Business, Finance, Administration and Management

Chartered Professional Accountant

Learn About the Profession

Chartered Professional Accountants provide financialreporting and consulting services for organizations and individuals. As of July1, 2015 Alberta's 3 regulated accounting designations,Chartered Accountants, Certified General Accountants and Certified ManagementAccountants, have been merged into a single designation, Chartered ProfessionalAccountant.  

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Certification & Regulation Information

CPA Alberta is the professional organization for more than30,000 Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) across the province. The CPAdesignation is the Canadian business and accounting designation representingmore than 220,000 professional accountants across the country.

STEP1: Visit & review CPA- Home (cpaalberta.ca)

STEP 2:  Follow theprocess for membership/registration

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Labour Market, Industry & Career Planning Information

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Additional Supports & Resources

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Some Things to Focus On:
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Review Licensing Requirements:
Carefully review your licensing body’s webpage, especially the process for internationally educated professionals.
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Gather Required Documents:
Collect all the documents your licensing body requires.
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Stay Updated:
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Contact Us:
If you are in Southern Alberta, reach out to us at 403-770-5155 to book an appointment.

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Acknowledgement of Territory

We are located in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot  Confederacy) and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta,  which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and  the Iyarhe Nakoda. We are situated on land where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and  the traditional Blackfoot name of this place is “Mohkinstsis” which we  now call the City of Calgary. The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.

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