Practical articles on condominium and strata audits across Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
We built a full Alberta condominium audit file with every answer documented in advance, then ran it through Condo Audit Pro from the board's first upload to the CPA's close.
We built a full BC strata corporation audit file with every answer documented in advance, then ran it through Condo Audit Pro from the council's first upload to the CPA's close.
We built a full Ontario condominium audit file with every answer documented in advance, then ran it through Condo Audit Pro from the manager's first upload to the CPA's close.
A practical walkthrough of an Ontario condominium corporation audit, from appointment at the AGM to the audited statements in the owners' package.
Ontario condominium corporations update their reserve fund study at least every three years. Here is how boards can plan each cycle, keep the right records and connect the study to the annual audit.
BC's depreciation report rules changed in 2024 and 2025. Here is what a strata council should confirm about its own obligations, its records and how the report connects to the year-end audit.
CPA firms weighing condo and strata audit software usually ask the same things: what it actually does, what stays under CPA control and how it handles Alberta, BC and Ontario files. Here are plain answers.
A plain guide for Alberta condo boards: what a reserve fund study is, when one is required, how the study, report and plan fit together, and how the reserve fund shows up in the annual audit.
What a BC depreciation report is, which strata corporations need one, what it must contain, what affects the cost, and how it connects to strata fees, the contingency reserve fund and the year-end audit.
A document-by-document condo audit checklist for Alberta boards and property managers, with why the auditor needs each item and what happens when it is missing.
Does an Alberta condominium corporation have to be audited? What the Condominium Property Act requires, where the audit requirement usually comes from, and how boards can check their own obligations.
There is no set price for an Alberta condo audit. Here is what drives the fee, how to get quotes you can compare, and what a board can do to keep audit hours down.
A BC strata file is built around the operating fund, the contingency reserve fund, strata fees and owner approvals. Generic working papers handle the shell; the strata-specific middle still needs its own structure.
Alberta condominium audits lose time in the same places: tying the ledger to the bank and the trial balance, supporting invoices, and rebuilding the reserve fund story. Here is how to make that work exception-based without reducing CPA judgment.
Ontario condo audits often stall before the real review begins. The delay is rarely judgment; it is collecting documents, tying the ledger, testing common expense revenue and rebuilding the same file every year.
Condominium and strata audit hours rarely disappear into professional judgment. They go into chasing documents, re-keying figures, matching the ledger, mapping accounts, testing fees and rebuilding the same schedules every year.