In Canada the title "Engineer" is protected by law. One must have an engineering degree from an accredited university in order to use the title. It's fairly strictly enforced.
And as to being strictly enforced, IMO, it's not really enforced for software people, so long as they stick to "engineer" and avoid "Professional Engineer". Plenty of firms have job listings for "Software Engineers" that don't require the P.Eng. credential, plenty of people have easily discovered LinkedIn profiles holding themselves out as Software Engineers, but there's not much enforcement.
There was a push by the Professional Engineers Ontario in the early 2000s to regulate Microsoft's MCSE terminology, but I think it basically failed. IMO, they've given up on regulating the term "engineer" unless it's really egregious, like holding yourself out as a P.Eng. when you're not, or actually doing work that requires a P.Eng. without actually having one.
https://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Toronto%2C+...