Registration Process

CPAB’s registration process consists of two stages and is completed primarily online:

Stage 1 - consists of filing an Intent to Participate form and a Quality Control Report, and remitting the appropriate fees.

Stage 2 - consists of filing an Initial Registration form, and signing and remitting in hard copy a Participation Agreement which can be obtained from CPAB's website.

Firms wishing to register must first obtain a password. To obtain a password, please click here.

Firms who have obtained a password and wish to continue the registration process, please click here.

Registration Tips

To facilitate registration, firms can download sample registration documents to help them assemble the required information and prepare responses in advance.

Although the forms must be filled out on-line, firms may find it helpful to copy and paste the responses from a word processor.

Sample Registration Documents

Fees

• Stage 1 'Intent to Participate' fees are self-assessed by the applicant firms based on the number of reporting issuer clients, subject to a minimum fee of $1000.00. They are due at the time of filing an Intent to Participate form.
  
  These fees are set out in CPAB Rule 802 which can be found on CPAB's website.
  
  
• Participating Audit Firms pay an 'Annual Participation Fee' to CPAB. The fee is assessed annually as a percentage of audit fees charged by auditors to reporting issuer clients using information reported to CPAB by the firms in an annual filing.