Working as an architect in Canada
What official sources say about working as an architect in Canada: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Canada, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014). Architect is a regulated profession in Canada. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign non-accredited degree route: CACB academic certification precedes OAA/IAP licensing where applicable.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Foreign non-accredited degree route: CACB academic certification precedes OAA/IAP licensing where applicable.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Canada: ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of architects alone.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Canada.
- Recognition route
- Foreign non-accredited degree route: CACB academic certification precedes OAA/IAP licensing where applicable.
- Recognition authority
- Ontario: CACB provides academic certification and OAA grants provincial licence through the appropriate route, commonly IAP.
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