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
Only work examples assigned to any of the 34 competencies require validation and it is up to candidates to determine from which place of employment they wish to use work examples from to address the competencies.
Candidates will receive their Technical Exam results via email as soon as they become available.
Candidates are welcome to register for exams prior to PEO receiving their required academic document. Please note however that it is up to the candidate to ensure that the program that is added to the application matches the program information on the document, which will be reviewed after the application is submitted.
It is up to the candidate to decide which sittings they will attend to meet PEO’s technical exam requirement. Sittings are offered twice a year.
Exams cannot be transferred from one sitting to another. Candidates should be prepared to write exams in the sitting they have registered for.
There is no Good Performance Policy under the current process and no waiving of exams due to experience. Candidates must meet PEO’s Academic Requirement via completion of four technical exams.
Candidates are not required to re-write a failed exam, and may purchase a different exam in a future session.
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.