Working as an engineer in Canada
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Canada: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Canada, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014). Engineer is a regulated profession in Canada. Foreign qualifications go through: PEO route includes academic assessment, NPPE and experience/competency assessment according to applicant pathway. In Canada, engineers are listed on the Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- PEO route includes academic assessment, NPPE and experience/competency assessment according to applicant pathway.
- Shortage list
- Listed
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 engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Canada.
- Recognition route
- PEO route includes academic assessment, NPPE and experience/competency assessment according to applicant pathway.
- Recognition authority
- PEO regulates professional engineering in Ontario; each province/territory has its own regulator.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Canada: Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Engineer in Canada: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 68b56c25d75b97443eab9a43bc80fe75]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/canada/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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