Education Requirements for DAR Designation - Canadian National Association of Real Estate Appraisers

Mandatory Courses

All 14 courses must be completed (along with 2 years experience writing reports) before you may challenge the DAR exam.

This chart provides the course number, course name, how many hours are credited for each course, and when each course should be completed by.

Course No.	Course Name	Hours	Time frame to be completed
CNA102	Introduction to Appraisal Standards	16	within the first 30 days of registration.
CNA101	Introduction to Real Estate Appraising	45	within first 4 months of registration.
CNA111	CNAREA Ethics	16	by the end of the first year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA112	A Guide to Residential Appraising	4	by the end of the first year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA201	Residential Real Estate Appraising	16	by the end of the first year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA103	Introduction to the Fundamentals of Market Data	45	by the end of the second year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA202	Residential Cost Approach	16	by the end of the second year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA203	Residential Sales Comparison Approach	8	by the end of the second year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA204	Residential Income Approach	16	by the end of the second year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA205	Completing Residential Reports	8	by the end of the second year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA206	Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis	16	by the end of the third year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA207	Advanced Case Studies	16	by the end of the third year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA208	Appraising Complex Properties	16	by the end of the third year of being a Candidate Member.
CNA104	Introduction to Residential Construction	45	at any point in the first four years of being a Candidate Member.

Course No.	Course Name	Hours	Details
CNA211	Understanding Highest and Best Use Analysis	6
CNA222	Banking Fundamentals	4
CNA209	USPAP Review	4	CNA209 USPAP Review First 60 days every even year (when new USPAP is issued)

For elective courses only: Other appraisal related courses should be submitted as they may be approved on a case to case basis.

CNA: 101&104 are correspondence (self study) courses; course material is mailed and/or in download format.

CNA: 102,103&209 are correspondence (self study) courses; course material in download format.

CNA: 201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208 will be online or e-courses. We are in the process of converting our courses from being in class.