Chartered Professional Accountants (CPAs) advise businesses and individuals throughout BC and around the world. They are leaders in industry, commerce, finance, government, public practice, and other areas where accounting and financial management is required. Their clients range from major corporations to industries, from not-for-profits to government agencies, and from families to entrepreneurs.

We are CPABC, the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, one of the largest professional organizations in the province. In BC, legislation to unify the legacy professional accounting bodies—the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC (ICABC), the Certified General Accountant Association of BC (CGA-BC), and the Certified Management Accountants Society of BC (CMABC)— went into force on June 24, 2015. Each provincial CPA will be a member organization of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada). CPABC is responsible for the training and certification of CPA students. CPABC is also responsible for the regulating and professional development of its members, and the protection of the public through its ethical standards and discipline processes. more... See more text