Please contact your licensing authority to find out what payment methods are accepted.
The National Building Code of Canada, 2015 edition, and the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings, 2020 edition.
Refer to the licence agreement of your electronic edition of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) and/or National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB). You are responsible to comply with the Copyright Act of Canada.
Yes. We consider the published revisions and errata to be an integral part of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC). The revisions and errata are available as a PDF file for free download and printing.
Note, however, that you are not permitted to bring separate sheets that are not part of the NBC.
Yes, as long as you use HB lead refills.
No. The ExAC is administered once per year, simultaneously across Canada. Please see the Registration section for the date of the next sitting.
The ExAC is marked in accordance with a rigorous methodology that minimizes the risk of error.
The first part, with multiple-choice questions, is marked by computer, which provides a high degree of precision. In addition, statistical test analysis experts apply various methods during the marking process to ensure that the answer sheets have been properly completed and that the right results are attributed to the right people. With these verification methods, the risk of error is virtually nil.
The second part, with open-ended questions, is marked by architects, using valid, reliable correction grids. The grids are created in close collaboration with the question writers and the statistical test analysis experts, and then reviewed and approved by the Committee for the ExAC. Moreover, the architects who perform the marking have received training on error avoidance and on how to mark every exam in a uniform manner. Lastly, each answer is marked by at least two architects. If their evaluations of a particular answer are divergent, that answer is marked a third time.
For further details, refer to the Technical and Statistical Report.
The ExAC is a national examination. There are no questions about aspects specific to any one province or territory.