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 Member) | “Professional Engineer”, “Professional Geoscientist” | “P.Eng.” or “P.Geo.” |
Professional Licensee | “Professional Licensee (Engineering)”, “Professional Licensee (Geoscience)” | |
Member-in-Training | “Member-in-Training”, “Engineer-in-Training”, “Geoscientist-inTraining” | "MIT" or "EIT" or "GIT" |
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 / Temporary License | “Professional Engineer” "Professional Geoscientist”, "Temporary Licensee" | “P.Eng.” or “P.Geo." |
Licence (Senior Member Category) | "Professional Engineer (Senior Member)", “Professional Geoscientist (Senior Member)" | "P.Eng.(SM)" "P.Geo.(SM)" |
Specified Scope of Practice Licence | “Specified Scope of Practice Licensee” | "Eng.L." "Geo.L." |
Engineering Intern / Geoscience Intern | "Engineering Intern", "Geoscience Intern" | "EIT" "GIT" |
New Brunswick
Licence | Associated Title | Abbreviation |
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Professional Member / Membre professionnel | “Engineer" / " Professional Engineer" "Geoscientist" / "Professional Geoscientist” "ingénieur" "géoscientifique" |
"P.Eng.” "P.Geo." / "ing." "géosc." |
Licensee (non-resident of NB) / Titulaire d'un permis (non-résident du NB) | “Engineer" /" Professional Engineer" "Geoscientist" / "Professional Geoscientist” "ingénieur" "géoscientifique" |
"P.Eng.” "P.Geo." / "ing." "géosc." |
Limited Licencee / Titulaire d'un permis restreint | “Limited Engineering Licence” / "Permis restreint d’ingénieur” "Limited Geoscience Licence" / Permis restreint de géoscientifique" |
“LEL” / “PRI” "LGL" / "PRG" |
Member-in-Training / Membre stagiaire | “Member-in-Training”, “Engineer-in-Training”, “Geoscientist-in-Training” “Membre stagiaire” | “MIT” or "EIT" or "GIT" or “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" |
Limited Engineering Licensee | “Engineering Licensee” | "Eng.L." |
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 | |
Engineer in Training (no longer offered as of May 2023) | “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 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.” |