Two-day training course $825

Covers all course materials, your certificate as a printable PDF once your post-course work and agreement form are complete, and your first year of registration.

Annual membership

Certification is held through annual registration with the Association. Your first year is included in the course fee. After that it is $49 CAD a year, invoiced on the anniversary of your certification. No card is stored and nothing is charged automatically.

Refund and cancellation

  • Two weeks or more before the course: full refund, less $250 CAD for course materials and administration.
  • Between one and two weeks before the course: 50% of the registration fee refunded.
  • Less than one week before the course: no refund, but your fee can be applied to a future course.
  • Pre-course work not finished on time: you cannot be admitted on the Saturday, and the fee is not refunded.
  • Missing part of the training: you may join a future course to complete it. The fee is not refunded.
  • Annual registration: the $49 CAD renewal is not refunded once paid.

Your course materials are released when you register. They are for your own use and may not be shared.

To request a refund, email support@certifiedcelebrants.org. Refunds usually reach your card within three to five business days. The full wording is on our policies page.

Fees may be adjusted at any time without notice. The fee shown at the moment you register is the fee that applies to you.

What is asked of you

You do not just attend this course, you complete it. There is work before and after the two days.

  1. Before the course — about four hoursSeven reading parts and a workbook, with one short form submitted by midnight on the Friday before. Required for admission on the Saturday morning.
  2. Both days in full9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern, live over Zoom, camera on.
  3. Saturday eveningOne short form to complete, and a eulogy to write.
  4. Sunday morningYou deliver that eulogy to the group, on camera, and take feedback from everyone on the call.
  5. After the courseA survey and an agreement form. Your certificate follows.

Most people find the Sunday morning the hardest thing and the reason they are glad they came. If you are not willing to stand up and deliver, this is not the course for you. It is better to know that now than on the Sunday morning.

The seven steps of certification in full