Your Path to Becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA) in Ontario
This section of the website will help you determine your path to becoming a Chartered Accountant in Ontario, depending on your professional education and affiliation.
It is important that you review each section below:
- Evaluation of Qualifications
- Your Accounting Body Outside of Canada
- Registering with the Institute
- Choose Your Path
If you are a current or past member of a professional accounting body outside Canada, you may be exempt from some or most of the requirements to become a CA in Ontario.
Please Note:
To determine your individual path
to becoming a CA, you
first need to find out if your accounting body outside Canada is "designated," "non-designated," or "non-assessed" by
the International Qualifications Appraisal Board. To find out,
review the Your
Accounting Body section. Then select the option below that best describes
you.
Choose Your Path |
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Member or past member of a designated accounting body (including designated U.S. State Boards of Accountancy)
|
YES |
Certified Public Accountant with a U.S. State Board of Accountancy
| YES |
Member or past member of a non-designated accounting body
|
YES |
Member or past member of a non-assessed accounting body
|
YES |
Not a current or past member of any accounting body, but I have a university degree in accounting or business
|
YES |
Not currently employed by a public accounting office in Ontario and not a member or past member of a designated accounting body
|
YES |