user_offlineforeve

9mo

Dear CPA preparatory course student,

The CPA profession in Canada is updating the CPA certification program. This includes refreshing the CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP), its exams, and the practical experience requirements. Collectively, these re-imagined components form the new CPA Professional Program.

We wanted to make you aware of some upcoming deadlines and provide information about the CPA Professional Program so that you can best plan your education pathway.

CPA Preparatory Courses
The CPA preparatory courses will be offered until at least December 2026 and we are considering options to extend for one year, after which point they will no longer be available. We anticipate that we will share the final offering dates later this year.

Depending on your timeline to complete the CPA preparatory courses or equivalents, you may fall into the following education pathways.

If you can successfully complete all CPA preparatory courses or equivalents by January 2027 you can enroll in CPA PEP.

CPA PEP will continue to be offered throughout 2026 and will wind down in 2027 and 2028. You can find the delivery schedule here. The final offering of CPA PEP Core 1 begins January 2027. If you would like to enroll in CPA PEP, you must register by the stated deadline and must have written the final exam for all CPA preparatory courses or post-secondary equivalents before the final Core 1 offering begins in January 2027. People who start Core 1 in January 2027 and complete the remaining modules as they are offered will be eligible to write the final CFE in September 2028.
If you cannot successfully complete all CPA preparatory courses or equivalents by January 2027 you may be able to enroll in the CPA Professional Program.

The first offering of the CPA Professional Program begins in May 2027. The CPAWSB website has been updated with information about the new program, and more information will be available over the next year-and-a-half as we prepare to launch the new program in 2027.
We expect that you will have questions about enrolling in the CPA Professional Program. We commit to supporting you as you work towards admission to CPA PEP or the CPA Professional Program. Please email us at prepadvising@​cpawsb.ca with any questions or feel free to schedule an appointment with an Advisor using our Bookings Calendar: Student Experience and Examinations Calendar. We might not have all the answers yet, but we can tell you when we expect them.

Best regards,

CPAWSB Student Experience Team
CPA Western School of Business
www.cpawsb.ca

FredVanYeet

9mo

I am not sure what to make of this

user_offlineforeve

9mo

could be different with your local accounting body

FredVanYeet

9mo

I've already got my cpa so I'm not too worried

But my fear is eventually they will try to bypass needing an accredited undergrad to enter the program and opening it to anyone who will pay

It's wild to think we have ppl who have never done a tax return or audit calling themselves CPAs

Mind you I'm not saying everyone should be an auditor or tax accountant but these are fundamental skills for the profession

whitegirl

9mo

Type thread

LORD Alfredo

9mo

These them fake type jobs white people be having n you never know.

whitegirl

9mo

Yea i never heard of any of these jobs. I imagine theyre hard to get cus its mostly elderly people whove had the same job for 40 years

FredVanYeet

9mo

I've already got my cpa so I'm not too worried

But my fear is eventually they will try to bypass needing an accredited undergrad to enter the program and opening it to anyone who will pay

It's wild to think we have ppl who have never done a tax return or audit calling themselves CPAs

Mind you I'm not saying everyone should be an auditor or tax accountant but these are fundamental skills for the profession