BAKER TILLY OTTAWA LTD.

What BAKER TILLY OTTAWA LTD. does

Baker Tilly Ottawa Ltd. is an independent member firm of Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative, which in turn is part of the Baker Tilly International global network of independent accountancy and advisory firms spanning 754 offices across 147 territories with 50,400 professionals worldwide. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Ottawa, the firm operates as one of six disclosed Canadian offices (Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Montréal, and Dartmouth) serving mid-market and owner-managed businesses across Canada. As a private cooperative-structured professional services entity owned by its member firms rather than a single parent, Baker Tilly Ottawa combines local partner-led delivery with cross-border referral capability through the global network.

The firm's service portfolio is organized into five practice areas: Advisory Services (business advisory, corporate finance, dispute resolution, people and culture consulting, efficiency and process improvement, restructuring and recovery, transaction services, valuations, and wealth management); Audit and Assurance (audit and accounting for private enterprise and public markets); Digital Services (cybersecurity solutions, data solutions, and digital technology and risk); Tax Services (international and cross-border tax, grants and incentives, indirect tax, tax advisory, SR&ED, succession and estate planning, transfer pricing, and U.S. corporate tax); and Baker Tilly Advantage, which delivers outsourced accounting solutions from bookkeeping through CFO services. Underlying technology is described as a professional services delivery platform supporting client engagement workflows across these practice areas, with no proprietary AI/ML or productized software disclosed.

Revenue is generated through professional service fees, typically hourly rates or fixed-fee arrangements on defined engagements, with multi-year contracts common in recurring audit and outsourced accounting work. The go-to-market is relationship-based and partner-led, with distribution executed directly through the Canadian office network and cross-border via Baker Tilly International referrals. Customers are segmented by industry vertical (consumer, energy/resources/industrials, financial services, government and public services, professional services, and technology/media/telecoms), with owner-managed and privately-held businesses identified as the primary segment. Marketing is content-led, leveraging two podcast series ('From the Source' and 'Opportunity Rocks'), an insights blog, webinars, and an active presence on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Name

BAKER TILLY OTTAWA LTD.

Legal name

Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative

Website

https://bakertilly.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Baker Tilly Ottawa Ltd. is an independent Canadian accounting and advisory firm, founded in 1962, providing audit, tax, advisory, digital, and outsourced accounting services to mid-market and owner-managed businesses through six Canadian offices and the global Baker Tilly International network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Revenue generated through professional service engagements including audit and assurance, tax advisory, business advisory, digital services, and transaction services. Billing is based on professional service fees, typically hourly rates or fixed-fee arrangements for defined engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Baker Tilly Ottawa Ltd. is a private professional services firm providing audit, tax, insolvency, valuation, and business advisory services. As an independent member firm of Baker Tilly International, the firm delivers accounting, advisory, and consulting services to private enterprises, public sector organizations, and not-for-profit entities, with a headcount of 1,001–5,000.

Product overview

Baker Tilly Canada is a professional services firm that offers a comprehensive portfolio of services organized into five main practice areas: Advisory Services (business advisory, corporate finance, dispute resolution, restructuring, transaction services, valuations, and wealth management), Audit and Assurance, Digital Services (cybersecurity, data solutions, and digital risk), Tax Services (domestic and international tax advisory, SR&ED, succession planning, transfer pricing), and Baker Tilly Advantage (outsourced accounting and CFO services). The firm serves clients across multiple industries including consumer, energy/resources/industrials, financial services, government/public services, professional services, and technology/media/telecommunications sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Baker Tilly Advantage: Tailored accounting solutions from bookkeeping to CFO services
• From the Source
• Opportunity Rocks

Products and services

• Audit and Assurance
• Tax Services
• Advisory Services
• Digital Services
• Baker Tilly Advantage

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Baker Tilly InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaker Tilly Canada is an independent member firm of Baker Tilly International, a global network of independent accountancy and business advisory firms. The partnership provides access to 754 offices across 147 territories with 50,400 professionals worldwide, enabling Baker Tilly Canada to serve clients with cross-border advisory needs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EY Canada: EY Canada is a Big Four advisory firm providing audit, tax, transaction and consulting services — its mid-market push directly pressures Baker Tilly on audit and advisory engagements.
• KPMG Canada: KPMG Canada is one of the Big Four with a full-service portfolio across audit, tax and advisory; competes with Baker Tilly on mid-market and cross-border mandates but operates at substantially larger scale.
• PwC Canada: PwC Canada is a Big Four professional services firm offering audit, tax and advisory services across industries — a broader incumbent competing for the same Canadian mid-market segments.
• Deloitte Canada: Deloitte Canada is a Big Four firm with broad audit, consulting, tax and risk advisory capabilities; overlaps with Baker Tilly on advisory services for mid-market and large enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• RSM Canada: RSM Canada is the Canadian member of RSM International, focused on middle-market audit, tax and consulting — directly comparable in size, international affiliation and target client segments.
• BDO Canada: BDO Canada is a top-tier mid-market audit, tax and advisory firm with a multi-city Canadian footprint and international network — the closest structural analogue to Baker Tilly Ottawa in size, client mix and service portfolio.
• Crowe Canada: Crowe Canada is part of Crowe Global, an international top-10 accounting network, providing comparable mid-market audit, tax and advisory services through a similar member-firm structure.
• Grant Thornton Canada: Grant Thornton Canada is a mid-market accounting and advisory member of an international network (Grant Thornton International), competing for the same owner-managed and mid-market client base with comparable service breadth.
• MNP LLP: MNP is one of Canada's largest domestically-owned accounting and advisory firms, competing head-to-head with Baker Tilly across audit, tax, business advisory and digital services for owner-managed enterprises.

Emerging players

• Pilot: Pilot is a U.S.-based digital-first outsourced bookkeeping, tax and CFO services firm that competes most directly with Baker Tilly Advantage — the firm's outsourced accounting sub-brand — though at smaller scale and with a tech-led delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BakerTillyInter
• Facebookfacebook.com/232069224017860
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/baker-tilly-ottawa-llp
• Instagraminstagram.com/bakertillycanada

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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