Training equivalence

You must submit all your university degrees.

Documents that are not written in French or English must be translated by a certified translator.

You must submit all your university transcripts.

Documents that are not written in French or English must be translated by a certified translator.

List of prerequisite courses

To be admitted to the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP), you must have a recognized undergraduate degree.

If you do not have one of these degrees, you must contact the university of your choice from the list at the top of this page to have your training evaluated and receive a list of prerequisite courses that you must take and pass in order to obtain the equivalent of a recognized degree.

Once you have received the list, which must be duly completed and signed by the competent authority at your chosen university, you will need to add it to your file. The Order will then make some validations and confirm whether or not it accepts the list.

If you disagree with the list of courses that you must take to obtain the equivalent of a recognized degree, you may share your observations with the Order’s qualification committee by writing to equivalence@cpaquebec.ca. Be sure to include all documents that the committee will need to re-evaluate your file. If you are dissatisfied with the qualification committee’s final decision, you may request a review of the decision by the executive committee by writing to secretariat@cpaquebec.ca.

If you are dissatisfied with the way your application has been handled at any step in the process, you may also file a complaint for free with the Commissaire à l’admission aux professions, an independent government entity that receives and reviews complaints about professional admission processes, whether they concern the Order or the university that issued the list of prerequisite courses you submitted to us.

Upgrading program offered by the Order

If you are a foreign-trained professional whose experience and training demonstrate your current or past proficiency in some of the competencies required of CPAs, the Order may suggest that you register for one or more sessions of its new upgrading program.

If you believe you fit this description, you do not need to attach a list of prerequisite courses to your request. You must submit a request for analysis of your file and attach all the other required documents. We will contact you once the analysis is complete.

Professionals trained outside Canada must first have their training assessed by the ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et l'Intégration (MIFI) or the World Education Services (WES). 

The Order can provide you with a letter that you can send to the MIFI in order to expedite the evaluation process. Ask for this letter at equivalence@cpaquebec.ca.