Canada · Licensing examWhich regulators use the NPPE?
The NPPE program lists these 14:
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
- Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC)
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba (EGM)
- Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO)
- Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick (APEGNB)
- Engineers Nova Scotia
- Geoscientists Nova Scotia
- Engineers PEI
- Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL)
- Engineers Yukon
- Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG)
- The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET)
Quebec’s engineering regulator, the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ), is on Engineers Canada’s list of engineering regulators but not on the NPPE program’s list. The candidate guide (V19) says thirteen regulators use the NPPE; the program’s website and APEGA say fourteen, and the regulator list has 14 names.
What the NPPE costs with each regulator
The NPPE program doesn’t set a fee: each regulator charges its own. These five publish theirs:
| Regulator | NPPE fee |
|---|---|
| APEGA (Alberta) | $250 plus GST |
| APEGS (Saskatchewan) | $145 plus 15% and GST |
| EGM (Manitoba) | $260 |
| PGO (Ontario geoscientists) | $262.50, GST included |
| APEGNB (New Brunswick) | $264.50, HST included |
APEGS adds a 15% administration fee and 5% GST to its $145. EGM’s fee page says its fees include GST where it applies. APEGA and APEGNB say their fees can change without notice.
Two mistakes cost a second fee: booking the wrong time zone and missing your exam, or having to rebook because a work computer or network couldn’t run the exam.
How does the NPPE exam work with APEGA?
Every APEGA applicant for professional membership, whether licensee, professional licensee, professional engineer or professional geoscientist, has to pass the NPPE before getting a licence. You don’t need to have passed it to start your application, but you can only register once the application is submitted, and passing early doesn’t speed the application up.
A professional practice exam other than the NPPE, passed with another Canadian regulator, doesn’t count at APEGA: you take the NPPE anyway. If APEGA’s Board of Examiners has also given you the Fundamentals of Engineering exam or technical exams, pass those first, because your application is withdrawn if they aren’t attempted within two years. Once the NPPE is your last requirement, you have one year from the board’s letter to pass it.
Until your licence comes through, you can’t call yourself an engineer or geoscientist in an email signature, on social media, on a business card or a résumé, even if the NPPE is all that’s left.
The NPPE with PEO and EGBC
Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) and Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) are both on the NPPE program’s list, so their candidates sit the same exam: the same 2027 dates, the same 110 questions and the same scaled pass mark of 65. Each sets its own fee, its own rules on when you can register and its own attempt limit, and publishes them on its own website. Ontario geoscientists register with PGO, whose fee and rules are on this page.
When the other regulators let you register
Each regulator decides who can sit the exam and how you sign up:
- APEGS: engineers- or geoscientists-in-training, licensee applicants whose academics have been accepted, and temporary licensees moving to professional membership. You must be up to date with continuing professional development reporting, and you apply on APEGS’s own NPPE form.
- EGM: interns (engineers- and geoscientists-in-training), specified scope of practice applicants and US temporary licensees. A registration link appears in your online profile when you qualify.
- APEGNB: once it confirms you meet the academic requirement, you register and pay in myAPEGNB. If you passed another Canadian professional practice exam, APEGNB says you may be exempted.
- Engineers Nova Scotia: you must be registered as an engineer-in-training, and it recommends 24 months of engineering experience before you take the exam. You register in myEngNS.
- PGO: you need an active application for registration, or to be a geoscientist-in-training who has paid the change of designation fee. You send PGO’s form to APEGA, which registers you. You don’t need the NPPE if you’re moving under the mobility agreement as a P.Geo. in good standing, or if you’ve passed it before.
For anything specific to your jurisdiction, the NPPE program sends you to your regulator.
Sources: NPPE program · APEGA · APEGS and 10 more. Checked October 2026.
- NPPE program: Find Your Regulator ↗
- NPPE program: Registration Information ↗
- NPPE program: NPPE Candidate Guide V19 (PDF) ↗
- APEGA: National Professional Practice Examination ↗
- APEGS: National Professional Practice Exam ↗
- APEGS: Fees and Timelines ↗
- EGM: National Professional Practice Exam ↗
- EGM: Fees ↗
- APEGNB: National Professional Practice Examination ↗
- APEGNB: National Professional Practice Exam, application to write (PDF) ↗
- Engineers Nova Scotia: National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) ↗
- PGO: Professional Practice and Ethics Examination ↗
- Engineers Canada: Engineering regulators ↗
Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.