Become a CA

Welcome to CA Bridging!

Are you thinking about becoming a Chartered Accountant? Perhaps you are still in school and have a goal to become a CA after graduation. Or, maybe you have a bachelor's degree and are thinking of changing careers and becoming a Chartered Accountant. Or perhaps you're a foreign-educated or foreign-designated professional looking to establish a CA career in Canada.

Whatever your background, programs are available to help you achieve your Canadian CA designation. Click on the box below that best describes your situation, and learn how you can earn your CA designation.

Admission Routes

Please select from the following admission categories to find out how you can begin your career as a Chartered Accountant.

About a career as a CA

The Canadian Chartered Accountant (CA) designation is internationally recognized for high professional standards in the accounting field. In today’s changing economic climate, business expertise is vital to the success and survival of every organization. CAs are in high demand across all sectors of the economy because they offer the talent, integrity, and expertise to make the right decisions. Canada's top corporations look to CAs to bring strategic thinking, business insight, and leadership skills to the decision-making table.

In addition to these business roles, many CAs are entrepreneurs, heading up successful self-owned companies. Others work for not-for-profit organizations, contributing their valuable business and financial skills to arts, sports, environmental, healthcare and other groups. CAs in public accounting work for a wide variety and size of firms—from global to local. These CAs provide audit, assurance, financial planning, tax and business advisory services to clients of all sizes, and in tasks from planning mergers and acquisitions to developing business plans. CAs can also be specialists in fields like business valuation, taxation, investigative and forensic accounting, insolvency, restructuring, information technology and others.

As a CA, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore a wide range of career opportunities. Your CA designation will make a powerful statement about you. About the value of your abilities and ideas. About the exceptional standards to which you hold yourself. And about all that you stand to accomplish throughout your career.