Featured firms

Firm in Focus.

Independent Canadian CPA firms doing work worth knowing about. Selected for regional diversity, peer recognition, and relevance — never commercial. No firm pays to be featured.

LiveCA: the firm that priced itself differently from the start.
Most firms retrofit their economics late, after the dependency is built. LiveCA, Canada's first fully online CA firm, designed fixed pricing and a distributed, systematized model in from 2013, the structure most partners are only now being forced to confront.
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Welch LLP — Ottawa, Ontario
Founded in 1918, Welch LLP has grown into one of Eastern Ontario's most established independent accounting firms. Two new partner promotions in January 2026 and a major community pledge in May make it the right profile for an issue about sustainable capacity building.
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Clearline CPA — Surrey, Tri-Cities & Vancouver, British Columbia
A top-20 BC firm where every client engagement is principal-led — no hand-offs to junior staff. Clearline runs specialist Tax and Assurance groups across three Lower Mainland offices, and has built a tech-forward culture that actively shapes how they recruit and serve clients in 2026.
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Chan Nowosad Boates Inc. — Campbell River, British Columbia
A Campbell River-based CPA firm recognized in 2026 as one of Canada’s Top Small and Medium Employers by The Globe and Mail. For a regional independent firm on Vancouver Island, this signals that smaller practices can build workplace cultures that compete with national firms on dimensions that matter to early-career accountants.
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More coming — published regularly for Canadian firm partners