This is a very late response, but I hope this could help others. For Academic Certification (Foreign architecture credentials), the CACB requires your architectural education to meet a minimum number of hours for every category identified by them. These categories include General Education, Knowledge of Profession, Technical Systems etc...If a Candidate meets the requirement of most categories, but is deficient in say, one category - then a provisional certificate is issued. The deficiency is highlighted and the Candidate is asked to take additional courses to overcome it. Once the Candidate completes such courses, satisfies the technical requirement and sends the CACB a transcript of the course, then the CACB issues a final certificate for equivalence to a Canadian Architectural degree.