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The path
There is no transportation engineering degree in most of Canada. You do civil engineering and specialize.
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High school
Grades 11 and 12
Calculus, Advanced Functions, Physics and Chemistry, usually with a minimum around 70% in each.
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Accredited civil engineering degree
4 to 5 years with co-op
Take the transportation stream: traffic, highway design, pavements, transit planning.
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Work terms
During the degree
Traffic counts, construction inspection, drafting. Most consulting firms hire their juniors out of their own co-op pool.
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Engineer-in-training
About 4 years (2 in Quebec)
About four years of supervised experience (24 months in Quebec) registered with your provincial regulator.
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P.Eng (professional engineer) licence
After about 4 years (2 in Quebec)
Pass the law and ethics exam, submit your experience record, and you can seal road and intersection designs.