Have your architectural degree(s) certified by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB.) To download an application form, visit the CACB web site and look under “Certification”. This is the direct link to the form.

If you have a professional degree and have been a registered and practising architect for at least fifteen years, you may be eligible to have the CABC degree certification requirement waived, depending on the strength of your academic record as well as the length, breadth, and depth of experience you can demonstrate. If you wish to have the CACB certification requirement waived, contact the AIBC’s Registration & Licensing Department. If a waiver is granted, you will still need to clearly demonstrate equivalency of Canadian Education Standard (CES) requirements through your portfolio. You can find the CES information on the CACB web site. Click on the form titled “Degree or Diploma not accredited by CACB - for graduates of foreign schools of architecture. Request for Assessment of Academic Qualifications”. The CES is spelled out in detail on pages 14 – 21 of that form.

If you do not have an architectural degree and are applying as a broadly experienced practitioner, you will also need to demonstrate CES equivalencies in your portfolio.