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

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Financial auditors and accountants" in the Southwest Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Labour shortage

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

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Good

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

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many 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.

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

Approximately 360 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Financial auditors and accountants mainly work in the following sectors:
- Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 54): 64%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology