Ontario’s regulator of Registered Massage Therapists · Since 1919
L’Ordre des massothérapeutes de l’Ontario
CMTO regulates Ontario’s Registered Massage Therapists in the public interest. We set the standards every RMT must meet, keep a public register anyone can check, and act when those standards are broken.
Is your massage therapist registered? Search the public register The official register — check any RMT’s registration details and conduct history, free.For the public
Check a therapist, know what to expect, or raise a concern.
For RMTs
Everything you need to practise and stay in good standing.
Future RMTs
Four pathways to registration, wherever you trained.
For the public
Anyone can search CMTO’s public register — it’s how you confirm that a massage therapist is registered, in good standing, and authorized to practise. Before your next appointment, the register can tell you:
Protected titles · Titres protégés
Only CMTO registrants may use them. If someone offers “massage therapy” without registration, they are practising illegally.
Report unregistered practice: Illegal practitioners → · Documents en français →
Our role
CMTO is not a school, and we don’t advocate for the profession. Under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and the Massage Therapy Act, 1991, we regulate massage therapy so Ontarians can trust the care they receive. In practice, that means five things:
We set the requirements to earn the titles “Massage Therapist,” “MT” and “RMT” — and act when they’re used without registration.
We maintain the register of every RMT in Ontario, so anyone can verify a therapist before treatment begins.
We develop and enforce the Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics that govern how RMTs work.
Through STRiVE, every RMT keeps their knowledge and skills current — every year of their career.
We receive and investigate every complaint, and discipline registrants when necessary.
“Regulatory excellence, promoting public trust, and safe, quality Massage Therapy.”
CMTO’s visionFor RMTs
Twenty standards govern how RMTs practise — from consent, draping and privacy to record keeping, fees and advertising. Each one exists to keep clients safe.
“The program that offers flexibility, opportunity and choice.” Every RMT participates in STRiVE annually to keep their knowledge and skills up to date across their career span.
Concerns & complaints
We review every complaint we receive — impartially, and fairly to everyone involved. Outcomes range from remediation and education to discipline before the Ontario Massage Therapists Discipline Tribunal, whose hearings are open to the public.
14 days
Your complaint is acknowledged in writing, and the RMT is notified within 14 days.
150 days
The Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee must reach its decision within 150 days.
No time limit
There is no deadline for filing a complaint with CMTO.
Audio guides walk you through every step in Arabic, Cantonese, French, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish and Tagalog.
CMTO has zero tolerance for sexual abuse by RMTs. Funding for therapy and counselling is available to clients who have been abused.
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