Requirements For Canadian-Architects for NCARB Certification

For more information see Chapter 2 of the most recent Handbook for Interns and Architects.

1. Good Character
   You must be in good character as verified by employers and a provincial association where you are registered.
   
2. Education
   You must have your education certified by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), or hold a professional degree in architecture accredited by the CACB or NAAB no later than two years after your graduation, or have satisfied the Canadian equivalent of NCARB’s Education Requirement.
   
3. Training
   You must have satisfied the three-year training requirement of the Canadian Experience Record Book (CERB) or the Canadian Intern Architect Program (IAP) or have satisfied the training requirement set out in Section 3, A through Y, of NCARB Requirements for Certification of U.S. Architects in the Handbook for Interns and Architects.
   
4. Examination
   You must have passed the NCARB Architect Registration Examination^® (ARE^®), or the Canadian Architectural Practice Examination (CAPE) plus NCARB ARE Divisions A, B, and D through I, provided such examinations and the pass/fail standards applied were in accordance with NCARB or CAPE standards, as the case may be, current at the time you took the examination.

   Alternatives to Examination Requirement

5. Written professional practice examinations together with the oral examination administered in the province of British Columbia from 1977 through 1986.

6. Written professional practice examinations administered in the province of Ontario from 1974 through 1986.

7. Written professional practice examinations administered in the province of Quebec since 1977.

8. Professional practice examinations and/or oral examinations administered in any Canadian province up to 1987 together with five years of practice as a principal as defined in Section 3.W in Chapter 1 of the Handbook for Interns and Architects.

9. Registration
   You must hold a current registration to practice architecture issued by a Canadian provincial association that has entered into a Letter of Undertaking as described in the Inter-recognition Agreement dated June 1994 and either (a) have your principal place of practice (as defined in the Inter-recognition Agreement) within the jurisdiction of the provincial association or (b) have your principal place of practice in the United States.
   
10. Alternate
    In lieu of the requirements in Education, Training, and Examination, you must have been certified by a Canadian provincial association as having achieved the education, training, and/or examination which the provincial association deems equivalent to the current NCARB requirements for education, training, and/or examination, and have 10 years experience in practice as a principal as defined in Section 3.W in Chapter 1 of the Handbook for Interns and Architects.
    
11. General
    In evaluating qualifications, NCARB may, prior to certification, require you to substantiate the quality and character of your experience, even if you have met the technical requirements set forth above.

Reciprocity Between the United States and Canada