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Top Accounting Firms in Canada

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.

By TrustList Editorial

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

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The top three

  1. Best for: Growing Vancouver businesses

    Monthly financials, KPIs and virtual CFO support for growing businesses, including retailers, healthcare clinics and construction firms.

    • Vancouver, Canada
    • In business 10+ years
  2. Best for: Individuals and small businesses

    Helps individuals and small businesses one-on-one, with in-house appointments or a drop-off service.

    • London, Ontario, Canada
    • In business 10+ years
    • professional accreditation
    • Quebec, Canada
    • In business 60+ years
    • Team of 250+
  1. Accounting Bridge logo

    Accounting Bridge

    Best for: Growing Vancouver businesses

    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.

  2. Concise Tax Service Inc. logo

    Concise Tax Service Inc.

    Best for: Individuals and small businesses

    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.

  3. Blanchette Vachon CPA logo

    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.

  4. Davidson & Company LLP logo

    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.

  5. GG

    Gariepy Gravel Larouche Blouin

    Best for: Quebec City businesses and individuals

    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.

  6. Canwest Accounting Ltd. logo

    Canwest Accounting Ltd.

    Best for: Victoria individuals and businesses

    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.

  7. Booke & Partners logo

    Booke & Partners

    Best for: Owner-managed firms and not-for-profits

    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.

  8. Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLP logo

    Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLP

    Best for: Owner-run businesses and not-for-profits

    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.

  9. Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP logo

    Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP

    Best for: Energy, public sector, real estate

    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.

  10. Givens LLP logo

    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.

  11. Johnston, Johnston & Associates Ltd. logo

    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.

  12. HWG Chartered Professional Accountants logo

    HWG Chartered Professional Accountants

    Best for: Freelancers, non-profits and non-residents

    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.

  13. Davis Martindale LLP logo

    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.

  14. Leskun & Son Accounting and Tax logo

    Leskun & Son Accounting and Tax

    Best for: Trades, contractors and developers

    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.

  15. Great Plains Accounting Services logo

    Great Plains Accounting Services

    Best for: Regina individuals, companies and farms

    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.

  16. Lipton LLP logo

    Lipton LLP

    Best for: Owner-managed and public companies

    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.

  17. Kestenberg Rabinowicz & Partners LLP logo

    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.

  18. Fagan & Fagan, LLP logo

    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.

  19. Bouchard & Company logo

    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.

  20. Consumers Financial Services logo

    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.

  21. Koster Spinks & Koster LLP logo

    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.

  22. EPR Maple Ridge Langley logo

    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.

  23. Jorgensen & Bickerton Inc. logo

    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.

  24. L

    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.

The top ten at a glance

As each business states it on its own website, read by TrustList for this edition.

#BusinessBased inSinceAccreditationsBest for
=1Accounting BridgeVancouver, Canada10+ yrsNone statedGrowing Vancouver businesses
=1Concise Tax Service Inc.London, Ontario, Canada10+ yrsprofessional accreditationIndividuals and small businesses
3Blanchette Vachon CPAQuebec, Canada60+ yrsNone stated
4Davidson & Company LLPVancouver, British Columbia, Canada40+ yrsNone stated
5Gariepy Gravel Larouche BlouinBeauport, Québec City, Canada1989None statedQuebec City businesses and individuals
6Canwest Accounting Ltd.Victoria, BC, Canada1991None statedVictoria individuals and businesses
7Booke & PartnersWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1993None statedOwner-managed firms and not-for-profits
8Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLPNiagara, Hamilton and Halton, Ontario, Canada1940None statedOwner-run businesses and not-for-profits
9Kingston Ross Pasnak LLPEdmonton, Canada1945None statedEnergy, public sector, real estate
10Givens LLPEdmonton80+ yrsNone stated

How to choose accounting firms

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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How is this ranking worked out?

The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, and never from payment:

  • Profile completeness: the details a buyer needs to judge a firm — what it does, who it serves, how it prices, who it has worked for
  • Earned trust: verification, awards and the other checks a firm has actually passed
  • Client reviews, where they exist: the rating is smoothed, so one five-star review cannot outrank a firm with a hundred good ones, and volume counts with diminishing returns

Client reviews are still rare across this catalogue, so on most lists today the order is set by the first two. A firm near the top is the best-documented and best-verified one we hold, which is not the same claim as the best one to hire. Use the list to build a shortlist, then check the firms yourself.

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Only firms whose profile names Canada are counted here, so a firm that lists a town but no country is not yet included.

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