The following tables show licences issued by the engineering regulators in Canada and their associated titles and abbreviations:
Alberta
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Professional Geoscientist” | “P.Eng.” or “P.Geo.” |
Licensee | APEGA considers you a "Licensee (Engineering)" or "Licensee (Geoscience)" : However you have the same rights and responsibilities as a professional member. | “P.Eng.” or “P.Geo.” |
Professional Licensee | “Professional Licensee (Engineering)”, “Professional Licensee (Geoscience)” | |
Provisional License | “Provisional Licensee (Engineering)”/”Provisional Licensee (Geology)”/ “Provisional Licensee (Geophysics)” or “Provisional Lic. (Eng.)”/ “Provisional Lic. (Geol.)”/ “Provisional Lic. (Geoph.)” | |
Member-in-Training | “Member-in-Training”, “Engineer-in-Training”, “Geoscientist-inTraining” | "MIT" or "EIT" or "GIT" |
Professional Technologist | “Professional Technologist” | “P.Tech.” |
British Columbia
Registration | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Engineer”, Professional Geoscientist”, “Geoscientist” | “P.Eng.”, “P.Geo.” |
Professional Licensee | “Professional Licensee Engineering” | “P.L.Eng.” or “P.L.Geo.” |
Designated Structural Engineer | “ Struct.Eng.” | |
Trainee | “Engineer-in-Training”,”Geoscientists-in-Training” | “EIT”, “GIT” |
Manitoba
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer” or "Professional Geoscientist” | “P.Eng.” or “P.Geo." |
Temporary Licence | “Temporary Licensee” | |
Specified Scope of Practice Licence | “Specified Scope of Practice Licensee” | |
Member-in-Training | “Member-in-Training”,”Engineer-in-Training” or “Geoscientist-in-Training" | "MIT" or "EIT" or "GIT" |
New Brunswick
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence/Permis | “Engineer / Geoscientist”; “Professional Engineer / Professional Geoscientist”; ingénieur / géoscientifique | "P.Eng.” / “P.Geo.” “ing.”/géosc.” |
Member-in-Training Licence/Membre stagiaire | “Member-in-Training”, “Engineer-in-Training”, “Geoscientist-in-Training” / “Membre stagiaire” | “MIT” or "EIT" or "GIT"/ “MS” |
Newfoundland and Labrador
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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License | “Professional Engineer” / “Professional Geoscientist” | "P.Eng.”/ “P.Geo.” |
Member-in-Training | “Member in Training”, “Engineers-in-Training”, “Geoscientists-in-Training” | “MIT” |
Limited License | “professional member in the practice of engineering – limited license”, “professional member in the practice of geosciences – limited license" | “Eng. L.” or “Geo. L.” |
Northwest Territories
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Professional Geoscientist” | "P.Eng.”, “P.Geo.” |
Member-in-Training | Allowed to use the title or variation of “Engineer” or “Geoscientist”" | “MIT” |
Nova Scotia
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Full Member | “Professional Engineer” | "P.Eng." |
Engineer-in-Training | “Engineer-in-Training” | "EIT" |
Ontario
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Engineer” or “ingénieur” | “P.Eng.” |
Temporary Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Engineer” or “ingénieur” | “P.Eng.” |
Limited Licence | “Limited Engineering Licensee” or “titulaire de permis restreint d’ingénieur” | “LEL” or “PRI” |
Limited Licence holder who is also a CET (Certified Engineering Technologist) | "Licensed Engineering Technologist” or “technologue en ingénierie titulaire de permis” | “LET” |
Provisional Licence | Provisional Licence | |
“Engineering Intern” or “stagiaire en ingénierie” | “EIT” |
Prince Edward Island
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence to practise | “Professional Engineer”, “Engineer” | "P.Eng." |
Provisional Membership | (Requires a collaborator, not allowed to work on his/her own) | |
Certificate of Engineer-in-Training | “Engineer-in-Training” | "EIT" |
Quebec
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Permis d’ingénieur / Engineer’s Permit | “ingénieur”, “Engineer” or “Professional Engineer” | "ing." or "Eng." or "P.Eng." |
Permis d’ingénieur junior / Junior Engineer’s Permit | ingénieur junior / Junior Engineer | “ing. jr’ or “Jr. Eng.” |
Permis temporaire / Temporary Permit (for a specific project / language requirements) | ||
Permis restrictif temporaire en génie / Temporary Restrictive Engineer’s Permit | (For graduates from France) You are not allowed to practice without the supervision of an engineer | “DPRTG” / “HTREP” or “HPRTG” |
Saskatchewan
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer”, “Professional Geoscientist “ | “P.Eng.”, “P. Geo" |
Temporary Licence | Temporary Licensee (note this is only for PE's from Texas and Mexico) | |
Licensee Membership (restricted licence) | “Engineering Licensee” or “Geoscience Licensee” | |
Member-in-Training | "Engineer-in-Training" , "Geoscientist-in-Training" |
Yukon
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Licence | “Professional Engineer” | “P.Eng.” |
Engineer-in-Training | “Engineer-in-Training” | “E.I.T." |
Limited Licence | “Limited License Engineer” | “L.L.Eng.” |