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This article focuses on the licensing of software engineers in Canada. All Canadian provinces, and most U.S. states, have regulatory bodies charged with making sure that qualified engineers are easy to identify making sure that licensed engineers remain qualified, and regulatory bodies removing the license of engineers who violate laws or codes of practice. They have been granted trademarks and other legal means to prevent people from identifying themselves as engineers unless they have a license. Due to an internal jurisdiction dispute about "software engineering" at a Newfoundland university, software engineering programs at three Canadian universities were accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), in June 2001. Graduates of these programs will be eligible for licensing as professional engineers after they gain supervised experience and pass the usual examinations on law and ethics. At each of these institutions, students have a choice between unaccredited computer science programs and accredited software engineering programs. The Ontario authorities have licensed about 300 engineers who specialize in software. Other provinces have been actively licensing software developers as well.