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by KeytarHero 3383 days ago
"Engineer" is a protected title in Canada (like "Lawyer" or "Doctor", although not as strictly enforced). You can't use it unless you're a member of your province's professional engineer organization.

It's incorrect to say an engineer can "become" a member of one of these organizations, because you're not legally an engineer until you are a certified member.