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A Chartered Accountant or "CA" is a designation earned by highly-trained business
professionals after successfully completing the program sanctioned by a provincial member of
the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
The rigorous program requires a university degree, post-secondary academic requirements
and a challenging final examination. Students must also complete a minimum of 30 months of
supervised training in an actual business setting in order to apply their skills and knowledge in
the real world. CAs continue their training throughout their career by updating skills and taking
required annual professional development courses.
Although well-trained in accounting, assurance, finance and taxation, the primary focus of the
CA education is to acquire a high degree of skill in professional judgment, analysis, decisionmaking
and evaluation.
Many CAs become part of an organization's management team or are entrepreneurs running
their own businesses or consultancy firms. Others work in public practice as partners or
employees of a firm, or are sole practitioners providing a variety of business advisory services
for both small and large business clients.
CAs share the core values of fairness, trust and integrity. The designation is backed by a
code of conduct and a strong set of ethics that guides members in professional decisions and
actions.
For more information on the designation, see the CICA or ICABC websites.
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