Ordre Professionnel des Sexologues du Québec

What Ordre Professionnel des Sexologues du Québec does

The Ordre Professionnel des Sexologues du Québec (OPSQ) is the statutory professional order established under Quebec's Code des professions to regulate the practice of sexology in the province. Its mandate is public protection: it issues and renews permits, maintains a public register (Tableau de l'Ordre), conducts professional inspections, enforces the Code de déontologie, investigates complaints of professional misconduct including sexual misconduct, and administers a zero-tolerance policy with mandatory minimum sanctions. OPSQ governs 1,250+ sexologists across Quebec, supported by a permanent team of approximately eight staff and a Board of Directors composed of elected administrators plus appointees from the Office des professions du Québec.

OPSQ's core digital platform is its website (opsq.org), built on the Yapla SaaS stack. The principal products are the public-facing Répertoire des sexologues (a searchable directory filterable by service, theoretical orientation, clientele, language, and geography), the Tableau de l'Ordre (credential verification), a member portal for permit management and continuing-education tracking (30 hours per two-year cycle), a self-serve multichannel advertising platform, and the dedicated inconduites.opsq.org site on sexual misconduct prevention. Membership-only resources include practice guides, deontological chronicles, supervision, and professional liability insurance via partner Beneva ($3M per claim / per period).

OPSQ's revenue model is dominated by recurring annual membership dues (cotisation), with secondary streams from advertising placements on the website and bi-monthly newsletter (82% open, 29% click), one-time permit and duplicate fees ($43 + taxes), and competence-based professional inspection fees ($250 + taxes). Pricing for inactivity leave offers a 45% discount for qualifying members. Distribution is entirely digital plus a Montreal headquarters, with no field sales motion; the organisation does not operate a traditional go-to-market but rather serves its captive member base and the Quebec public under a regulatory mandate.

Name

Ordre Professionnel des Sexologues du Québec

Legal name

L'Ordre professionnel des sexologues du Québec

Website

https://opsq.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Ordre Professionnel des Sexologues du Québec (OPSQ) is Quebec's statutory professional order regulating 1,250+ sexologists through permit issuance, professional inspection, continuing education, and complaint investigation, funded primarily by annual membership dues and operating from Montreal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Regulation Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Compliance & Enforcement Authorities (HLAJACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Occupational Licensing Examination Authorities (EDADAFAD)

Keywords

• Professional regulatory body
• Sexology professional regulation
• Public protection services
• Continuing education tracking
• Professional inspection services

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, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Cotisation): Annual membership fees required for sexologists to maintain their permit and practice legally. Fees include rabais d'inactivité (45% discount) for members on leave for 6+ months.
2. Advertising Revenue: Multi-channel advertising platform offering newsletter and website ad placements for member services, job postings, formations, and events.
3. Permit and Certificate Fees: Fees for permit issuance, duplicate permits ($43 + taxes), and attestation of diagnostic competency.
4. Professional Inspection Fees: Fees for competence-based professional inspections ($250 + taxes). Regular preventive inspections are free.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OPSQ is the statutory professional order that regulates the practice of sexology in Quebec. It issues and renews permits, mandates 30 hours of continuing education per 2-year period, conducts professional inspections, investigates complaints, and imposes disciplinary measures under the Code des professions. It also operates a public directory and practice-rights verification system (Tableau de l'Ordre), and provides member services such as professional liability insurance access and continuing education resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OPSQ: Official abbreviation for Ordre professionnel des sexologues du Québec used on social media and communications

Products and services

• OPSQ Member Portal (Espace sexologues)
• Multichannel Advertising Platform
• Beneva Group Professional Liability Insurance
• Professional Inspections and Competence Evaluation

Quantifiable outcome

• Regulated 1250+ sexologists across Quebec with mandatory compliance requirements
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BenevacoreOthersPartnership with Beneva, a Quebec-based insurance company, to provide group professional liability insurance to member sexologists. Insurance coverage of $3,000,000 per claim and $3,000,000 per period. Partnership also offers members discounts on auto, home, and office insurance. Beneva logo displayed as official insurance partner on OPSQ website.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO): Ontario's regulatory college for registered psychotherapists, the closest cross-provincial analogue to OPSQ in scope (talking-therapy professions under a regulated title). Comparable in functions (public register, complaints, inspections, CE) but operating under Ontario's Regulated Health Professions Act rather than Quebec's Code des professions.
• Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW): Ontario's regulatory body for social workers and social service workers, with a mandate and operational structure (register, complaints, discipline, CE) closely mirroring OPSQ's, but serving a different provincial jurisdiction.

Direct peers

• Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec (OPPQ): Quebec's physiotherapy professional order, operating under the same Code des professions structure. Comparable in headcount scale, member-services model (insurance, CE tracking, directory) and oversight by the Office des professions du Québec.
• Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation du Québec (OCCOQ): Quebec's professional order for guidance counsellors, operating under the same Code des professions regime. Comparable in member-services delivery (directory, CE, insurance partnerships) and in working with sensitive, confidential client populations.
• Ordre des psychologues du Québec: Quebec's professional order for psychologists, governed by the same Code des professions framework as OPSQ. It issues permits, oversees inspections, enforces ethics, and tracks continuing education for an adjacent mental/behavioral health profession, making its structure, scale and digital playbook directly comparable.
• Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ): Quebec's nursing professional order, the largest health professional order under the Code des professions. It offers a benchmark for member scale, continuing-education tracking, and inspection/discipline operations that are structurally analogous to OPSQ's.
• Ordre professionnel des inhalothérapeutes du Québec (OPIQ): Quebec's professional order for respiratory therapists, another small-to-mid sized healthcare professional order under the same regulatory umbrella. Useful as a size-comparable peer for cost structure, board governance and digital-services investment.
• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT): U.S.-based national membership and certification body for sex educators, counselors and therapists. It is the most direct functional analogue to OPSQ for the sexology profession, offering practitioner certification, ethics standards and a public directory, though it is a professional association rather than a state-granted order.
• Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec (OTSTCFQ): Quebec's professional order for social workers and couples/family therapists. It is a direct peer in mandate and operating model (permits, inspections, complaint handling) and covers a relational therapy practice that materially overlaps sexology in clientele and referrals.

Broad incumbents

• Office des professions du Québec: Government body that oversees all Quebec professional orders, including OPSQ. While not a peer in the same category, it defines the regulatory framework, supervises governance and appoints board members, making it the structural incumbent against which OPSQ's mandate and operating model are designed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/OPSQorg?lang=fr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCagcf8S9E2ezBX6F2iFJdUw
• Facebookfacebook.com/opsq.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/opsq

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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