
| Renewal late fee- Inactive Class | $100 |
| Reinstatement | $350 |
View the Fee Comparison in full
Payment methods
The College accepts payments made with the following credit cards: MasterCard and Visa.
Payments may also be made through PayPal or by cheque, certified cheque, money order or bank draft, payable to the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario. Cash and debit payments are not accepted. All amounts are payable in Canadian dollars.
Applicants are responsible for paying fees associated with obtaining professional liability insurance. The College does not provide professional liability insurance.
During the registration process, some applicants may be responsible for fees associated with obtaining the following:
- Credential evaluation;
- Language proficiency tests; and
- Translation.
Applicants are responsible for paying such fees directly to the service provider. The College does not provide any of these services.
How your annual fee is used
Costs such as salaries, rent, IT and office supplies are allocated to each category based on their percentage of the overall budget.
Council administration
Money spent on Council, Executive Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, and the elections process.
Public awareness and communications
Money spent on public awareness campaigns, communications to R.Kins and students, translation, communications tools, and the website.
Registration and exams
Money spent on exam administration, technology for the application and renewal forms, maintenance of the Jurisprudence e-Learning Module, and support to registration and exam committees.
Quality Assurance and practice support
Money spent on peer and practice assessments, the self-assessment, e-learning modules and the Quality Assurance Committee.
Complaints, investigations and discipline
Money spent on investigating complaints and on discipline hearings.
Related FAQ's
How do the College’s fees compare to other colleges?
Regulatory college fees vary for several reasons, including the number of registrants, and complaints volume and types. While CKO is considered a small sized regulator with approximately 2,960 registrants, it still has the same regulatory obligations and statutory functions as the other health colleges in Ontario.
Some colleges are gradually increasing fees every year, while others are aligning annual fee increases with various indices of inflation.
Where is the financial information and rationale for the College’s proposed fee increases?
The following information is available for review:
- Business case and decision note presented to Council in December 2022 with rationale for proposed increases.
- Annual budget 2022-2023 showing how funds will be spent this year
- Audited financial statements 2021-2022 and Annual Report 2021-2022 showing how funds were spent last year.
What do our fees pay for?
Registrants’ fees cover the work that the College is mandated to do under legislation. This includes administering the entry-to-practice exam, registering new members and renewing existing ones, managing complaints and discipline cases, setting standards, handling the quality assurance program and public outreach.
View the breakdown of where your fees go.
What are the benefits of increasing fees?
With a fee increase, the College can have the tools in place to fulfill its public protection mandate. The proposed fee increases will allow the College to:
- Build and maintain Council competencies to support an active and educated Council.
- Support member participation on committees and Council.
- Move forward with projects that will streamline processes, including:
- better database and enhance public register with more information.
- improved IT infrastructure
- governance reform
- review of core competency profile
- educational tools review and updates
- review of item writing and examination items for the item bank for the exams
- continuing with online exams and their maintenance
- implementing government changes.
- Retain and attract talented staff in a competitive market. To do this, we must have a competitive compensation package.
- Offer ongoing training to staff and Council to provide them with the tools they need to be successful.
Why does the College need to increase fees?
Although CKO regulates the profession in the public interest, regulatory colleges do not receive any government funding. They are funded entirely through their fees (e.g., registrations, applications, etc.)
The College’s fees have not increased in 10 years. Yet the human and financial resources needed for the College’s regulatory activities related to registration, quality assurance, investigations and hearings, and public outreach have increased. As a result, fee increases are needed to support the College’s initiatives and ongoing costs. And, although the fees have not increased in 10 years, the proposed fee increases are still lower than the rate of inflation over the past decade.
The public has a right to safe and effective care. This means that the College has to be financially stable to fulfill its public protection mandate. The College also has to meet all expectations of the Ministry of Health and various government agencies including the Office of the Fairness Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, and the Health Professions Review and Appeal Board.