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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can sign up at the following link https://secure.peo.on.ca/ebusiness/PEOSignUp.aspx
PEO does not require specific English, French or other language proficiency testing, and applicants are not required to be Canadian citizens or permanent residents to become licensed.
Three textbooks and several free resources are recommended as study materials to prepare for the NPPE:
Read about recommended study materials.
Several practice tests are available to help you prepare for the NPPE. These practice test questions are taken from previously held NPPE exams.
The practice test site has an NPPE preparation package available for purchase:
The NPPE is a 2.5 hour, closed-book, online exam on ethics, professional practice, engineering law and professional liability. The exam has 110 multiple-choice questions based on six subject areas.
Please monitor the ‘Documents Received’ section under ‘Programs’ in the application portal. The status of this section will update from “No” to “Yes” when the required document is received.
Candidates decide how to prepare for technical exams (e.g., self-study, taking a course or finding a tutor). They may refer to the Recommended Textbooks by Discipline.
Yes. Technical exams are written online. Candidates may write technical exams outside Canada if they have high-speed internet and a webcam.
No, you cannot declare the completion of the professional practice module as a CPD activity because the module is a separate mandatory element of the PEAK program.
PEO understands that some licence holders hold engineering licences in multiple Canadian jurisdictions. To this end, PEO licence holders who reside elsewhere in Canada and are already completing CPD for their home jurisdiction can report the applicable CPD hours in the PEAK system; they don't need to complete extra CPD activities. Regardless of where (and for whom) they were completed, licence holders should ensure that the CPD hours that they wish to report as part of their PEAK obligations conform with the ‘admissibility requirements’ listed on PEOPEAK.ca.