Chinese Professionals Association of Canada

CPAC is a federally registered, not-for-profit organization. Since its inception in 1992, CPAC has witnessed extraordinary growth and developed into a high-profile, influential national organization by virtue of its endeavours in serving and advocating for the interests of its members and the community at large.

History

Chinese Professionals Association of Canada

The Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC) was founded in 1992 with the objective of serving and representing the interests of immigrant professionals. The Association has a membership of 26,000 across Canada and is the largest of its kind in Canada.Since 1992, it has expanded to serve diverse internationally trained professionals and plays an increasingly important role in our multicultural Canadian society, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area .

The fields of expertise of CPAC members cover a wide range of professions. Based on their academic backgrounds, members are divided into seven major divisions, which are: Arts, Business, Engineering, Finance and Investment, information Technology, Medicine and Pharmacy, and Science, with Engineering and IT Divisions being the largest. The composition of the CPAC membership has been changing gradually, from an exclusive group of professionals with post-graduate degrees from North American universities to a more diverse group with more and more new immigrants from China and other countries.