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SOA RET DAC Pass Rates

RET DAC: Design and Accounting (Canada)

68.0% April/May 2025 raw pass rate +8.0 ptsvs 60.0% in October/November 2024
All-time high
73.9%April/May 2023
All-time low
40.0%October/November 2020
Average
60.7%across 24 sittings
Std. deviation
7.6 ptssitting to sitting
Candidates tracked
8132013 to 2025
Sittings
24all counted
Raw pass rate
35%45%55%65%75%2013201520172019202120232025 April/May 2025 · 68.0%
Raw pass rate = passed / candidates sitting. Effective rate excludes candidates whose papers the society judged too incomplete to be realistic attempts.

Every RET DAC sitting

RET DAC pass rate by sitting: candidates, passed, raw rate, effective rate. Newest first.
Sitting Candidates Passed Raw rate Effective rate
April/May 2025 25 17 68.0% 68.0%
October/November 2024 25 15 60.0% 60.0%
April/May 2024 28 19 67.9% 67.9%
October/November 2023 22 16 72.7% 72.7%
April/May 2023 23 17 73.9% 73.9%
October/November 2022 21 12 57.1% 57.1%
April/May 2022 21 12 57.1% 57.1%
October/November 2021 31 20 64.5% 64.5%
April/May 2021 35 21 60.0% 60.0%
October/November 2020 20 8 40.0% 40.0%
July 2020 26 16 61.5% 61.5%
October/November 2019 45 24 53.3% 53.3%
May 2019 45 23 51.1% 51.1%
October/November 2018 40 24 60.0% 60.0%
April 2018 31 18 58.1% 58.1%
October/November 2017 23 15 65.2% 65.2%
May 2017 32 20 62.5% 62.5%
October/November 2016 38 24 63.2% 63.2%
May 2016 47 31 66.0% 66.0%
October/November 2015 50 31 62.0% 62.0%
April/May 2015 54 35 64.8% 64.8%
October/November 2014 56 28 50.0% 50.0%
April/May 2014 36 19 52.8% 52.8%
November 2013 39 25 64.1% 64.1%

About RET DAC

The Canadian design and accounting exam of the Retirement track, offered from 2013 until the 2025 course-based pathway redesign.

Data: Society of Actuaries official exam statistics, 2013 to 2025. Last updated July 5, 2026.

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