Suggested readings and resources

Suggested readings and resources

• www.infoentrepreneurs.org: Canada Business Service Centre
• www.tmac-toronto.ca: Treasury Management Association of Canada
• www.cra-arc.gc.ca: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• www.statcan.ca: Statistics Canada
• www.xe.com/ucc: Currency converter
• office.microsoft.com/en-ca/templates/default.aspx: Download templates for accounting and administrative documents (invoices, purchase orders, cheque requests, etc.)
• www.taxsites.com/software2.html : Accounting software guide

ACCOUNTING INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS

• www.cibcb.com: Canadian Institute of Bookkeeping
• www.pmac.ca: Purchasing Management Association of Canada
• www.payroll.ca: Canadian Payroll Association (CPA)
• www.icca.ca: Chartered Accoumanintants of Canada
• www.cpacanada.ca: Certified Management Accountants of Canada
• www.cga-online.org: Certified General Accountants Association of Canada

NEW BRUNSWICK

• www.cpanewbrunswick.ca/en/: New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Certified General Accountants Association of New Brunswick

ALBERTA

• http://www.cpaalberta.ca/: Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta

Since July 2015, all accounting professions in Alberta have unified under the CPA, which now comprise more than 28,000 members. 

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• www.ica.bc.ca: Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

Accountants across B.C. no longer divided between CGA, CA, CMA designations after CPA Act given royal assent 

MANITOBA

• https://cpamb.ca/: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba

The Chartered Professional Accountants Act of Manitoba was proclaimed on September 1, 2015 and established the Chartered Professional Accountant (“CPA”) designation in Manitoba. The Act replaced The Chartered Accountants Act, The Certified Management Accountants Act, The Certified General Accountants Act and The Certified Public Accountants Actwhich previously governed the designated accounting profession in Manitoba.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

• https://www.cpacanada.ca/fr/la-profession-de-cpa/organisations-comptables-provinciales-et-regionales-de-cpa-du-canada: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Newfoundland

NOVA SCOTIA

• http://www.cpans.ca: Chartered Professional Accountants of Nova Scotia

With the proclamation of the Chartered Professional Accountants Act in August 2016, all legacy accounting bodies cease to exist. Certified Management Accountants, Chartered Accountants and Certified General Accountants in Nova Scotia are now officially Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA)

ONTARIO

• http://www.cpaontario.ca: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

Since May 2017, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Act, 2017, has finalized the unification of Ontario’s accounting profession.

SASKATCHEWAN

• https://www.cpask.ca/

Professional accountants in Saskatchewan are represented by a single, self-regulating body and hold the designation Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). Legislation to create the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Saskatchewan (CPA Saskatchewan) was proclaimed November 10, 2014. CPA Saskatchewan resulted from the merger of the three legacy accounting bodies, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Saskatchewan (CA), and the Society of Management Accountants of Saskatchewan (CMA) and the Certified General Accountants Association of Saskatchewan (CGA). 

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

• www.cpacanada.ca: Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• www.icapei.com: Institut: e of Chartered Accountants of Prince Edward Island
• www.cpapei.ca

QUEBEC

• http://cpa-quebec.com: Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec