FAQs - Membership

FAQs - Membership

Members can request a name change by logging into Online Services and clicking on the Profile tab. Choose the appropriate tab from the menu.

Members who require a certificate due to loss or change of name can request a replacement certificate. Duplicate certificates are not issued.

To request a replacement certificate log into Online Services and click on the Fees, Receipts & Donation tab. Choose the appropriate tab from the menu.

Our membership application form can be found here. 

Email cpabcapplications@bccpa.ca if you have any questions regarding the application process.
No, our CPA Act states that only CPABC members can use the designation in BC. You must apply for membership with CPABC if you want to use your designation in BC.
If you intend to use the designation in your new province you must obtain membership there.

You must contact the CPA body where you are now living and download their application form(s). If any of the forms must be completed by CPABC you should email them to verify@bccpa.ca. Note that CPABC does NOT transfer files when you move to a new province and does not automatically adjust your dues. You must advise CPABC by updating your contact information in Online Services if you move to another province.

If you are applying for membership after you have paid your CPABC member dues, you will pay a reduced rate to your new province.
If your home province confirms that you have already paid your full provincial and CPA Canada member dues there, you will be charge a reduced rate by CPABC.
Members must remit the full provincial and CPA Canada dues to at least one provincial accounting body or Bermuda. If you are living and working in BC you will be charged full dues here and should pay reduced dues to the second provincial accounting body.
We do not automatically cancel your membership if you have moved to another province or if you have been admitted to another CPA body in Canada.
If you do not work or have clients in BC you do not need to keep both CPA memberships.

To voluntarily cancel your membership in CPABC:

  1. Log into CPABC’s Online Services site at services.bccpa.ca;
  2. Click on Profile from the blue navigation bar;
  3. Click on Request Membership Cancellation from the drop down menu or right navigation bar;
  4. Complete the Membership Cancellation Form and click Submit.

Once your membership cancellation request has been processed you will receive a membership cancellation confirmation via email. If you have any questions, please email us at members@bccpa.ca.

If you hold a public practice licence, your licence must be cancelled before your membership cancellation can be processed.  If you require additional information on cancelling your licence, please contact publicpracticelicensing@bccpa.ca.

Members can update their contact information by logging into Online Services and clicking on the Profile tab. Choose the appropriate tab from the menu.

Members can update their contact information by logging into Online Services and clicking on the Profile tab. Choose the appropriate tab from the menu.

Members can update their employment information by logging into Online Services, clicking on the Profile tab. Choose the appropriate tab from the menu. If your new employer is not listed in the drop down menu, please email memberrecords@bccpa.ca with your new employer’s name, full address and phone number.