The Examination for Architects in Canada, or ExAC, is a professional licensure

Licensure

Licensure refers to the granting of a license, which gives a "permission to practice." Such licenses are usually issued in order to regulate some activity that is deemed to be dangerous or a threat to the person or the public or which involves a high level of specialized skill...

 examination for architects in most of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It has been adopted by all of the Canadian Licensing Authorities except for the Architectural Institute of British Columbia

Architectural Institute of British Columbia

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia is the regulatory body responsible for registering and licensing all Architects in the Province of British Columbia in Canada....

. It is an alternative to the Architect Registration Examination

Architect Registration Examination

The Architect Registration Examination is the professional licensure examination adopted by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories to assess candidates for their knowledge, skills, and ability to provide the various services required in the practice of architecture...

 maintained by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards is a nonprofit corporation comprising the legally constituted architectural registration boards of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as its members...

 (NCARB).

The governing body for the ExAC is the Pan-Canadian ExAC Committee.

The first examination was held on November 17 & 18, 2008.

Sections

The contents of each of the ExAC sections are as follows:

ExAC Section 1

• Programming
• Site and Environmental Analysis
• Cost Management
• Coordinating Engineering Systems
• Schematic Design
• Design Development

ExAc Section 2

• National Building Code 2005 Edition

ExAC Section 3

• Final Project

ExAC Section 4

• Bidding and Contract Negotiations
• Construction Phase - Office
• Construction Phase - Site
• Project Management

See also

• Architecture of Canada
• Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada
  Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada
  The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada is a learned society devoted to the examination of the role of the built environment in Canadian society. Its membership includes structural and landscape architects, architectural historians and planners, sociologists, ethnologists, and...
  
  
• Canadian Centre for Architecture
  Canadian Centre for Architecture
  The Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Phyllis Lambert is the Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini is the Director and Chief Curator....