Job prospects Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) in the Winnipeg Region

Over the past few years (2022-2024), there was a labour shortage for Financial auditors and accountants in the Winnipeg Region. There were more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

The employment outlook will be Good for financial auditors and accountants (NOC 11100) in the Winnipeg region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by business need for financial oversight, compliance with new and complex regulations, and financial analysis to improve profitability and efficiency.

• Key trends for this occupation include Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) that creates new content from existing data, which may transform workflow and services for this occupation.

• Jobs are concentrated in the Winnipeg and Interlake regions, but job prospects are the strongest in South and North Central regions, as well as in Parklands and North regions.

Here are some key facts about financial auditors and accountants in the Winnipeg region:

• Approximately 5,200 people work in this occupation.
• Financial auditors and accountants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 34%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 17%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 7%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology