About Us

The Ontario College of Trades

The Ontario College of Trades (the College) is an industry-driven, professional regulatory body that protects the public by regulating and promoting the skilled trades.The Ontario College of Trades (the College) is an industry-driven, professional regulatory body that protects the public by regulating and promoting the skilled trades.

One of our main responsibilities is to ensure that individuals performing the skills of compulsory trades have the training and certification required to legally practise this trade in Ontario.

One of our main responsibilities is to ensure that individuals performing the skills of compulsory trades have the training and certification required to legally practise this trade in Ontario. The College puts the decision-making in the hands of those that are directly impacted by those decisions. Every day we are working to deliver on our mission to protect the public interest though world-class training, self-regulation and promotion of a diverse and professional skilled trades workforce that contributes to the prosperity of Ontario.