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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if I do not have an email to use for my PEO account?
You will need to create an email address (Gmail, outlook, yahoo, etc.) and provide it to PEO by sending an email to [email protected].
What is a Practice Review?
A Practice Review is a review of a workplace providing professional engineering services to assess whether the processes and procedures for carrying out professional engineering activities are consistent with the profession's standards. Generally, the essential purpose of a practice review is to assess the fundamental policies and procedures in place for how the practice of engineering is conducted. These reviews intend to provide an opinion on the compliance of non-technical practices with the Professional Engineers Act and industry best practices for operation and management.
Does the PEAK program accommodate a range of licence holders?
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.
Who do I contact if I have a technical problem/issue with multi-factor authentication (MFA)?
For additional assistance, please send an email to [email protected]
What if I do not have a phone for multi-factor authentication (MFA)?
Choose email as your multi-factor authentication (MFA) option.
Is the Practice Review mandatory in Ontario?
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.
How do I change my account password?
Once logged into the portal, under profile select “change password” and enter a new password then click save.
Does the PEAK program apply to engineering lecturers?
PEO licence holders who are engineering lecturers must complete the PEAK program because they hold a PEO licence—either a P.Eng. or limited licence—even though the teaching of engineering is not included in the provincial definition of the practice of professional engineering. They could be allocated either full or reduced PEAK requirements depending on whether their non-teaching activities are the practice of professional engineering, including their research, development, supervision and projects. Engineering lecturers with a licence status of “not permitted to practise” are only required to complete the reduced PEAK requirements (practice evaluation and professional practice module) because they are non-practising (their non-teaching activities are not the practice of professional engineering.) However, engineering lecturers with a licence status of “permitted to practise” are required to complete the full PEAK requirements (practice evaluation, professional practice module and CPD report) because their non-teaching activities include the practice of professional engineering.
PEO licence holders who are engineering lecturers must complete the PEAK program because they hold a PEO licence—either a P.Eng. or limited licence—even though the teaching of engineering is not included in the provincial definition of the practice of professional engineering. They could be allocated either full or reduced PEAK requirements depending on whether their non-teaching activities are the practice of professional engineering, including their research, development, supervision and projects. Engineering lecturers who voluntarily choose a licence status of “not permitted to practise” are only required to complete the reduced PEAK requirements (practice evaluation and professional practice module) because they are non-practising (their research, projects and non-teaching activities are not the practice of professional engineering.) However, engineering lecturers are required to complete the full PEAK requirements (practice evaluation, professional practice module and CPD report) because their research, projects and non-teaching activities include the practice of professional engineering.
Licence holders who are engineering lecturers with a PEAK CPD reporting requirement are likely to be able to comply with their PEAK requirements quickly because they are likely to have a large number of CPD activities to choose from and declare on their PEAK CPD reports.
Note: The requirement for engineering lecturers to hold a PEO licence is not one that is imposed by PEO.
How can I change my multifactor-authentication (MFA) option (text message or email)?
Once logged into the portal, under profile select “change MFA option” and select the desired option and click save.
How does PEO apply a Licence Status of “Not permitted to practise”?
PEO applies this status to every individual with a practice restriction on their PEO licence—like an individual with a suspended licence or who is enrolled in the fee remission program. For many years, this status was noted on an individual’s PEO directory profile with a shall-not-engage-in-the-practice message. This will now also include a licence status of “not permitted to practice”.
Note: An individual with no practice restriction on their licence can voluntarily choose a licence status of “not permitted to practise” with a practice status of "not practising" and they will not have the PEAK CPD reporting requirement. Also, PEO will review and revise its Licence Status options, as required.