Knowledge Centre

PEO publishes a variety of resources to assist licence holders in their roles and responsibilities, as well as guidance for applicants going through the licensure process.

Resources

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.

Practice Advice Resources and Guidelines

PEO offers a variety of practice advice resources to assist licence holders in providing professional and ethical engineering services.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your PEO and PEAK statuses are recorded in your PEO portal licence holder account. Log in to the PEO portal, follow the instructions to launch the program and then select “My Statuses” to view your PEO statuses. Your current and historical statuses will be listed.

Retain your supporting documentation for three years in the event you are selected for an audit of your PEAK declarations. PEO is developing the requirements and procedures for auditing PEAK declarations including selection criteria and proof of CPD completion. Stay tuned for more details.

PEO is developing the requirements and procedures for auditing PEAK declarations, including selection criteria and proof of CPD completion. Stay tuned for more details.

PEO does not charge you a fee to participate in the PEAK program. You can pursue CPD activities at any cost, including free activities, if the learning content meets PEAK CPD admissibility criteria.

Currently, there is no process for requesting a PEAK exemption. However, PEO is exploring options to accommodate individuals with extenuating circumstances through opportunities like extensions and exemptions. Stay tuned for more details.

Currently, there is no process for requesting a PEAK deadline extension. However, PEO is exploring options to accommodate individuals with extenuating circumstances through opportunities like extensions and exemptions. Stay tuned for more details.

Currently, individuals with a new or reinstated licence will not have any PEAK requirements for their first calendar year; instead, they will start the PEAK program the next year. Individuals who change their statuses again later in the same year will have their CPD requirement waived for that year.

Please note: individuals enrolled in fee remission will not have a PEAK CPD report requirement that year; and individuals with a suspended licence will not have a PEAK CPD report requirement that year.

PEO automatically assigns you a licence status of “Not permitted to practise” and a practice status of “Not practising” when your licence is suspended for disciplinary reasons. You must still complete two PEAK elements: a practice evaluation and a professional practice module. Failing to complete PEAK requirements on time could result in an additional licence suspension for administrative reasons.

Please note: A person with a suspended licence cannot call themselves a professional engineer or limited licence holder, cannot use the licence title, cannot practise professional engineering and cannot be the designated person for certificates of authorization.

PEO automatically assigns you a licence status of “Not permitted to practise” and a practice status of “Not practising” when your licence is suspended for administrative reasons (like not completing PEAK requirements on time). You must complete any overdue PEAK requirements that caused the administrative licence suspension to lift the suspension.

Please note: A person with a suspended licence cannot call themselves a professional engineer or limited licence holder, cannot use the licence title, cannot practise professional engineering and cannot be the designated person for certificates of authorization.

If you resume practice later this year, you must change your practice status to “Practising” within 30 days of resuming practice by updating the entire practice evaluation element.