76 practice questions for IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C), with full explanations.
Every question comes with the correct answer, the reasoning behind it, and a short note on why each wrong option is wrong. Work through it once with the answers, then again with the questions-only copy under exam conditions.
- 76 questions mapped to the CIPP/C Body of Knowledge and exam blueprint
- Answers and explanations for every question, including the wrong options
- A questions-only PDF for timed practice runs
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- Free monthly updates for as long as the exam is live
- Pass or your money back
A CIPP/C attempt costs US$550 (US$375 for a retake). This pack is US$39, paid once.
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Last updated September 2026 · 76 questions
What makes the CIPP/C hard
CIPP/C is the Canadian concentration of IAPP’s privacy professional certification: 90 questions in 150 minutes with an optional 15 minute break, 75 scored and 15 unscored pilot items, and a pass mark of 300 on the 100 to 500 scale. IAPP refreshes the Body of Knowledge every year, and recent revisions have leaned into Quebec’s Law 25, now the strictest private sector regime in the country and the source of a growing share of the harder questions.
The exam is built around the split between federal and provincial, and between private and public sector. The private sector side covers PIPEDA and its ten fair information principles, the substantially similar provincial statutes in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, the Digital Privacy Act’s breach reporting requirements, CASL, and Quebec’s Law 25 obligations around privacy impact assessments, consent, automated decision making and cross border transfers. The public sector side covers the federal Privacy Act and Access to Information Act, the provincial freedom of information statutes, and health privacy laws such as Ontario’s PHIPA.
Scenario questions typically describe an organisation, a data flow or a complaint and ask which law and which principle applies, so the fastest gains come from knowing which statute governs each combination of sector, province and data type.
About the exam
CIPP/C is IAPP’s Canadian privacy law certification. It covers the Canadian privacy environment, federal and provincial private sector privacy law including PIPEDA, Quebec’s Law 25 and the Alberta and BC PIPAs, public sector and health privacy law, anti-spam law, breach notification, and the roles and powers of the privacy commissioners and courts. There are no prerequisites.
Exam domains
- The Canadian privacy environment and legal framework
- Federal private-sector privacy law: PIPEDA and CASL
- Provincial private-sector privacy law: Quebec Law 25, Alberta PIPA, BC PIPA
- Public-sector privacy and access laws, federal and provincial
- Health information privacy laws
- Regulators, enforcement, breach notification and cross-border data flows
IAPP publishes a question range per domain rather than percentages.
90 multiple-choice questions (75 scored), 150 minutes plus an optional 15-minute break, pass mark 300 on a 100 to 500 scale, US$550 per attempt (US$375 for a retake), Pearson VUE test centre or OnVUE online, maintained with 20 CPE credits per two-year term.
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