Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec

What Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec does

The Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec (OPPQ), established in 2000 under Quebec's Professional Code, is the sole statutory regulator of the psychoeducator profession in the province. Headquartered in Montreal with 26 employees, the Order protects the public by issuing licenses, maintaining the Tableau des membres (member registry), setting professional standards (notably the Référentiel de compétences adopted in May 2018), operating a disciplinary council, and investigating title usurpation and illegal practice. It also operates several digital services: the Canopée Espace Formation learning management system (built on the Lära platform provided by SVI eSolutions) for mandatory continuing education, a member portal (portail.ordrepsed.qc.ca), the public Bottin directory for client referrals, and the official Tableau des membres registry for verifying right to practice.

The Order's revenue model relies on recurring annual membership dues (cotisation annuelle) from registered psychoeducators, supplemented by admission and equivalency evaluation fees. Pricing is governed by a published Grille de tarification; specific fee levels are not publicly disclosed. Members are distributed across private practice, schools, CSSS, youth centres, CRDITED, community organizations, and family mediation settings. Distribution is exclusively within Quebec and is delivered through the website, member portal, Canopée LMS, and public directory, with outreach via La Pratique en mouvement magazine, the Foucade journal (partnered with CQJDC), webinars, annual Journées de la psychoéducation, and social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube). Current leadership is President Félix-David L. Soucis, elected April 2022, executing the 2022-2026 strategic plan.

Name

Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec

Legal name

Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec

Website

https://ordrepsed.qc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec (OPPQ) is the sole statutory regulatory body governing the psychoeducator profession in Quebec, issuing licenses, enforcing professional standards, and providing continuing education to its members via the Canopée LMS platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Regulation Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Occupational Licensing Examination Authorities (EDADAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF), Education Regulatory Authorities & Commissions (Cross-Sector) (EDADAAAD)

Keywords

• Professional regulation services
• Psychoeducator licensing
• Continuing education platform
• Member directory services
• Professional standards oversight

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Annual membership dues: Members of the Order pay annual dues/cotisation to maintain their registration in the Tableau des membres (registry of members). The Order also collects fees for admission, equivalency evaluations, and other administrative services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec is the sole statutory regulatory body for psychoeducators in Quebec, established under Quebec's Code des professions. It issues professional licenses, sets and enforces standards of practice, conducts professional inspections, manages disciplinary proceedings, and maintains a public registry of members. The Order also provides a public directory to help individuals find qualified psychoeducators and delivers continuing professional education through the Canopée LMS platform.

Product overview

Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec operates as a professional regulatory body with several digital services. The main offerings include Canopée Espace Formation (an LMS for continuing education built on the Lära platform), the Portail de l'Ordre (member portal for account management and training access), a public directory of psychoeducators, and a member registry for licensing verification. The organization also publishes professional resources including the magazine La pratique en mouvement and the journal La foucade through its documentation center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Canopée: Canopée Espace Formation - Training platform of the Order providing continuing education and professional development resources for psychoeducators

Products and services

• Canopée Espace Formation Online learning management system (LMS) built on the Lära platform that provides continuing education and training resources for licensed psychoeducators, accessible via the Member Portal.
• Portail de l'Ordre (Member Portal) Online portal for members to access their accounts, renew memberships, access Canopée training, manage continuing education records, and update professional information.
• Répertoire des psychoéducateurs (Public Directory) Public searchable directory allowing the public to find psychoeducators in private practice, public sector, community settings, and family mediation, filterable by region, city, language, and practice type.
• Tableau des membres (Member Registry) Official registry tool to verify psychoeducators' professional licensing status, right to practice, and any disciplinary actions or limitations on practice.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lära LMS (SVI eSolutions)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Order uses Lära LMS (provided by SVI eSolutions) as the technology platform for Canopée Espace Formation, its continuing professional development platform for psychoeducators. This is a critical infrastructure partnership for delivering the Order's mandatory continuing education program.
• CQJDC (Comité québécois pour les jeunes en difficulté de comportement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Order partners with the CQJDC for the publication of 'La foucade', a professional journal focused on children and adolescents with behavioral difficulties. The Order publishes this journal through its centre de documentation, making it available to members and professionals.
• SOQUIJ (Société quebécoise d'information juridique)minorOthersThe Order refers the public to SOQUIJ's database (citoyens.soquij.qc.ca) to check whether a member has been subject to disciplinary removal (radiation disciplinaire). This is a regulatory information-sharing relationship.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec: Quebec professional order for physiotherapists. Same regulatory architecture, jurisdiction, and mandate structure; comparable continuing education, inspection, and disciplinary processes. Note the acronym (OPPQ) overlaps with the subject company.
• Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec: Quebec professional order for social workers and marriage/family therapists. Direct peer operating under the same Professional Code with analogous licensing, inspection, and member directory functions, serving populations that overlap with psychoeducator clients.
• Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ): Large Quebec professional order regulating nurses. Direct peer in the same regulatory system with similar mandate — licensing, inspection, continuing education — but operating at much greater scale with similar digital platform and member service architecture.
• Ordre des psychologues du Québec: Quebec professional order regulating psychologists under the same Professional Code framework. Direct comparable: same regulatory structure, same province, similar continuing education and disciplinary functions, with closely adjacent professional scope to psychoeducators.
• Ordre des sexologues du Québec: Quebec professional order for sexologists. Direct peer of similar small size under the same Professional Code, with comparable member base, continuing education, and regulatory mandate in an adjacent helping profession.
• Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec: Quebec professional order for occupational therapists. Direct peer in the same regulatory framework with comparable digital infrastructure, member portal, and continuing education delivery model.
• Ordre des criminologues du Québec: Quebec professional order regulating criminologists. Direct peer of similar scale and scope, operating under the same Professional Code with analogous member services, complaints handling, and continuing education requirements.
• Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation du Québec: Quebec professional order for guidance counselors. Closely comparable in size and mandate to OPPQ, operating under the same Professional Code with similar membership size, LMS delivery, and public directory functions.

Regional players

• College of Alberta Psychologists: Alberta's professional regulatory body for psychologists. Comparable function as a provincial professional regulator, but in a different Canadian province with separate statutory authority and governance structure. Useful as a structural analog for how the OPPQ model translates to other jurisdictions.

Broad incumbents

• Office des professions du Québec: The Quebec government agency that oversees all 46 professional orders including the OPPQ. Acts as the meta-regulator that defines the regulatory framework under which the subject company operates; comparable in function as the supervisory authority for the entire professional order system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ordrepsychoeducateur
• Facebookfacebook.com/341422356038016
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ordre-des-psycho%C3%A9ducateurs-et-psycho%C3%A9ducatrices-du-qu%C3%A9bec

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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