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Website advertising rules for professional engineers in Canada

Professional engineers answer to their regulator's advertising and conduct rules as well as to privacy law. This is what Ontario Regulation 941 under the Professional Engineers Act (advertising and titles) means for your website: testimonials, claims, fees, titles and the details you must show. It applies only to sites of that profession, and only where you are licensed. For the general laws every site in Canada must follow, see Canada's laws.

Applies to licence holders in Ontario only.

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Ontario Regulation 941 under the Professional Engineers Act (advertising and titles)

In force; section 75 was last amended by O.

Who it covers: Ontario licence holders and certificate-of-authorization holders (firms). Other provinces' regulators (EGBC, APEGA, OIQ and others) have their own rules, which were not read. Set by Professional Engineers Ontario.

What it requires of a website or app (7)

  • Advertise only in a professional and dignified mannerAI reviewReg. 941 s.75(a)
  • Advertise only in a factual manner without exaggeration (no superlatives or hype)AI reviewReg. 941 s.75(b)
  • Advertising does not directly or indirectly criticise another licence holder or their employerAI reviewReg. 941 s.75(c)
  • Advertising does not use the practitioner's seal or the Association's sealAI reviewReg. 941 s.75(d)
  • Only the permitted titles are used: "Professional engineer", "engineer", "ingénieur(e)", "P.Eng.", "ing.", and for limited licences "Limited Engineering Licensee" or "Licensed Engineering Technologist"AI reviewReg. 941 s.55.1(1)-(3)
  • Discourage untrue, unfair or exaggerated statements about professional engineering, and give no public opinion on engineering matters without adequate knowledge and honest convictionAI reviewReg. 941 s.77 (Code of Ethics) 2(ii)-(iii)
  • Do not pay or accept commissions to secure engineering workAI reviewReg. 941 s.77 (Code of Ethics) 7(iv)

Sources:Ontario Regulation 941 (e-Laws)

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