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123 of 375 accounting firms ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.
We list 92 accounting firms in Canada. The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, never from payment — at the top right now: Konnekt, Aaqib Z. Shah Chartered Professional Accountant and Accounting One.
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Q4 2026 edition
123 of 375 accounting firms ranked on evidence held on 12 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.
Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.
Flagship ranking · Q4 2026 edition
This page ranks accounting firms across Canada, from long-established chartered professional accountant practices to small bookkeeping and tax services. TrustList lists 381 of them, and 77 earned a rank number in the Q4 2026 edition. Among the ranked, 3 hold a professional accreditation and 73 state a founding date, most often in the 2000s (24), the 1990s (14) and the 2010s (13), with two from the 1940s. Vancouver is the most common base (9), ahead of Surrey, Victoria and Toronto at 3 each.
The order rests on evidence TrustList held on 5 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each firm states on its own website, which we read and dated. Nobody pays to be placed. A listing with nothing checkable is listed but not ranked, and positions are fixed until the January 2027 edition. A firm can move up by adding client reviews or verified facts to its free profile.
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The SME ranking on this page lists 375 small and medium-sized firms, and 75 of them earned a rank number. Six firms known to be large are left out, and the SME order does not reward age. See the SME ranking
Best for: Individuals and small businesses
Helps individuals and small businesses one-on-one, with in-house appointments or a drop-off service.
Best for: Growing Vancouver businesses
Monthly financials, KPIs and virtual CFO support for growing businesses, including retailers, healthcare clinics and construction firms.

Tax · Government · Also in London and Ontario
Concise Tax Service Inc. is an accounting and tax practice in London, Ontario, serving individuals and businesses across Canada.
Why #1 (shared): Based in London, Ontario, Canada · In business 10+ years · professional accreditation, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Accounting Bridge is a bookkeeping and accounting firm in Vancouver, Canada.
Why #1 (shared): Based in Vancouver, Canada · In business 10+ years · Client numbers stated on its own website, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Consumer Products & Services · Arts, Entertainment & Music · Financial Services
Quebec accounting firm offering audit, tax, business advice, payroll and health-professional services to owners and managers
Why #3: Based in Quebec, Canada · In business 60+ years · Team of 250+, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Accounting · Legal · Networking
Davidson & Company LLP is an independent chartered professional accounting firm headquartered in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.
Why #4: Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · In business 40+ years · Team of 180+, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Consumer Products & Services · Energy & Natural Resources · Financial Services
Gariepy Gravel Larouche Blouin, also known as GGLB CPA, is a firm of chartered professional accountants in Beauport, Québec City.
Why #5: Based in Beauport, Québec City, Canada · Founded 1989 · Team of 25+, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Government
Canwest Accounting Ltd. is a bookkeeping and accounting practice in Victoria, British Columbia, handling work from personal tax returns to bookkeeping and payroll for larger…
Why #6: Based in Victoria, BC, Canada · Founded 1991 · Team of 15+, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Partners
Booke & Partners is an accounting practice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, set up in June 1993 when five partners and nine colleagues left a national firm to work independently.
Why #7: Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · Founded 1993 · Team of 50+, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLP, or DJB, is a firm of chartered professional accountants in Ontario.
Why #8: Based in Niagara, Hamilton and Halton, Ontario, Canada · Founded 1940, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP, known as KRP, is an accounting firm in Edmonton, Alberta.
Why #9: Based in Edmonton, Canada · Founded 1945, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Also in Hamilton
Givens LLP is a firm of chartered professional accountants working with entrepreneurs and owner-run businesses around Edmonton.
Why #10: Based in Edmonton · In business 80+ years · Owner-run, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Johnston, Johnston & Associates Ltd. is a group of designated accountants and students based in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Why #11: Based in Nanaimo, British Columbia · Founded 1962, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting
HWG Chartered Professional Accountants is an accounting practice in Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, operating since 1971.
Why #12 (shared): Based in Surrey (Cloverdale), British Columbia, Canada · Founded 1971, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Davis Martindale LLP is a Canadian accounting firm with offices in London and Toronto, Ontario.
Why #12 (shared): Based in London and Toronto, Ontario, Canada · In business 55+ years, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax Planning · Tax · Accounting
Leskun & Son Accounting is a family accounting practice serving the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.
Why #14: Based in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada · Founded 1972, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Web Design · Tax · Accounting
Great Plains Accounting Services is a full-service accounting firm in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Why #15: Based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada · Founded 1973, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Responsive · Partners
Lipton LLP is an accounting firm that serves clients around Toronto, elsewhere in Canada and abroad.
Why #16 (shared): Based in Toronto, Canada · Founded 1976 · Owner-managed, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Non Profit · Tax · simple
Fagan & Fagan, LLP is a certified public accounting practice in Cerritos, California. It has been running for about fifty years and is now led by the second generation.
Why #16 (shared): Address in Canada · In business 50+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Kestenberg Rabinowicz & Partners LLP, known as KRP LLP, is a firm of chartered professional accountants in Toronto.
Why #16 (shared): Based in Toronto, Canada · In business 50+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Also in Vancouver
Bouchard & Company is a firm of chartered accountants in Surrey, British Columbia.
Why #19 (shared): Based in Surrey, BC, Canada · Founded 1977, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Financial Services · Tax · Security
Consumers Financial Services is an accounting and tax practice in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Why #19 (shared): Based in Thunder Bay, Canada · Founded 1977, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Non Profit · Creative · Also in Toronto
Koster, Spinks & Koster LLP is a firm of chartered professional accountants in North Toronto, Canada.
Why #21 (shared): Based in North Toronto, Canada · Founded 1978, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

EPR Maple Ridge Langley is an accounting practice serving Maple Ridge and Langley in British Columbia, Canada.
Why #21 (shared): Based in Maple Ridge and Langley, British Columbia, Canada · Founded 1978, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting
Jorgensen & Bickerton Inc. is an accounting firm based in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Why #23: Based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada · Founded 1979, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Administration · Production · Construction
Chartered professional accounting firm in Trois-Rivières serving individuals, entrepreneurs, small businesses and organisations
Why #24: Address in Canada · Founded 1981, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
As each business states it on its own website, read by TrustList for this edition.
| # | Business | Based in | Since | Accreditations | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Concise Tax Service Inc. | London, Ontario, Canada | 10+ yrs | professional accreditation | Individuals and small businesses |
| =1 | Accounting Bridge | Vancouver, Canada | 10+ yrs | None stated | Growing Vancouver businesses |
| 3 | Blanchette Vachon CPA | Quebec, Canada | 60+ yrs | None stated | |
| 4 | Davidson & Company LLP | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 40+ yrs | None stated | |
| 5 | Gariepy Gravel Larouche Blouin | Beauport, Québec City, Canada | 1989 | None stated | Quebec City businesses and individuals |
| 6 | Canwest Accounting Ltd. | Victoria, BC, Canada | 1991 | None stated | Victoria individuals and businesses |
| 7 | Booke & Partners | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 1993 | None stated | Owner-managed firms and not-for-profits |
| 8 | Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLP | Niagara, Hamilton and Halton, Ontario, Canada | 1940 | None stated | Owner-run businesses and not-for-profits |
| 9 | Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP | Edmonton, Canada | 1945 | None stated | Energy, public sector, real estate |
| 10 | Givens LLP | Edmonton | 80+ yrs | None stated |
1. Check the CPA designation
Most Canadian accountants hold the Chartered Professional Accountant title, regulated by a provincial body. Ask for the name of the individual who will sign your work and look them up on that body's register.
2. Know the level of assurance
Audit, review engagement and compilation give different levels of comfort. Ask which one your lender, investor or regulator requires, and whether the firm has the staff to deliver it.
3. Ask who handles the CRA
Clarify who files returns, GST/HST and payroll remittances, and who answers letters from the Canada Revenue Agency. Ask whether that support is included or billed separately.
4. Cross-border and language needs
If you have United States income or family ties, ask about experience with both tax systems. In Quebec and elsewhere, confirm the working language for meetings and documents.
5. Agree fees and scope in writing
Request an engagement letter stating what is covered, whether fees are fixed or hourly, and the cost of catch-up filings or extra queries.
6. Confirm software and access
Ask which bookkeeping software the firm supports, whether you keep your own login, and how your records are handed back if you change accountant.
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