Under provisions of the Massage Therapy Act, 1991, only individuals who are registered members with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario are permitted to use the protected title of “Massage Therapist”, and/or “Registered Massage Therapist” or claiming to provide “massage therapy” or use any variation of these two titles or abbreviations, including but not limited to “M.T.” and “R.M.T.”

In addition the College of Massage Therapists has secured the following protected titles under the Federal Trade-marks Act:

Massage Therapist
Registered Massage Therapist
M.T.
R.M.T.
Massage Therapy
Therapeutic Massage
Massothérapie
Massage thérapeutique
Massothérapeute

Sometimes, individuals may have taken courses in massage therapy within Ontario or in other provinces. In taking these courses, these individuals may be aware of some aspects of the profession but they cannot refer to themselves as a Massage Therapist nor are they permitted to refer to their care or services provided as the practice of massage therapy in Ontario. To verify that someone is a Massage Therapist, you can search the Register of members under Find an RMT.

In addition some individuals may hold membership in any one of the various, associations or organizations within Canada that provide them with use of one of the protected titles listed above and a registration number. These titles and registration numbers do not apply within Ontario and any person found using any protected title within the province regardless of the membership in an association or education are considered illegal practitioners engaged in unauthorized practice.

Those persons who engage in or who make allowances for illegal practitioners place the public in harm’s way. The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario is committed to protection of the public interest in these circumstances.

These individuals listed below have been, or are in the process of being, prosecuted under the Massage Therapy Act, 1991 and the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. These individuals are not members of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario and are not entitled to practice massage therapy in Ontario or hold themselves out as a "Massage Therapist", "Registered Massage Therapist", "M.T." or "R.M.T.":

The Canadian Examining Board Of Health Care Practitioners and Colin Paddon, Michele Anes, Bridget Le Chat, Jan Benham, Doris Morely, Leea Mitchell, Mathias Nauts, Ronald Nauts, Richard Zirler) – Toronto
Svetlana Kojeko, - North York
Active Massage Therapy Sports Clinic and Maureen Rutter – Pickering
Jenny Tran – Toronto
Karmen Luttrell - Sudbury
Yvette Bazarin-Ulett - Port Perry
Positive Fitness and Wellness and Sandra Correa - Hamilton
George Workman - Mississauga
Mandara Spa - Woodbridge
Just Relax Wellness Centre and Ivy De Koning – Richmond Hill
Ocean Nature Health Center, Ocean Spa and Zou Fan (Amy) Lam - North York
Chu Yun Li - Scarborough
Rhonda Riordon - Toronto
Chakra Spa and Lisa Julien - Toronto
Tu Hoa Beauty Centre and Huiling Chen and Fenghua Wang - Toronto
A & P Therapy and Acupuncture Center and Angela Wu - Scarborough
Katherine Frost and Valentini Hair Design Limited - Guelph
Xu Ting Wei, Mindy Pan and Faye Beauty Centre - North York
Sharon Frohwein - Richmond Hill
Relaxology Health Centre Corporation, Relaxology Wellness Centre Corp, Relaxology Wellness Centre, Teresa Ming Hsin (a/k/a Ming-Chien Chen a/k/a Teresa Chen) and Hong Yan Liu (a/k/a Nancy Hongyan Liu) - Mississauga
Carolyn McDonald – Ajax
Ashley Van Zelst – Chatham
Yan Wang and Forever Health Centre – Scarborough
Jennifer Hsieh and Greenway Spa – Toronto
Dannielle McDougall - Wallaceburg
Michael Mu - Toronto
Bi Cheng Health Centre Inc. and Jia Li Dai - Toronto

For further information, or if you are aware of any of these individuals continuing to use a protected title of this College please contact, Coordinator, Professional Conduct.

Notice Regarding Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies (an educational program that does not lead to Registration with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario and the right to use the protected titles, "Massage Therapist and Registered Massage Therapist").

The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario and the Ontario Massage Therapist Association are aware of Mr. Brandon Raynor and his activities in providing massage therapy education in Ontario and his comments regarding massage therapy as a regulated health profession.

The College has been actively looking into Mr. Raynor’s activities for a couple of years and have also been in contact with the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia in this regard. In addition, information about Mr. Raynor’s activities has been shared with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services both of whom may have an interest in the claims he is making and his educational programs that will not prepare individuals to take the Certification examinations in Ontario.

Notwithstanding these efforts, members of the profession must remember that massage therapy is not a protected scope of practice and, as such, it is in the "public domain". However, because the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario holds the federal "Official Marks" on the terms massage therapy and therapeutic massage and the title, massage therapist, and the Massage Therapy Act, 1991 protects the title of Massage Therapist for use by members of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario only, Mr. Raynor is not permitted to use these terms and titles in connection with his business in Canada and specifically Ontario. The matter is complicated because much of Mr. Raynor’s advertising is international in scope and this proves difficult to prosecute.

It is regrettable that in order to promote his own business, Mr. Raynor feels the need to minimize the value that the Registered Massage Therapists provide to the public of Ontario through their commitment to safe, ethical, compassionate and client-centred care.

Update: The Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities has issued a restraining order against Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies Pty Ltd. Click here for more details.