{"id":1680,"date":"2025-07-02T15:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpaquebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/profession-de-cpa-et-protection-du-public\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:25:21","slug":"the-cpa-profession-and-the-protection-of-the-public","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpaquebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/general-public\/the-cpa-profession-and-the-protection-of-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"The CPA profession and the protection of the public"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"color-boxes-grid aligndefault\"\n>\n   <div class=\"color-boxes-grid__grid cols-3\">\n     \n\n<div class=\"color-box-item has-background has-marble-background-color \">\n\n    <h5 class=\"color-box-item__title\">The profession at a glance<\/h5>\n      <div class=\"wysiwyg color-box-item__text\"><p>As key players in economic and social development, Quebec\u2019s 42,000 CPAs are supervised by a professional order, the Quebec CPA Order, whose primary mission is to protect the public. As Quebec\u2019s one and only accounting credential, the CPA designation is globally recognized and synonymous with quality and reliability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n   \n\n      <div class=\"accordion-container\">\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"color-box-item__links color-box-item__links--orientation-horizontal\">\n                <span class=\"color-box-item__links__item\">\n            <a href='https:\/\/cpaquebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/general-public\/the-cpa-profession-and-the-protection-of-the-public\/the-profession-at-a-glance\/' class=\"text-link\">Read more<\/a>          <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"color-box-item color-box-item--image \">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cpaquebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/achanger_temp.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"color-box-item has-background has-marble-background-color \">\n\n    <h5 class=\"color-box-item__title\">Protection of the public<\/h5>\n      <div class=\"wysiwyg color-box-item__text\"><p>CPAs are subject to a code of ethics that governs the practice of their profession and imposes general and specific obligations towards the public, clients and the profession. One of these is to discharge their professional obligations with integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n   \n\n      <div class=\"accordion-container\">\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"color-box-item__links color-box-item__links--orientation-horizontal\">\n                <span class=\"color-box-item__links__item\">\n            <a href='https:\/\/cpaquebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/general-public\/the-cpa-profession-and-the-protection-of-the-public\/protection-of-the-public\/' class=\"text-link\">Learn more<\/a>          <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"notification-message aligndefault notification-message--info notification-message--outline\"\n>\n   \n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Technical and ethics reference services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions about ethics references or accounting and assurance standards? 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