Twelve accounting conferences are confirmed in Canada between now and June 2027, carrying between 4 and 33 verifiable CPD hours each. The next is CPA Ontario's Edge Conference on September 29, 2026; the largest is CPA Canada's The ONE in Québec City on October 5–7.
Every date, format and CPD figure below was taken from the organiser's own page and checked on September 25, 2026. Six of the twelve offer a virtual option, which matters if you are reading this from somewhere other than Toronto or Vancouver.
Accounting Conference Calendar: Canada 2026–2027
- September 29, 2026 — CPA Ontario, The Edge. In person or virtual. 8.5 CPD hours, 1 of them ethics.
- October 5–7, 2026 — CPA Canada, The ONE. Québec City, hybrid. 33 CPD hours.
- October 8, 2026 — CPABC PD Nexus, Small Practitioner Insights. Vancouver.
- October 21, 2026 — CPA Ontario, Small & Medium Practitioners. In person or virtual. 14 CPD hours.
- November 3–4, 2026 — Accountex Canada. Toronto. Up to 24 CPD credits across 31 sessions.
- November 5, 2026 — CPA Ontario, AI Conference. Virtual. 7 CPD hours.
- November 17, 2026 — CPA Alberta, EVOLVE. Virtual. Up to 12 CPD hours, 1 of them ethics.
- November 19, 2026 — CPA Ontario, Not for Profit. Virtual. 7 CPD hours.
- November 26–27, 2026 — CPABC Infinite Conference. Vancouver, hybrid. Up to 22 CPD hours.
- December 3, 2026 — CPA Ontario, December Ethics. Virtual. 4 CPD hours, all ethics.
- February 10, 2027 — CPA Ontario, Corporate Finance & Controller's. In person or virtual. 14 CPD hours.
- March 4, 2027 — CPA Ontario, Women In Action. In person or virtual. 7 CPD hours.
- June 18–19, 2027 — CAAA Annual Conference. Montreal.
Conference hours are verifiable CPD provided attendance is recorded, so keep the certificate. For flexible learning instead, a 20-hour verifiable CPD package covers a full year's minimum without a night in a hotel.
Which Conference Should You Pick?
Most people arrive at a list like this with a specific gap to fill. Sorted that way:
If you need ethics hours before your deadline. CPA Ontario's December Ethics Conference (Dec 3) delivers all four in a single virtual day, which satisfies the triennial ethics requirement outright in most jurisdictions. CPABC Infinite (Nov 26–27) includes 75 minutes of ethics inside a larger programme, and The Edge (Sep 29) and EVOLVE (Nov 17) each carry one ethics hour.
If you need volume. The ONE at 33 hours is more than a full year's requirement from one registration, and the content stays available on demand for 120 days afterwards. CPABC Infinite can reach 22 hours if you use the recorded sessions before they close on December 31. Accountex offers up to 24 credits across two days.
If you cannot travel. Six events run virtual: The Edge, the AI Conference, Not for Profit, December Ethics, Corporate Finance & Controller's and Women In Action are all available remotely, and The ONE and CPABC Infinite are hybrid.
If you run your own practice. CPABC PD Nexus — Small Practitioner Insights (Oct 8) and CPA Ontario's Small & Medium Practitioners Conference (Oct 21) are both built around the problems of a small firm rather than adapted down from enterprise material.
The Conferences in Detail
CPA Ontario — The Edge: The Future of Finance Leadership
September 29, 2026 — in person or virtual — 8.5 CPD hours including 1 ethics
CPA Ontario's leadership-track conference, built for CPAs moving from technical roles into management. The ethics hour bundled into a single day is a useful detail if you are still short on that component of your cycle. In person $419, virtual $349.
CPA Canada — The ONE National Conference 2026
October 5–7, 2026 — Québec City — hybrid — 33 CPD hours
The profession's flagship national event. The first two days offer both in-person and virtual programming; the third is entirely virtual. All content remains available on demand for 120 days, so the hours are recoverable even if you miss a session live.
Programming spans tax, technology, leadership and public sector accounting updates. Member pricing is CA$1,579 against CA$1,855 for non-members, a gap that more than covers the membership fee.
CPABC PD Nexus — Small Practitioner Insights
October 8, 2026 — Hyatt Regency, Vancouver
One of CPABC's single-day PD Nexus events, scoped to the problems of the small practice: capacity, client mix, succession, and the compliance load that falls on a two- or three-person firm. A West Coast option in a calendar that leans heavily to Toronto.
CPA Ontario — Small & Medium Practitioners Conference
October 21, 2026 — in person or virtual — 14 CPD hours
Themed “Future-Ready Practices”. At 14 hours it is one of the denser single events on the calendar, covering practice management, technology and compliance in one programme. In person $665, virtual $559.
Accountex Canada 2026
November 3–4, 2026 — The International Centre, Hall 5, Toronto — 31 CPD-verified sessions, up to 24 credits
Canada's largest accounting and finance technology event. The exhibition floor is the real draw: it is the one place in the country where you can compare practice management, tax and AI tools side by side with the people who build them. Sessions cover cybersecurity, data ethics and remote operations, and a certificate of attendance is issued afterwards.
CPA Ontario — AI Conference: Navigating the Next Era of AI
November 5, 2026 — virtual, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — 7 CPD hours
Worth singling out because it is not an introduction to AI. The programme is aimed at CPAs and senior leaders past the awareness stage: where AI is heading over the next 18 to 36 months, how to build a business case, how to scale past the pilot, and how to govern data leakage and model risk. CA$279 for members, CA$335 for the public.
CPA Alberta — EVOLVE 2026
November 17, 2026 — live virtual — up to 12 CPD hours including 1 ethics
CPA Alberta's fall conference covers AI, ethics, sustainability and privacy, with optional post-conference workshops extending the programme. Open to CPAs outside Alberta, which makes it a low-friction way to top up late in the year.
CPA Ontario — Not for Profit Conference
November 19, 2026 — virtual — 7 CPD hours
For CPAs working in or auditing the not-for-profit sector, where reporting requirements, funder expectations and governance duties differ sharply from the for-profit world. From $209.
CPABC Infinite Conference — “Trust at Our Core”
November 26–27, 2026 — Vancouver, in person or virtual — up to 22 CPD hours
Up to 12 verifiable hours live, including 75 minutes of ethics, plus up to 10 additional verifiable hours from recorded sessions available until December 31, 2026. That structure is unusually generous: attend two days, use the recordings, and you can close out the year at 22 verifiable hours from one registration.
CPA Ontario — December Ethics Conference
December 3, 2026 — virtual — 4 CPD hours, all ethics
A short, targeted event that exists for one reason: the four-hour ethics requirement that catches people out in December. Four hours in a single sitting satisfies the ethics component outright in most jurisdictions, and it is scheduled late enough to be a genuine safety net. From $139.
CPA Ontario — Corporate Finance & Controller's Conference
February 10, 2027 — in person or virtual — 14 CPD hours
The first major event of the 2027 calendar, built for CPAs in controller, FP&A and corporate finance roles rather than public practice. Fourteen hours this early in the year takes the pressure off the rest of your cycle. In person $655, virtual $599.
CPA Ontario — Women In Action Conference
March 4, 2027 — in person or virtual — 7 CPD hours
A leadership and career-development conference for women in the profession, combining skills sessions with structured networking. In person $299, virtual $209.
CAAA Annual Conference 2027
June 18–19, 2027 — Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal
The Canadian Academic Accounting Association's annual gathering of accounting educators, researchers and practitioners, with a Professional Development Day on June 17. The 2027 programme focuses on accounting's role in contemporary geopolitical challenges. Call for papers and registration are still to be announced, so watch the CAAA site if you intend to submit.
If You Can't Get to the Room
Conferences are the best value per hour in professional development and the least flexible. Travel, days out of the office and a four-figure registration are not always realistic, particularly close to a filing deadline.
Live webinars fill that gap. Each session on the CPDFormula webinar calendar runs an hour with a 15-minute Q&A, carries one verifiable CPD hour, and is delivered live by a practitioner rather than played back.
Several currently scheduled sessions track the same themes as the conferences above:
- Eyes Wide Shut: Navigating Ethical Blindness in Fraud Investigations — November 25. Ethics content, if you missed the ethics hour at The Edge or EVOLVE.
- Cyber Threats, AI and Modern Financial Investigations — November 30. The territory Accountex and the AI Conference cover, in one hour.
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: What Happens When the Plan Actually Gets Tested — December 15.
If what you want from a conference is the technical update rather than the networking, the CPA Technical Update Package for 2026 covers the same ground across eight courses and 20 verifiable hours, at your own pace.
Conclusion
Four of the events above fall before December 31, which makes them the ones that can still affect this year's declaration. The rest are next year's problem, and next year's advantage.
A word on planning: CPD in Canada is measured over a rolling three-year cycle rather than a single year, so the sensible move is to look at the whole period instead of scrambling each December. If you would rather have the triennial requirement handled in one purchase, the 60-hour three-year package covers all 60 verifiable hours including the four ethics hours, and pairs well with one or two conferences a year for the parts a screen cannot give you.
Register early for the early-bird rates, book the room block if you are travelling, and keep every certificate of attendance — your future self, filing a CPD declaration, will thank you.
Frequently Asked Questions
What accounting conferences are coming up in Canada?
Twelve are confirmed between September 2026 and June 2027. The next is CPA Ontario's Edge Conference on September 29, 2026, followed by CPA Canada's The ONE in Québec City on October 5–7 and Accountex Canada in Toronto on November 3–4.
Do accounting conferences count as verifiable CPD?
Yes, provided attendance is recorded and you retain the certificate. Every event on this list publishes a verifiable CPD figure, ranging from 4 hours at CPA Ontario's December Ethics Conference to 33 at The ONE.
Which Canadian accounting conference offers the most CPD hours?
The ONE, at 33 hours across three days, with content available on demand for 120 days afterwards. CPABC Infinite can reach 22 hours when you include its recorded sessions, and Accountex offers up to 24 credits over two days.
Are there virtual accounting conferences in Canada?
Yes. Six of the twelve run virtually — The Edge, the AI Conference, Not for Profit, December Ethics, Corporate Finance & Controller's and Women In Action — and The ONE and CPABC Infinite are hybrid.
Which conference should I attend if I need ethics hours?
CPA Ontario's December Ethics Conference on December 3 carries four ethics hours in a single virtual day, which satisfies the triennial ethics requirement outright in most jurisdictions.
Do virtual conferences count the same as in-person ones?
Yes. Canadian CPA bodies do not distinguish between in-person and virtual attendance for verifiable CPD. What matters is that the activity is relevant to your role and that you can evidence it.
Are these conferences suitable for students?
Many offer student rates, and the virtual options remove the travel cost that usually puts conferences out of reach.