Annual Report 2025-2026

77.5% of applicants were seeking licensure in Canada for the first time.

Engineering and geoscience applicants • In 2025–2026, 77.45% of applicants were seeking licensure in Canada for the first time (down from 78.67% in 2024–2025). • In 2025–2026, 92.78% of applicants received notice of a decision on their application (up from 77.93% in 2024–2025). • In 2025–2026, the average time to reach an application decision was 177 days. Ongoing actions being taken to improve application

92.8% of applicants received notice of a decision on their application.

decision times include increasing the number of contract assessors and staff resources, improving triage approach and data analysis, and improving status updates to applicants.

Applicants & application decisions

Application disciplines

7,525

7,466

7,355

22% Mechanical

27% Civil

6,982

6,473

5,828

5,786

5,811

17% Electrical

24% Other*

5,732

5,499

4,774

4,234

6% Chemical

2022–23

2023–24

2024–25

2025–26

4% Geology

Applicants

*Other: Structural, Environmental, Mining, Geological, Mechatronics, Environmental Geoscience, Industrial, Metallurgical, Building, Biomedical, Computer, Software, Engineering Physics, Petroleum, Integrated, Naval Architecture, Geophysics, Geomatics, Marine, Agricultural, Forest, Bioresource, Food, Geotechnics, Other

Applicants applying for a license in Canada for the first time

Application decisions

16

2025–2026 Annual Report