National Professional Services Firm, MNP, Establishes Presence in Carleton-Sur-Mer

May 16, 2025, CALGARY, AB – MNP, one of Canada’s largest national professional services firms, is pleased to announce that it will join forces with the chartered professional accounting firm, abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés, effective October 1, 2025.

Based in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés is led by President Claude Bernard, CPA. The firm offers a comprehensive range of assurance, tax and advisory services to private enterprise companies and non-profit organizations across the Gaspésie region.

MNP has been steadily expanding its footprint throughout Quebec since entering the market in 2011 with its first office in Montreal. Today, MNP has 35 offices, 212 partners and over 1,600 team members across the province. Regional Managing Partner for the Abitibi, Eastern Quebec and North of New Brunswick regions, Jean-François Leblanc, FCPA, said this merger reflect MNP’s continued commitment to the growth of MNP in the Gaspésie region. 

“We are thrilled to welcome abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés to our Firm. We have been looking for a firm in Carleton-sur-Mer which is a strategic location for us, with a dynamic and growing business community. This is our second merger in Gaspésie, following our merger with Eric Duguay CPA in Gaspé in 2021. We look forward to supporting the abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés client base with an additional breadth of specialty tax, consulting and advisory to support them in seizing the opportunities and addressing the challenges of today’s market.”

Claude Bernard, CPA, President at abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés, says the merger strengthens his team's ability to support their clients:

"Although MNP is a large national firm, it’s best known across Canada for being local in focus and having a small-firm culture and commitment to supporting the communities that its teams live and work in. When you’re making a move as significant as this, the ‘fit’ has to be right for everyone – your people, clients and community. We couldn’t be more excited about joining forces with MNP.” 

Founded in 1958, MNP has grown to more than 150 locations across Canada and delivers a wide range of services and specialized expertise in every sector and area of business. While becoming the largest of the mid-market focused firms in Canada, MNP has continued to maintain its Canadian roots, helping Canadian businesses both at home and abroad.

"We have grown quickly but we are absolutely committed to maintaining our culture and so have always been very strategic about who we invite to join our team," added Jeremy Cole, FCPA, FCA, CBV, MNP's Executive Vice President for the GTA and Quebec. "We are known across the communities we work with as being one of Canada's most-trusted professional services firms, so we are excited to welcome a very well-respected practice in abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés into the MNP team. Our cultures and values are well-aligned, and we share the same entrepreneurial, trusted approach to doing business."

The abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés team will remain in their current location which will become MNP’s office in Carleton-sur-Mer.

About MNP LLP

National in scope and local in focus, MNP is one of Canada’s leading professional services firms — proudly serving individuals, businesses, and organizations since 1958. Through the development of strong relationships, we provide client-focused accounting, consulting, tax, and digital services. Our clients benefit from personalized strategies with a local perspective to fuel success wherever business takes them. For more information, visit mnp.ca.

For more information, please contact:

Nick Greenfield, Senior Vice President of Marketing, MNP, at [email protected]

Tanja Gehring, Senior Director of Marketing, MNP (for French media), at [email protected]

Claude Bernard, CPA, President, abca Société de comptables professionnels agréés, [email protected]