Ontario Home Inspector Licensing

As soon as you complete our online home inspection course, you become a certified home inspector. Upon completion of the course, we mail out your home inspection certification and issue you your certification number. That number is what you will want to put on your business cards and home inspection reports. At that point, you’re ready to go in Ontario!

No. Home inspectors should not go on the roof of the home. Per current home inspection standards of practice, the proper way to inspect a roof is to stand back and use binoculars. A few home inspectors have even started using small drones to inspect a roof, but that is not very common yet. Over ninety percent of home inspectors use the binocular technique for inspecting the roof of a home.

The average annual salary for a home inspector in Ontario varies, depending on the number of inspections performed each week. Part time home inspectors doing two inspections on average per week will earn $35,000 in supplemental income.  A full time home inspector can do two or three inspections per day!  Full time home inspectors in Canada inspect 6-10 houses per week on average and can earn over $100,000 annually. Home inspectors in Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa earn the highest salaries in Ontario.

The average fee for a home inspection is $400. The amount you charge for any given home inspection will vary based on age and square footage of the home. As part of our course, we teach you how to calculate a proper home inspection fee.

Yes. We work very closely with InterNACHI. In fact all of our graduates receive a free one month membership to InterNACHI.

Yes. We work closely with the American Society of Home Inspectors. In fact, we train you specifically to the ASHI standards of practice and ICA is also a Gold Level Member with ASHI.

Yes, Inspection Certification Associates is an affiliate member of CAHPI, the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors.

Yes, as part of our online home inspection student reference library we include CAHPI exam study  resources, including the home inspection standards of practice and code of ethics. It is also important to note that if you do decide to register for the CAHPI exam you have the option to include a practice exam. The official CAHPI home inspection exam and the practice home inspection exam can both be taken online.

No. Continuing education is not required for home inspectors in Ontario.

Yes. We mail out your home inspection certification to you upon completion of our online course. We also mail out a laminated copy of your credentials that you can carry in your wallet.

We have an arrangement with www.homeinspectionform.com in which our graduates receive a free copy of their Report Form Pro Nitro home inspection reporting software. That is the report that most of our graduates start with since it is so easy to use. Normally selling for $400, the Report Form Pro Nitro home inspection report can be printed and filled out by hand or filled out on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. You can even put in photos easily. They also have a mobile app version of their home inspection report that can be used on an Android or Apple mobile device. At the end of the day, all that matters is that you have a home inspection report form that you’re comfortable with, and these are both good home inspection report options.

No. There is no time limit on our course, so you can take as much time as you would like to complete it.

Yes, we include our mold and radon certification courses free of charge to students who enroll in our online home inspection course for Alberta.

Yes. We provide you with a list of tools needed. The total cost of the tools, including your moisture meter and combustible gas detector, comes out to about $200.

Our bonus marketing course includes 8 hours of video marketing lessons. All ICA students are taught how to start up a home inspection business.

There is no state exam for home inspectors in Ontario.

There is no home inspection board in Ontario.

Yes. In fact, the majority of our graduates will start their own successful home inspection business after completing our course. We also train you on the whole marketing and business start-up side of things.

Yes. You’ll be certified for both residential inspection and commercial inspection. On the commercial side of things, we train you to the ASTM standards.

We have full support for all students and graduates, both during and after the course. Even if you have questions when you are on a home inspection, we can assist via email, text, or phone.

Absolutely not. We train students from all different backgrounds to be successful home inspectors. Although a contractor background can be beneficial, it is by no means necessary to become a home inspector in Ontario or any other province.