Co-Partner: The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada

The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada was founded in 1908. In 1913, an act incorporating the General Accountants' Association as a self-regulating professional association was passed by the House of Commons in Ottawa.

The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada is one of the top three national professional accounting associations in Canada. The Association now boasts more than 60,000 CGAs and students. CGAs are professional accountants working in industry, commerce, finance, government and public practice. They are represented nationally through CGA-Canada and regionally through their provincial/territorial/regional associations and local chapters.

CGA-Canada is represented on the Accounting Standards Board of the CICA and also sits on the Financial Planners Standards Council (FPSC) Board in Canada, contributing to the related accounting standards and rules setting.

The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, as one of the top level Associations in Canada, provides consultations and suggestions to Finance, Economy and Revenue Divisions of Canada, and assists the Canadian Government in overseeing professional accountants.

The school places high value on the powerful combination of research and teaching. The faculty is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of new knowledge. Faculty includes some of the world's most influential thinkers, who publish regularly in the top academic journals and present at conferences and symposia around the world.

Program Mission

To provide training programs for those who have bachelor degrees, have passed CPA professional assessments, have a good command of English, and have the goal to become senior managers and financial officials.

Curriculum

The CGA Program is systematically designed, in four levels plus a general test to cover financial management, accounting, statistics, economics, law, taxation, auditing, finance, and management information systems, etc.

Student may be exempt from some courses based on their academic background and specialized knowledge. Generally, a candidate with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting will be exempt from 8 to 9 courses.

CPAs can be exempt from 3 to 5 courses. SNAI is responsible for the teaching of these courses, which include financial accounting, accounting theory, management accounting, auditing and Canadian taxation.