How to become a

Professional Engineer
in Ontario

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 The Licensure Process

Engineering
Engineering
Professional
Professional
Application
Applicationto Academic
Academic Experience
experience
Practice
Practice Licensure
Licensure
toPEO
PEO Assessment
assessment Examination
Requirements
requirements
Examination
&& references
References

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 The Licensure Process

Engineering
Professional
Application to Academic experience
Practice Licensure
PEO assessment requirements
Examination
& references

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 What do you need
to apply to PEO?
Application
Application form and type
form and type
type
Name
Nameand proof
& proof
and of of
proof identity
identity
identity

Current
Current residence
residence address
address

Academic
Academicbackground
background
Current
Current employment
employment
Experience
Experiencerecord
record

Referees
Referees

Goodcharacter
Good character

Applicants
Applicants declaration
declaration
Application
Application fee

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 Application Form and Type
Found at www.peo.on.ca
What type of application?
o Want to be an EIT?

o For a new P.Eng.

licence
o If you were a past
PEO member

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 Application Form and Type
Engineering Intern
Financial Credit Program

Program waives PEO

application fee and first- Eligible applicants Apply online here
year EIT fees

Graduates from accredited

Canadian engineering schools
applying within six months of their
convocation date

International engineering graduates

applying within six months of their
landing date in Canada

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 Application Form
Name and Proof of Identity
Your full legal name supported by:
Canadian birth certificate,
Certificate of Canadian citizenship,
Canadas permanent resident card, or
Record of landing.
Proof of identity supported by:
Canadian birth certificate,
Canadian citizenship card (both sides),
Canadas permanent resident card (both sides),
Form IMM 1000 of Record of Landing,
Work permit/visa, if applicable.
** You must be at least 18 years old to be licensed

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 Application Form
Current Residence Address
Your current home address and phone
numbers
Indicate if you want PEO to send your mail
to your home or business address

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 Application Form
Academic Background
Discipline

Details of
your
City and
country of
bachelors, Date
postgraduate granted
university
and other
degrees

University
name

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 Application Form
Current Employment

Only necessary if you are currently employed

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 Application Form
Experience Record

Focus on the five criteria

The start and end dates of your
Comprehensive employment (month and year)
engineering Names and locations of
experience employers
summary Your title/position
Description of your engineering
activities

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 Application Form
Referees

At least three referees who are familiar with your

engineering experience
Name and title
Email address
Licence/registration number, if applicable

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 Application Form
Good Character

Answer the questions

and provide details for
questions that you
answer Yes

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 Application Form
Applicants Declaration
Your signature confirming that your application is true
and complete without misrepresentation or false
statements

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 Application Form
Application Fee

$300 + HST (total $339) payable to Professional

Engineers Ontario

No fee for applicants eligible and applying through

the Financial Credit Program (FCP)

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 The Licensure Process

Engineering
Professional
Application to Academic experience
Practice Licensure
PEO assessment requirements
Examination
& references

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 Academic Assessment
Academic Background
Minimum
CEAB Non-CEAB
Education
graduates graduates
level
Original transcripts, diplomas,
Transcripts directly degrees and/or certificates Three-year diploma
sent from the Copies must be certified by a notary in technology from a
academic institution public or P.Eng. college of applied
to PEO If documents are not in English, arts and technology
English translations must be
prepared by a certified member of
the Association of Translators and
Interpreters of Ontario.
Bachelors degree in
a relevant science
Detailed description area
of all engineering
courses taken.
Academic
qualifications
Abstracts of theses deemed by Council
for postgraduate to be equivalent to a
degrees diploma or degree

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 Academic Assessment
Academic Requirementsnon-CEAB

PEO will assess

academic Confirmatory Examination
Program: to confirm academic
background to equivalency
determine
Specific Examination Program:
equivalency to Remedy any identified deficiencies
established in academic requirements
standards
Technical exams
Offered twice a year
Can be written across and
outside of Canada
Applicants have up to eight
years to write exams

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 Academic Assessment
Experience Requirements Committee (ERC) Interview

May find you

Confirmatory >5 years do not need
Examination engineering to take the
Program experience examination
program
Interviews
when:
May find
you do not
Minimum Specific >10 years
need to take
academic Examination engineering
the
level Program experience
examination
program

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 The Licensure Process

Engineering
Professional
Application to Academic experience
Practice Licensure
PEO assessment requirements
Examination
& references

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 Professional Practice Exam

Three- All applicants must pass the PPE

hour (minimum mark of 50 percent)
exam
Can be Two parts:
written
across and
Law (1.5
hours)
Only failed portions have to be re-
outside of
Canada
Ethics (1.5
hours)
written (law or ethics)
The
The
PPE
If the PPE is failed three times, candidate
Held in April,
August and
Essay must wait one year before a fourth and final
December format attempt to write the exam is granted
Applicant must submit two sample responses
Closed from past exams for PEO to review before fourth
and final attempt
book

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 The Licensure Process

Engineering
Professional
Application to Academic experience
Practice Licensure
PEO assessment requirements
Examination
& references

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 Engineering Experience
Requirements & References
Experience
Experience Record
Record
12 months minimum in a Canadian
jurisdiction under a licensed P.Eng.
Include names/dates of employment
and location of employers
48 months of verifiable, Job title/position
acceptable engineering
experience in a Description of engineering activities
summary that meet the 5 criteria

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 Engineering Experience
Requirements & References
Experience Requirements
Criteria
Application of theory
Practical experience
Management of engineering
Communication skills
Social implications of engineering

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 Engineering Experience
Requirements & References
Experience Credit

Up to 12 months of pre-graduation experience

12 months for a postgraduate degree in engineering
in similar discipline as undergraduate degree (transcripts
required)
Additional credit for industrially applied research
work during postgraduate degree(s) (industry referee required)

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 Engineering Experience
Requirements & References
Referees

At least three referees

needed, with at least Referee supervisor
one P.Eng. for 12 required for each
months in a Canadian place of employment
jurisdiction

PEO mails
questionnaire to
referees who fill it out
and return directly to
PEO

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 Engineering Experience
Requirements & References
Experience AssessmentExperience Requirements
Committee (ERC) Interview

Interview if the applicants engineering

experience is doubtful or not supported by
referees
Applicant given guidance to address
deficiencies in collaboration with the
applicants selected P.Eng. supervisor.

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 Other Information

Costs to become licensed

Licence types
EIT program
PEO contacts

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 Other Information

tobecome
Costs to becomelicensed
licensed
Application fees $300 + HST (total $339) cheque or money order

PPE $165

$580 (administration & first examination fee); $165 (each

Technical examinations subsequent examination); $300 (submission of a thesis)

EIT annual fee $75 + HST (total $84.75)

Final registration/licensing fee $250 + HST (total $282.50)

Annual licence fee $220 + HST (total $248.60)

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 Other Information
Licence types

PROVISIONAL
PROVISIONAL
FULL
FULL Meets all
requirements except
Professional Engineer
for the 12 months
(P.Eng.)
Canadian experience
under a P.Eng.

LIMITED
LIMITED
TEMPORARY
TEMPORARY
Competence in a
Licensed in other certain area of
province/territory professional
engineering

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 Other Information

EngineeringIntern
Engineering Intern Training
(EIT) (EIT) Program
Program

Benefits
Annual reviews of engineering experience
Attendance at EIT seminars
Ability to join a chapter and attend chapter events
Access to PEOs licensure assistance program
Receive Engineering DimensionsPEOs official
publication

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 Other Information

PEO
PEOContacts
Contacts

Manage applicants files

Admissions Prepare applicants for the next step in the
process
representatives Answer all licensing process and application
status questions

Finance Fees and receipts

department

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 Licensure

Engineering
Professional
Application to Academic experience
Practice Licensure
PEO assessment requirements
Examination
& references

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 Questions?

PEO Contacts
Academics & Educational Requirements
academics@peo.on.ca
Experience Questions & Assessment
experience@peo.on.ca
Examinations (Technical & PPE)
exams@peo.on.ca
Finance Department
financialservices@peo.on.ca
Engineering Intern (EIT) Program
eit@peo.on.ca

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