Ontario Professional Engineers Awards
Since 1947, the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) have recognized professional engineers in Ontario who have made outstanding contributions to their profession and their community. This annual gala brings industry innovators, business leaders and policy makers together to celebrate and be inspired by engineering excellence and achievement.
OPEACelebrating engineering excellence
This annual gala brings industry innovators, business leaders and policy makers together to celebrate and be inspired by engineering excellence and achievement. The OPEA recognize engineers in the areas of Innovation, Community Service, Entrepreneurship, Research, Leadership, and more.
Recognize a great engineer in your community
The Gold Medal
This is the OPEA’s highest honour, recognizing conscientious commitment to public service, as well as technical excellence, and outstanding professional leadership.
Citizenship Award
This award recognizes a professional engineer’s contributions to public service. Those who earn this award have given freely of their time, professional experience, and engineering expertise to the benefit of humanity.
The Engineering Medal – Entrepreneurship
The award recognizes professional engineers who have applied new technology and/or innovative approaches to start or grow companies.
The Engineering Medal – Management
The award recognizes professional engineers whose innovative management practices have contributed significantly to the overall excellence of an engineering achievement.
The Engineering Medal -Engineering Excellence in Industry
This award recognizes a professional engineer who has applied engineering knowledge to solve unique problems, create advanced products, or achieve exceptional project results.
The Engineering Medal -Research and Development
This award recognizes a professional engineer who has developed novel applications, advanced engineering knowledge, or made a discovery in engineering or the natural sciences.
The Engineering Medal – Young Engineer
The award recognizes outstanding young Ontario engineers in industry, who have made exceptional achievements in their chosen fields and are active in communities both personally and professionally.
Engineering Achievement of the Year
This award pays tribute to an endeavour that has made a significant, positive impact on society, industry, and/or engineering.
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment, dedicated service, and promotion of the engineering community through their outstanding participation and/or efforts on the OSPE Board of Directors, staff, committees, or other volunteer efforts.
2024 OPEA Gala Highlights
Get involved
Nomination process
Nominations may be made by any P.Eng. licence holder with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). The nominee must not be aware of the nomination and self-nomination is not allowed. All nominations must be submitted using the Awards Force platform.
Apply to be a judge
This is a perfect opportunity for someone who wants to give back to the community by helping spotlight engineering excellence in Ontario. We are looking for P.Eng. licensed OSPE members to apply.
Applications are closed.
Become a sponsor of the OPEA
Steeped in over seven decades of tradition, the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Gala is Ontario’s most prestigious engineering event. It brings together more than 450 industry innovators, academics, business leaders and policy-makers to celebrate engineering excellence.
Thank you to our 2024 partners
- AtkinsRéalis
- BMS
- Bombardier
- Bruce Power
- Canadian Society of Professional Engineers (CSPE)
- Centennial College
- Conestoga College
- Corestone Law
- Electrical Safety Authority
- Engineers Canada
- Hatch
- Humber Polytechnic
- Manulife
- McMaster University
- National Bank
- Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
- Ontario General Contractors Association
- Professional Engineers Ontario
- Seneca Polytechnic
- Sheridan College
- The Personal
- The PEER Group Inc.
- The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- Venngo
