Small beginnings are no indication of ultimate results,” noted the foreword to the first issue of
The Canadian Chartered Accountant in July 1911. Launched from temporary offices in Toronto with the slogan “Of the Profession; by the Profession; for the Profession,” the 32-page quarterly magazine was an effort to knit the far-flung members of the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants (DACA) into a cohesive fraternity. At the time, there were only seven provincial accounting organizations, with Alberta having formed its institute the previous year. In September 1911 at the national convention in Montreal, the magazine received its first and most important review: “Let it be printed,” members voted. (Read the article “
A century of CAmagazine” in the June-July 2011 issue of
CAmagazine online.)
