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Fee schedule and administrative procedures

Throughout their path to the CPA designation, candidates for the practice of the profession are required to pay certain fees to the Order. A portion of these fees may be reimbursed by some employers. Candidates are responsible for making arrangements with their employer.

Note that candidates have a maximum of seven (7) years to complete their CPA path, which includes:

  • completing the Professional Education Program (PEP);
  • completing a 24-month period of practical experience authorized by the Order;
  • passing the Common Final Examination (CFE); 
  • applying for a permit.

Note: Fees are subject to change without notice.

Registration

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Registration with the Order1     $653.06

The registration fee is payable only once, upon admission.

1 You must be ready to begin the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP) when submitting your application form.

Specific cases

Total (taxes included)

File review - Reinstatement or specific case $280.54 
Admission by affiliation (member in good standing of a professional accounting organization in Canada or Bermuda)  $505.89 
Letter confirming status at the CPA Order $103.48
Reinstatement as a CPP $653.06
Late registration/Registration after the deadline - Graduate diploma $244
Late registration/Registration after the deadline - National program  $244
Administrative fees / Request of path extension $280.54

Training equivalences and upgrading program

  

List of fees related to training equivalences 

Total (taxes included)

Filing an application for equivalency  $62.09
Training equivalency analysis $182.81 

File review – Reciprocity agreement/Quebec-France mutual recognition agreement/Quebec-Tunisia professional qualifications recognition agreement

(Including diploma equivalence analysis)

$592.12
CPA Canada's CPARE Professional Development Program - webinar (exam included)  $971.54
Training equivalence and professional experience review $732.39
Training equivalence and professional experience review (partial) $365.62
Accelerated training equivalency analysis fee $62.09
Course or training equivalency analysis   $62.09
Additional list of training equivalencies $62.09
Update of an equivalency file without having completed all the courses on the list  $62.09 

Upgrading program

Total (taxes included)

Introduction to case analysis Free and optional
Financial information session $296.64

Certification session

$296.64
Finance session $236.85
Management accounting session $236.85
Strategy and governance session $236.85

Annual dues

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Annual dues for CPPs - 2023-2024 $443.80
Annual dues for CPPs - 2024-2025  $457.60 

The annual dues for CPPs are valid from April 1 through March 31 and are payable every year until they obtain the CPA designation. After that, they will have to pay the regular annual dues for members every year. Please take note that the payment of the annual fee is not refundable.

Specific cases

Total (taxes included)

Partial annual dues for CPPs (for those who register for the winter semester) $114.28

University graduate program

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Educational material access fee $864.61

The educational material fee is payable only once. The tuition fees of the university delivering the program must be paid directly to the university every year.

Learn more about the available financial aid and tax deductions >

Do you want to cancel your registration in the university graduate program or get a refund of some of the fees you paid? See the cancellation and refund policy.

Important! An administrative fee will be charged if your application for registration with the Order is received more than 30 days after you start your first term of the PEP. 

3You will be invoiced additional fees if the Order is required to analyze your file in depth. In this case, the Order will contact you.

National Program delivered by the Order

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Examination software $402.41
Orientation session of the CPA National Program (Mandatory) $994.53
Application to enrol in each of six core, elective and capstone modules



(including examinations, but excluding the Common Final Examination)
$1,663.69



x 6
Total cost $11,379.08

The fee is invoiced during the registration process for the different modules. The examination software license fee and the mandatory orientation session fee are payable only once, during the registration process for module 1.

Learn more about the available financial aid and tax deductions >

Do you want to cancel your registration in the National Program or get a refund of some of the fees you paid? See the cancellation and refund policy.

Specific cases

Total (taxes included)

Request to withdraw from a national program module

Under the cancellation and refund policy.

Review request - Examination results

$254.09
Online introduction to Professional Education Program
(For candidates who are exempted from the Core 1 module)
$426.56
Retake of a module exam $544.98
Late fee - Module registration $244
Late fee – Module exam registration $155
Cancellation fee – Module exam registration 

$155

Deferral fee - Module exam registration $178.21
Access to the educational material of a National Program module $325.38 
Make-up assignments fees - Half day of absence  $147.17
Make-up assignments fees - One day of absence  $278.24
Make-up assignments fees - Two days of absence  $556.48
Special accomodation request $118.42

Practical experience

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Declaration of practical experience N/A
Declaration of prior practical experience N/A
Declaration of end of practical experience N/A

Specific cases 

Total (taxes included)

Practical experience recognition  $280.54

Common Final Examination (CFE)

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

CFE registration  $1,900.54
Examination software
(only for students from the University graduate program)
 $402.41
  The CFE registration fee must be paid each time a candidate sits for the examination.

Specific cases

Total (taxes included)

Rewrite of Day 1 only  $710.55 
Rewrite of Days 2 & 3 only  $1,302.67
Review for addditional attempt  $280.54 
Results review – Day 1 $266.74
Results review – Days 2 & 3  $533.48
Performance analysis - Day 1 $415.06
Performance analysis – Day 2 & 3 $828.97
Results review and performance analysis – Day 1 $651.91
Results review and performance analysis – Day 2 & 3 $1,302.67
Late fees – CFE registration $258.00
Cancellation fees - CFE registration $258.00
Special accomodation request Free
 

Permit

Regular path

Total (taxes included)

Permit application $580.62

The permit fee is payable only once, upon application.

Cancellation and refund

Do you want to cancel your registration in the university graduate program or the National Program or get a refund of some of the fees you paid? 

See the cancellation and refund policy.

Administrative procedures

The purpose of administrative procedures is to clarify the application of the regulations governing the profession and highlight the particular features that apply to candidates registered with the Order.

Read the administrative procedures (in French only) >

Harmonized policies

The CPA harmonized education policies includes a collection of policy directives for the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP) and the rules for admission, administration, modules, module examinations and the Common Final Examination. 

Read the policies >

Questions?

To obtain a form or find out more about the steps leading to the CPA designation, contact the Qualification team.

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