Governance FAQs
If you are a recent CPA graduate from the CPA program, you can display your designation as: Jane Doe, CPA.
If you transferred from another province, or via an international agreement, and you are a legacy CA, CGA, or CMA member, you must use CPA, accompanied by your legacy designation until June 24, 2025. This means your credential must be listed as “CPA, CA”; “CPA, CGA”; or “CPA, CMA”.
Effective June 24, 2025, all legacy CA, CGA, and CMA members may choose to use and display the CPA designation on its own or continue to use it with and followed by their legacy designation(s). Until then, legacy members are required to use and display the CPA designation followed by their legacy designation(s).
If you also hold an accounting designation from the United States, you can display it as long as it is accompanied by the specific name of the jurisdiction where the US CPA was granted:
Jane Doe, CPA, CPA (Illinois)
or
Jane Doe, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois)
Alternatively, if you hold an accounting designation from another country except the US, you can use it together with and following your Canadian CPA and display the name of the jurisdiction where you are granted the use of the designation:
Jane Doe, CPA, ACCA (UK)
or
Jane Doe, CPA, CGA, ACCA (UK)
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