Prospective Immigrants to Ontario: Applying for PEO Licensing

WHILE YOU ARE STILL ABROAD (Before You Immigrate to Ontario)

You may begin the licensing/registration process from your country of origin. You will be required to:

  • Provide documentary evidence of your qualifications for our assessment; and
  • Include the appropriate fees to initiate your application for licence.

This is intended to reduce the time it takes for you to receive your licence. It also helps you determine if your academic qualifications meet PEO’s standards for licensure before you immigrate.

To apply for licensure in Ontario and to receive an application form, contact our office at:

Professional Engineers Ontario
40 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 101
Toronto, ON, M2N 6K9
Tel: (416) 224-1100    Toll Free: 1-800-339-3716
Fax: (416) 224-8168   Toll Free Fax: 1-800-268-0496
e-mail: PEO application

Or download the application package in PDF format!

For more information please check out the registration section.

You must submit the following:

  • The completed application form with the supporting documentation requested; and
  • Payment of $241.50 Cdn to "Professional Engineers Ontario". (Please check the current fee schedule.) Click here for payment options.

If your academic documents are not in English, you are required to submit a notarized English translation as well as the original documents. You must also provide your detailed course descriptions (a syllabus) and an experience record for our review.

The academic qualification assessment should take no longer than two months to complete after PEO has received all the required documents.

Once your documents have been assessed, PEO will advise you on what examinations you will be required to write, in the event your academic qualifications are assessed to be deficient, or in order to confirm that they are equivalent to PEO’s academic requirements for licensure.

As soon as you arrive in Ontario, you may continue the licensure process without paying an additional fee for the licence application.

The Right to Practise in Ontario

The Professional Engineer ("P.Eng.") licence gives the right to practise professional engineering in the province of Ontario. To be licensed by Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), you must:

  1. Be at least 18 years of age;
  2. Be of good character;
  3. Meet PEO's stipulated requirements for licensure. View our Education Standards;
  4. Pass the Professional Practice Examination; and
  5. Fulfill the Engineering Work Experience Requirements.

When You Arrive in Ontario

If you have already had your academic qualifications assessed (as described above), you should contact PEO when you arrive to continue the licensure process. You will be asked to provide proof of:

  • Your full legal name;
  • Your PEO file number (this appears on all PEO communication to you);
  • Your permanent residency status in Canada; and
  • You must re-submit an official English translation of your documents certified by a translator from the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO) or prepared and certified by a Canadian Professional Engineer.

For more information visit Access to the Engineering Profession in Ontario, a fact sheet developed in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Access to Professions and Trades Unit and PEO, designed to assist internationally skilled workers access the engineering profession in Ontario.