A licensed engineering practice working across Ontario.
Kernel Engineering Canada Inc. is a Professional Engineers Ontario certified practice that handles structural design, building permit packages, architectural drawings, and signed engineering reports under one roof. Our clients are homeowners, contractors, designers, real-estate professionals, insurers, and municipalities across the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario.
How the firm is set up.
The work is structural design, building permits, architectural drawings, and engineering reports. We are deliberately small so the engineer who quotes the job is the same engineer who signs the drawings, attends the inspections, and answers the plans examiner. The sections below are how that plays out on the file.
One engineer on the file from start to finish.
The first quote, the site visit, the calculations, the stamped drawings, the plans-examiner responses, the field inspections, and the closeout letter all come from the same Professional Engineer. There is no junior intake desk in between your question and the answer, and nothing about the design has to be re-explained to a new face mid-project.
- Email replies inside the same business day
- Phone reachable during framing and inspections
- No file handoffs between staff
Members get sized before the drafting starts.
Sizing comes from the Ontario Building Code and the relevant CSA standards. The drawings are how that analysis gets communicated to the contractor and the plans examiner. The work is engineered first, then drafted to match — not the other way around.
- Dead, live, snow, wind, and seismic load combinations
- CSA O86, S16, A23.3, and S304 governing material design
- Calculations retained on file and referenced by sheet
Existing conditions documented before the design starts.
For renovations, additions, and reports on existing structures, the engineer attends the property and records what is actually there. That includes undocumented modifications, hidden damage, and member sizes that older drawings might not show. A design built on a measured as-built helps the permit move and reduces the chance of mid-construction surprises.
- Site visit booked inside the same week in the GTA core
- Hidden damage and undocumented work flagged early
- Foundation, framing, and openings measured on site
Licensed, insured, and accountable to the regulator.
Engineering services in Ontario are regulated by Professional Engineers Ontario. Only a licensed practice can issue stamped structural drawings for a building permit, sign an engineering letter for a lender or insurer, or attend a permit-mandated inspection on behalf of the engineer of record.
Professional Engineer
Structural P.Eng. in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario.
Certificate of Authorization
The practice authorization required for a firm to offer engineering services to the public in Ontario.
Ontario Building Code
Designs prepared under Parts 9 and 3, including the code analysis and OBC matrix on the permit set.
CSA and NBCC
Wood, steel, concrete, and masonry sized per CSA O86, S16, A23.3, and S304 against NBCC load combinations.
Professional liability
Errors and omissions coverage maintained in line with PEO requirements.
Commercial general liability
CGL coverage carried for site attendance, inspections, and contractor coordination.
The kinds of files the firm is set up to handle without delay.
If your project is not in this list, send it anyway and we will tell you whether it fits. Many borderline projects, for example a small commercial interior or a sale-condition letter, turn out to be a one-conversation answer.
- Load-bearing wall removals and beam sizing
- House additions, rear and second-storey
- Basement legalizations and second units
- Underpinning and basement lowering
- Custom homes from concept through closeout
- Commercial fit-outs and Part 3 work
- Pre-purchase and pre-list structural assessments
- Second opinions after a home inspection
- Insurance cause-and-scope on structural damage
- Lender and refinance letters
- Foundation crack and settlement reports
- Engineering letters for closing conditions
- Deck and accessory-structure permits
- Field inspection attendance during construction
- Letters of Conformance to close permit files
Have a project to walk through?
A short call, an email, or the contact form, whichever is easier. The first conversation is free.