PEBC Exam Results 2026: Release Dates, Pass Rates, Retakes

When do PEBC exam results come out?

PEBC set the release for the November 2026 sitting at noon Eastern Time on Thursday, December 17, 2026. For the 2027 sittings, its dates page says “To be confirmed”, so check there.

The list on PEBC’s website shows the PEBC ID numbers of everyone who passed either part, plus the PEBC registration number of anyone who passed both. Nothing else appears on it. PEBC sends the provincial regulators a list of successful candidates at the same time.

PEBC doesn’t give results by phone. If your letter isn’t in your Digital Wallet a week after the list goes up, email pebcinfo@pebc.ca.

PEBC: Results of recent examination ↗PEBC exam dates for 2027 →Your PEBC ID and the portal →

Is there a PEBC passing score?

Not one you’ll ever see. PEBC’s Board doesn’t release overall scores, passing scores or question content. Each part has a criterion-referenced standard: a panel of practising pharmacists decides what level is right for entry to practice, and you pass if you meet it. How other candidates did doesn’t matter, and there’s no built-in pass rate.

For Part I, every question is worth one mark. A panel set the standard in June 2016, and an equating process carries it to each new exam. So the number of correct answers you need changes with how hard your version is, while the ability level behind it stays the same.

For Part II, a panel reviews each exam station by station and sets a minimum rating for each scale. Added up across the 11 scored stations, that’s the passing score for that exam. Your total and the pass mark are both put on a standardized scale so exams can be compared.

How OSCE stations are rated →PEBC: Examination scoring and results ↗

PEBC pass rates, May 2024 to May 2026

Group	MCQ	OSCE
Canadian, first try in grad year	87.2%	92.5%
Canadian, repeating	67.3%	82.6%
International, first try	35.6%	56.6%
International, repeating	47.1%	69.8%

These are PEBC’s own figures for two years of exams. “International” means graduates of non-U.S. programs without Canadian accreditation, and “repeating” means candidates who’d failed the same part before. The groups had 2,468, 379, 3,182 and 2,066 MCQ candidates, and 2,474, 167, 2,267 and 874 OSCE candidates, in that order. U.S. graduates aren’t shown. PEBC doesn’t rate the exam as hard or easy.

If you don’t pass

You get a feedback report in your Digital Wallet about eight weeks after results come out. It gives relative feedback by competency area, so you can see where you’re weakest and focus there. PEBC can’t give more detailed advice than that.

You can ask for one hand rescoring. Mail or courier a letter with your PEBC ID, the name of the exam and the words “I wish to have my exam rescored”, with the fee, so PEBC receives it within 75 days of the results. It only checks data entry and adding up. It isn’t a second look at your performance, and the exam’s content and standards can’t be appealed.

If sudden illness or an emergency makes you leave during the exam, you can ask in writing for “no standing” status, so the sitting doesn’t count as an attempt. PEBC only considers it within seven calendar days of the exam, with documents.

Rescoring fees →PEBC: Remediation information (PDF) ↗

How many times can you take the PEBC exam?

Up to four attempts at each part.
After three fails, you need remediation that meets the Board’s terms, set out in your results letter, before a fourth and final attempt. It must start after the date on that letter and finish within a year of the fourth attempt. Proof goes to PEBC by email at least three weeks before the exam.
Apply by the normal deadline even while your remediation proof is pending.
After four fails at a part, you can’t register for it again unless you complete another acceptable pharmacy program, which resets you to four attempts at each part.
There’s a lifetime cap of eight attempts at each part, however many programs you complete.

PEBC says programs accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP) or the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) are the only ones it can confirm for a reset without a full document evaluation. Withdrawing before the exam starts doesn’t use an attempt.

Who can resit the OSCE →

After you pass both parts

PEBC enters your name in its register and issues a Certificate of Qualification, printed in English or French. Until it arrives, your results letter is official proof of registration. You can then use the designation RPEBC, Registrant of The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, or IBEPC in French.

A lost certificate can be reprinted if you send a statutory declaration with the fee. Your licence comes from your provincial regulator, not from PEBC.

Licensing after PEBC →

Sources: PEBC and 4 more. Checked November 2026.