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Canada · Licensing exam

LMCC: the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

The LMCC, or Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, is a credential the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) grants once you pass the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) and the MCC has verified your medical degree. Your name then goes on the Canadian Medical Register. Provincial and territorial medical regulatory authorities (MRAs) may require the LMCC before they give you a licence to practise, but the LMCC itself isn’t a licence.

  • $100Optional printed Testamur or wallet card
  • DigitalHow the LMCC number is issued
  • Not requiredPostgraduate training, from January 26, 2026
Read the MCC’s LMCC page

Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

Is there an LMCC exam?

No separate one. People say “LMCC exam” for the MCCQE, because passing the MCCQE is how you qualify. The LMCC goes back to the MCC’s founding in 1912, which the MCC says set the stage for it.

The two names describe different things, though. The MCCQE is the exam, and the LMCC is the registration you get afterwards. Physicians on the Canadian Medical Register are called Licentiates of the Medical Council of Canada (in French, Licenciés du Conseil médical du Canada, LCMC).

MCC: Our story ↗

LMCC requirements from January 26, 2026

To go on the Canadian Medical Register you must:

  • Have graduated from a CACMS-accredited school (Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools), a school in the World Directory of Medical Schools with a sponsor note saying it’s acceptable in Canada, or a U.S. School of Osteopathic Medicine accredited by the American Osteopathic Association
  • Have a pass on the MCCQE, formerly the MCCQE Part I
  • Have your medical degree source-verified through the MCC (or, in exceptional cases, other evidence the MCC’s executive director and CEO accepts)
  • Owe the MCC nothing, including the LMCC fee if one applies to you

Before January 26, 2026 you also needed 12 months of postgraduate training. The MCC dropped that rule so you can get the LMCC earlier in your training.

MCC: Important update to LMCC eligibility and issuance (January 26, 2026) ↗

How the LMCC is issued, and what it costs

When you applied for the MCCQEWhat happensFee
After January 26, 2026LMCC number issued automaticallyNone
Before January 26, 2026You request it in physiciansapply.ca$50

To request it, choose Other Service Requests, then Apply for LMCC, in your physiciansapply.ca account. You find your number under Profile, then Identifiers and addresses. MRAs can see it in the Canadian Medical Register.

The LMCC is digital by default. A printed Testamur for framing or a wallet-size Certificate of Registration costs $100 each, and the MCC allows 4 to 6 weeks for mailing. If the MCC refuses to register you, you can appeal to its Appeals Committee, unless the refusal was for unpaid fees.

MCC: LMCC ↗MCC: Examination and service fees ↗

From the LMCC to a licence to practise

Each MRA sets its own registration rules, and the MCC tells candidates to check them for the province or territory where they want to work. Beyond the LMCC, they can include a residency through the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) and a specialty certificate from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec.

The MCC says you can apply for medical registration with most MRAs through physiciansapply.ca. The old route to the LMCC through the MCCQE Part II ended in 2021.

MCC: Pathways for Canadian medical graduates ↗MCC: Pathways for international medical graduates ↗What happened to the MCCQE Part II →
Sources: MCC and 7 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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