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Open vs closed mortgage, fixed or variable rate, oh my! Are you about to buy a house for the first time? Or maybe it’s time to renew? A mortgage is one of the most important decisions you will ever make; it’s a serious financial and legal commitment. There are a few types of mortgages available […]

The Canadian 1 dollar bill has been in circulation in some form since the establishment of the Canadian Dollar as a unit of currency. The Canadian 1 Dollar Bill owes its existence to Lord Sydenham’s monetary proposals in 1841. Up to this point, the paper currency used in Canada was a mosaic of Provincial, Dominion, […]

Sponsored by CoinSmart It’s a crypto bear market and they want to steal your picnic basket!  Should you buy the dip? The price of Bitcoin has fallen over 70% from its 2021 all-time-high, and the entire crypto market has lost over $2 trillion dollars. Crypto maximalists aren’t scared. They continue to buy the dip. But […]

Sponsored by BMO Global Asset Management One in three Canadians are about to retire without any savings. Why aren’t they prepared? This calls for Cassandra Melo. She’s a 26-year-old registered nurse with 117,000 TikTok followers and over 2 million likes. She knows exactly why Canadians aren’t doing more with their money: they don’t know how, […]

Canadians are heavily invested in real estate. It’s a lucrative investment option that offers great returns. Both new and old investors search the web for the latest hacks, mortgage rates, and real estate deals but not all blogs are reliable.  In this article, we’ll highlight the 10 best real estate investing blogs in Canada for […]

Economical is a Canadian Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Company offering, among other things, car insurance, home insurance, agriculture insurance, and surety insurance. They also own the direct-to-consumer (DTC) insurer Sonnet. In late 2021, Economical announced that they had officially completed demutualization. This is the process of transitioning from ownership by policyholders to ownership by […]

In collaboration with Sun Life If you know more about Pythagorean Theorem than you do about mortgage protection insurance, you need Prospr by Sun Life. You can’t achieve financial wellness if you don’t even understand how all these products work, what you actually need, or where to get them. Why is adulting unnecessarily hard? Enter […]

Buy now and pay off the debt later. That’s how the vast majority of Canadians are handling their day-to-day spending. Credit cards account for $100 billion of outstanding debt in Canada and it touches almost everyone. You have to pay it off if you want a higher credit score or relief from financial anxiety, but […]

VoltSafe originally made waves when co-founders Trevor Burgess and Arash Janfada appeared on CBC’s popular TV show, Dragons’ Den. They presented the world’s first magnetic, high voltage, prong-less plug. But it wasn’t the aesthetic difference between VoltSafe’s hardware and the traditional three-pronged plug that caught the interest of the Dragons. It was the fact that […]

I hope you always dreamed about a wedding budget. Because “I Do’s” are about to cost a lot more dough. According to Global news, the pandemic delayed so many weddings we are about to see a boom that will drive prices higher. Before the pandemic, the average Canadian wedding cost about $30,000. The wedding industry […]

The Canadian real estate market is in turmoil. With prices and mortgage rates rising all the time, it’s hard to make an informed decision about buying or selling a property. Get tips from the experts on one of the most important transactions in your life.

If you recently checked your bank account and saw a deposit labelled as Canada PRO, you’ve likely received a payment from the CRA for Child and Family Benefits. What is the Canada PRO Deposit? It is the Ontario Trillium Benefit for Ontario Sales Tax Credit and Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit. The Ontario Trillium […]