Become a CA in Canada

Why become a Canadian CA?

To use the “CA” designation in Canada, you must be a member of the institute/ordre of Chartered Accountants in the province or territory in which you intend to practise. This website tells you how to become a CA in Canada, and why becoming a Chartered Accountant is the right choice for those who want to join Canada's leading accounting designation.

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Chartered Accountants are the preeminent practitioners of Canada’s accounting professions, helping shape, manage, and drive Canada’s foremost organizations – and small, entrepreneurial businesses – to leadership positions in the global marketplace. Becoming a CA in Canada takes your career to the next level. Opening the doors to a lifetime of challenge, accomplishment, and success starts below:

Becoming a CA in Canada sets you on a lifetime of career opportunities and professional growth. The path you take to become a CA in Canada depends on your credentials and experience. Tell us a bit about yourself so we can determine the steps you will have to take to meet our high professional standards and become a CA in Canada.

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The accounting bodies under this option have been reviewed by the International Qualifications Appraisal Board (IQAB). If you are a fully qualified member of one of these bodies (not by affiliation – i.e. not through reciprocity with another accounting body), and obtained that designation while not a resident of Canada, select it. If you are not a member of one of these accounting bodies, select Other.

Did you qualify between March 1992 and August 1999?

Did you pass the ICAA’s Professional advanced audit module?

Are you applying to the Province of Quebec?

Did you qualify as a CPA in Hong Kong after January 1, 2002

Did you successfully complete the Qualification Program, including its final professional examination that took effect in or subsequent to January 2002?

Is your professional designation CPC?

Did you successfully complete the ICANZ’s Professional Competence Examination (which includes successful completion of the integrated professional program composed of the Professional Accounting School (PAS) and Professional Competence Examination 1 and 2 (PCE1 and PCE2)) or have been admitted to the ICANZ from 1977 onwards without passing the Professional Competence Examination but have five years of post-qualification public practice experience?

Did you qualify after November 1998?

Have you passed the SAICA Part 2 Auditing option?

From which State Board did you obtain your CPA designation

Did you qualify after January 1, 1996?

Did you qualify before November 1998?

Did you pass the ICAZ auditing option?

Do you have a recognized university degree?

Degrees granted by Indian universities are recognized based on assessment by independent credential assessment bodies. Contact the provincial institute/ordre of the province in which you intend to register for more information.

Do you have a recognized university degree?

Degrees granted by Pakistan universities are recognized based on assessment by independent credential assessment bodies. Contact the provincial institute/ordre of the province in which you intend to register for more information.

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If you are a university educated accountant but not a member of a professional accounting body, click the option below.

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For Employers of Internationally Trained CAs

As an employer of internationally trained CAs, your organization has access to the high-level talent you need to grow and succeed. Internationally trained professionals bring much more to an organization: unique talents that can enrich your skill-base and the cross-cultural understandings and sensitivities that are vital in today’s multicultural world.

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Earning my Canadian CA gave me a globally recognized designation that bridges the gap between theory and practice, enhancing the value I can provide Read more

- Abbas Barodawalla, CA, BC Housing, Home country: India

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With my Canadian CA, I can be whatever I want to be in the future. Read more

- Jannet C. Taruc, CA, Grant Thornton, BC, Home country: Philippines

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Becoming a Canadian CA has allowed me to bridge from my previous working experience given me ways to leverage my background, and opened the doors to an exciting career progression in Canada. Read more

- Joe Lai, CA, Senior Manager, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Calgary, AB, Home country: Singapore

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The strong reputation of the CA designation, both in Canada and internationally, meant a lot of doors were open to me Read more

- Daniel Labarca, D+H Group LLP, Home country: Venezuela

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