How it works

From purchase to a study plan, in one sitting.

Four steps. The third one is the reason the other three exist.

01

Buy, then sign in with the same email

Choose what you need from the practice exams page. Checkout runs through our store; access appears on your dashboard usually within a minute.

Then sign in at app.ontariobarexam.com with the same email address you used at checkout — that is how your purchase finds you. Sign-in is by Google or a one-time email link. There is no password to create, and none to forget the night before you write.

If the Law Society has granted you testing accommodations such as additional time, tell us after purchase and before you start. We will match them on your account at no charge, so your practice runs under the conditions you will actually sit in.

02

Sit it properly — the clock is the point

A full mock is 160 questions over 4 hours 30 minutes, organised into topic sections at realistic weightings. Subject quizzes are deliberately untimed: those are for focused study, not simulation.

The clock does not start until you press Begin. Read the instructions, get a coffee, close the door. Once running, the countdown is kept on our server rather than in your browser, so refreshing, closing the laptop or losing wi-fi changes nothing. Every answer saves the moment you pick it.

Move freely between questions and sections, change any answer until you submit, and flag anything you want to revisit — the sections panel tracks what you have flagged and what is still unanswered.

There is a pause button, and it is deliberately small: three pauses per attempt, three minutes each, then the clock resumes on its own. It exists so a genuine interruption does not cost you an attempt. It is not a study break — the exam you are preparing for will not offer one either.

The exam screen: question, answer options, countdown timer and section navigator.
One question at a time, with the countdown always visible. Demo account.
03

Get a report that tells you where the marks went

This is the part that matters. A score alone tells you almost nothing you can act on: 62% does not tell you what to open tonight. So every attempt produces a diagnostic report built two ways.

By competency — the lawyering skills the questions test, such as knowledge of the law, analysis and issue identification, ethics and practice management. By area of law — civil litigation, family, criminal, public law, business, real estate, estates, and professional responsibility.

The same answers, cut two ways, because they fail differently. A candidate can be strong across every subject and still lose marks wherever the question demands analysis rather than recall — and no per-subject score will ever show that.

You also see how you compare with other candidates who wrote the same exam. Those comparisons are aggregated and anonymous, and we hold them back until enough people have written for an average to mean anything — a comparison against three strangers is noise dressed up as insight.

Competency breakdown: each category showing the student's score against the peer average, weakest first.
Weakest categories first, each against the peer average. Demo account; the averages shown are illustrative sample data.
04

Review what you got wrong — and only that

Your review shows the questions you missed, not the whole paper. Re-reading questions you already answered correctly is a comfortable way to spend an evening learning nothing.

Each one shows the answer you chose, where it sat in the syllabus, and — once you are at or above 60% — the correct answer with a full explanation of why it is right and why the tempting wrong answer is wrong.

Below 60%, explanations stay locked, and we would rather say so plainly than surprise you. The reason is not punitive: it stops the exams being farmed for an answer key by someone submitting blank attempts. You still see every question you missed and exactly where it sat, which is what tells you where to go back to. Sit it again after studying and the explanations open up.

Review screen at or above 60%: a missed question with the correct answer and full explanation.
At or above 60%: the correct answer and why it is right. Demo account.
Review screen below 60%: missed questions listed with the syllabus location, explanations locked.
Below 60%: you still see every question you missed and where it sat, but explanations stay locked. Demo account.

The practical questions

Can I stop and come back?

Yes. Answers save as you go and an unfinished attempt is waiting on your dashboard. On a timed exam the clock keeps running while you are away, so leaving mid-exam is safe for your answers but not for your time — we warn you before you go.

What if I run out of time?

The attempt submits itself and scores whatever you answered. Nothing is lost and the report is produced as usual.

How many times can I sit one?

Each product states the attempts included. Questions are freshly ordered on each attempt, so a second sitting is not a memory test of the first.

Can I use my phone?

It works on a phone or tablet, and the timer, saving and reports all behave the same. For a 4.5-hour mock we would still suggest a laptop and a desk — you are rehearsing the real thing.

More in the FAQ.

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