Under Canadian Law you are permitted to call yourself an Engineer regardless of education. However you can only call yourself a Professional Engineer if the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers approves of your education and experience. You must have an accredited education combined with four years of related experience, plus pass an exam in order to become a professional engineer.
However Canadian courts and law shows that calling oneself an engineer is not protected. If someone called themselves a "Software Engineer" there is nothing that could be done to prevent them (unless the person lived in Quebec). But this person called themselves a Professional Engineer in the field of Software then the law would be violated and the council would likely enter into litigation.
It is akin to one calling themselves a carpenter when their only training is cutting some wood, compared to a journeyman carpenter who has the education and the experience to qualify and register as a journeyman.
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Under Canadian Law you are permitted to call yourself an Engineer regardless of education. However you can only call yourself a Professional Engineer if the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers approves of your education and experience. You must have an accredited education combined with four years of related experience, plus pass an exam in order to become a professional engineer.
However Canadian courts and law shows that calling oneself an engineer is not protected. If someone called themselves a "Software Engineer" there is nothing that could be done to prevent them (unless the person lived in Quebec). But this person called themselves a Professional Engineer in the field of Software then the law would be violated and the council would likely enter into litigation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_over_the_term_Engineer#Canada
It is akin to one calling themselves a carpenter when their only training is cutting some wood, compared to a journeyman carpenter who has the education and the experience to qualify and register as a journeyman.