It is not limited to the title of “Professional Engineer”. If the software or activity could harm someone or the environment so the activity matches the definition of “professional engineering” defined in the Act and the programmer or person undertaking the activity is calling themselves anything with engineer in the title and are not a P. Eng then they could be fined under the Act.

In Canada One needs to be careful as to what projects they take on if they are calling themselves anything with engineer in the title.