We provide resources to assist our stakeholders in understanding our regulatory role and how we protect the public interest.
As part of its regulatory mandate, PEO establishes, maintains and develops: standards of knowledge and skill; standards of practice for the profession; standards of professional ethics; and promotes public awareness of its role. The following are resources to assist PEO stakeholders--licence holders, applicants, and the public--in understanding their roles and responsibilities and the regulator’s work protecting the public interest.
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Ontario professional engineers are part of a community of more than 87,500 PEO licence and certificate holders committed to enhancing the quality of life, safety and well-being in the province.
As Ontario’s engineering regulator, PEO relies heavily on its volunteers. More than 1,000 professional engineers, engineering interns and non-engineers volunteer their time each year on behalf of the association through their participation.
PEO's mandate, as described in the Professional Engineers Act, is to ensure that the public is protected and that individuals and companies providing engineering services uphold a strict code of professional ethics and conduct.
Online Learning Modules
PEO’s Online Learning Modules provide licence holders, volunteers, staff and applicants with various learning and development opportunities.
Learn More regarding Online Learning ModulesPractice Advice Resources and Guidelines
PEO offers a variety of practice advice resources to assist licence holders in providing professional and ethical engineering services.
Learn More regarding Practice Advice Resources and GuidelinesFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. Council’s CPD task forces recommended the PEAK tenets and operating rules after reviewing other regulators’ CPD reporting programs and best practices to establish a made-for-PEO program that would be straightforward and less cumbersome for PEO licence holders. PEO licence holders were also surveyed for their feedback before the task forces made their recommendations.
Note: Council’s CPD task forces worked from 2015 to 2017 and included engineers representing a range of demographics (a council member, academic engineer, in-house engineer, non-practising engineer, government engineer, manufacturing engineer, sole practitioner, retired engineer, and an engineer at a consulting practice.) And in 2022, a consultation survey was carried out to inform the transition to a mandatory version of the PEAK program.
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Unlike other regulators, the Practice Review in Ontario is a voluntary (optional) initiative to ensure the acceptable manner of operating and managing a professional engineering practice.
No. Both exams must be written at the same exam sitting and have the required minimum grades to qualify for Good Performance. Those who have previously written PEO technical exams do not qualify for the Good Performance policy.
No, a resume isn't required for the Canadian P.Eng. Mobility Application.
No. Instead of a temporary licence, we will grant a full P.Eng. licence to qualified applicants within 10 business days, provided their application is complete.
If you applied after July 1:
Starting July 1, if you write the NPPE before submitting your application, you can retake the NPPE as many times as needed before submission.
If you applied before July 1:
If you submitted your application before July 1, you must complete the NPPE by the date we specified in your notification letter.
The PEO portal is secure and regularly maintained using industry-standard security practices.
Accessing your digital certificate online is optional and is provided in addition to the printed wall certificate. If you prefer not to access the certificate through the PEO portal, you may continue to use your printed certificate.
Once logged into the portal, under profile select “change password” and enter a new password then click save.