Hey guys welcome back to my channel my name is Ashley i'm an Intern Architect in Canada
and in today's video we're going to be talking about how to become
a licensed architect in Canada so stay tuned
one of the first steps to becoming a licensed architect is your education that is your
benchmark in Canada there are 11 Universities that offer accredited programs there are some schools
that take in students from interdisciplinary backgrounds and other schools that only take in
students with an undergraduate degree in architecture another way to get your education
requirement to become a licensed architect is through the syllabus program one of the
advantages i would say from the syllabus program is you're actually making income
because in university it's actually very difficult to hold a job while you're studying full-time so
i would say that is an advantage from the syllabus program and also gaining that practical experience
is very valuable so i believe that the syllabus program is a strong contender if that's something
you're looking into i didn't go through the syllabus program i went through the university
route anyways that's a whole separate video that we can talk about more comment down below if you
want to learn more about the syllabus program so step number two to becoming a licensed architect
is experience you have to log about 3720 hours minimum which is about two years of professional
experience now before you begin logging that experience you need to register as an intern
architect i'm going to have a future video about how to become an intern architect in Canada
so once you're registered as an intern architect you're able to begin logging your experience
now it doesn't always take two years because you got to get hours in each category so for example
you're going to need hours a particular amount of hours in contract admin in design in building
code and in planning so you have to meet all those requirements and that can be challenging
so depending on the office and where you work or depending on what you do it can be challenging to
meet all those hours so you may not get it done in two years which is fine because not everyone gets
all those hours done in two years so what i've learned in the process is to to be patient about
the process and to just be patient about those hours that you know you're not gonna get it done
in two years and i mean you're gonna do your best to get those hours but it's gonna be difficult to
get them all done in one shot step number three examinations so in order to become a licensed
architect you also need to write exams there are two options and depending on the province in which
you reside there may only be one option so it's important for you to check your jurisdiction and
see what requirements are needed for example in Ontario you could write the are which is an
American-based exam and then you have the exact exam which is a Canadian based exam so in Ontario
the ARE is recognized basically you have two options you can write the ARE or the ExAC exam
i wrote the ExAC exam it was a two-day process so you have to make sure you prepare for the exams
and i'll be doing future videos on how to prepare giving you guys some tips so make sure to
subscribe like and hit the notification bell for future videos so to write the exam you only need
2800 hours that's to write the ExAC exam so you don't need to have 3720 hours to write so you
don't have to complete your full set of hours of experience you could start writing the exam with
just 2800 hours should you choose to so once you pass the exams the great thing is you're able to
apply to become an architect you're officially an architect so you can apply and depending
on the province in which you reside there are different documents that you have to fill out
also if you choose to open your own company there might be a second stage to the process so
for example in Ontario you need a certificate of practice if you want to have your own company so
that adds an additional stage to the process but if in some provinces that isn't a requirement just
being a licensed architect is enough you can open your own company and you have your stamp and steal
and so you could do that but in Ontario you do need to have your certificate of practice as well
so there you have it those are the three steps to becoming a licensed architect
in Canada i hope you guys enjoyed the video if you got some value out of the video make
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