Internationally Trained Professionals (ITP)

Internationally trained professionals who are licensed as architects outside of Canada may pursue the various pathways toward licensure as an architect in Ontario.

Such pathways include:

• Internship in Architecture Program (IAP);
  
• Broadly Experience Foreign Architect Program (BEFA);
  
• Mutual Recognition Agreement Between Canada and the United States;
  
• Tri-national Agreement between Canada, United States, and Mexico; and
  
• Mutual Recognition Agreement Between Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

If you have any questions, email the Office of the Registrar. You are reminded that you may not use the professional title “Architect” in Ontario unless you are licensed by the OAA.