A practice rooted, not just registered.
Appraisals.on.ca is the trading name of City Management & Appraisals, an AACI-designated commercial appraisal practice serving Ontario from Kitchener-Waterloo since 1973.
The problem we address.
Finding a qualified AACI commercial appraiser in Ontario - especially in secondary markets outside the GTA - on a tight timeline is harder than it should be. Internal Rolodexes go stale. Ad-hoc email RFPs are slow. The Big-Four valuation firms are expensive and slow for engagements where speed and fee fit favour an independent practitioner.
Appraisals.on.ca closes that gap. We are an AACI-designated commercial appraisal practice: banks, brokers, lawyers, and asset managers bring us the engagement, we connect it to the right designated practitioner, and we sign a CUSPAP-compliant report. One intake, one accountable signatory, one standard.
The practice serves Ontario at launch, from our Kitchener-Waterloo home territory out to the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa, London, and Hamilton. Rest of Canada is planned.
What we do and don't do.
What we do
- + Produce and sign CUSPAP-compliant commercial appraisals
- + Assign each engagement to a qualified AACI-designated practitioner
- + Verify designation status before every engagement
- + Match the practitioner to asset class, region, and timeline
- + Provide a single intake point for every engagement
- + Coordinate multi-property portfolio engagements
What we don't do
- - Rubber-stamp a value a client wants to see
- - White-label or outsource engagements
- - Hand your engagement to an unnamed appraiser
- - Provide automated valuations (AVMs)
- - Offer legal, tax, or financial advice
- - Guarantee specific valuation outcomes
The AACI commitment.
Every engagement we take is fulfilled by an AACI-designated commercial appraiser who signs the report. This is not a preference - it is a firm rule. CRA-designated practitioners (residential tier) are not eligible to sign our commercial engagements.
Your report is signed by an AACI-designated appraiser who is accountable for the methodology, the comparables, and the conclusions. Where a candidate member conducts the site inspection, the signing AACI takes professional responsibility for the completed report.
Every appraisal is signed by an AACI-designated practitioner in good standing with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. If a practitioner's AACI status lapses - whether through non-renewal, disciplinary action, or voluntary withdrawal - they do not sign commercial reports until reinstatement is confirmed.
Standards and methodology.
All reports we produce follow the Canadian Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (CUSPAP), current edition. CUSPAP is administered by the Appraisal Institute of Canada and updated biennially.
Where an engagement requires IFRS alignment (fair-value measurement under IFRS 13), the practitioner incorporates International Valuation Standards (IVS) methodology references within the CUSPAP framework. Where an engagement is cross-border, USPAP compliance can be accommodated on request.
Reference standards
- CUSPAP 2026 - Canadian Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
- AIC - Appraisal Institute of Canada (designation body)
- OSFI - Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (lender regulation)
- IVS - International Valuation Standards (IFRS alignment)
- USPAP - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (US cross-border)
Contact.
Most engagements go straight through the intake form. For unusual scope - portfolio re-marks, multi-asset litigation, or anything outside the six standard reasons - reach the practice directly.
Richard Griesbaum, AACI, P.App. on LinkedInSubmit your property. We take it from there.
One form. One qualified AACI. One signed report.
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