The mission of the OIQ is to ensure the protection of the public by supervising the practice of the profession within the framework of its constituent laws and ensure that the profession serves the public interest.

To succeed in its mission, the OIQ:

• controls access to professional practice, i.e. it imposes specific conditions that must be met in order to become and remain an engineer. All engineers who want to practice in Québec must be members of the OIQ (except for forest engineers, who have their own professional order).
• monitor its members’ practice and their professional conduct.
• make sure that only its members perform the acts reserved for engineers.

Furthermore, the OIQ specifically admits and supports new members, monitors and improves engineering practice and implements a disciplinary framework. It also conducts specific activities to promote prevention, raise the profile of the profession, improve and maintain competencies a