Updated for 2010 Changes to the Professional Engineers Act

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A summary of the relevant statutes and regulations: Titles.pdf.

Ontario Regulation 941 Paragraph 55.1 states that holders of licences or temporary and limited licences may identify themselves with titles and abbreviations as per Table 1.

With a few exceptions, Identifying oneself as an engineer (under most circumstances) is an offence according to the Act:

40(2)(a) Every person who is not a holder of a licence or a temporary licence and who uses the title "professional engineer" or an abbreviation or variation thereof as an occupational or business designation is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable for the first offence to a fine of not more than $10,000 and for each subsequent offence to a fine of not more than $25,000.

References

• Professional Engineers Act R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER P.28
• Professional Engineers Act General R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 941
• Enforcement, Professional Engineers Ontario.