Introduction to investing: A primer for new investors
Whether you’re new to investing, or new to Canada, InvestingIntroduction.ca can help. Visit the Ontario Securities Commission's refreshed website and find resources to help you make more informed investment decisions and better protect your money. The information is available in 22 languages.
CFPB Consumer Education Resources
Resources to provide consumers up-to-date information to protect and manage their finances during the coronavirus pandemic. Resources include: And resources for specific audiences, including:
Investing and The COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey of Canadian Investors
The Investor Office conducted this study to further our understanding of the experiences and behaviours of retail investors during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The study explored several topics including the financial preparedness, savings behaviour, financial situations, changing preference, and trading activity of retail investors. Key findings include that 32 per cent of investors have experienced a decline in their financial situation during the pandemic while 16 per cent have experienced an improvement. Half of investors have not done any trading during the pandemic, but of those who have been trading, 63 per cent have increased their holdings.
COVID-19 Resources for people with disabilities
National Disability Institute (NDI)'s Financial Resilience Center offers resources and assistance to help those with disabilities and chronic health conditions navigate financially through the COVID-19 crisis. Resource topics include:
Financial Consumer Protection responses to COVID-19
This policy brief provides recommendations that can assist policy makers in their consideration of appropriate measures to help financial consumers, depending on the contexts and circumstances of individual jurisdictions, during the COVID-19 crisis. These options are consistent with the G20/OECD High Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection that set out the foundations for a comprehensive financial consumer protection framework.
Supporting the financial resilience of citizens throughout the COVID-19 crisis
This policy brief outlines initial the measures that policy makers can make to increase citizen awareness about effective means of mitigation for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential consequences on their financial resilience and well-being.
G20/OECD INFE Core Competencies Framework on financial literacy for Adults (aged 18+)
This document describes the types of knowledge that adults aged 18 or over could benefit from, what they should be capable of doing and the behaviours that may help them to achieve financial well-being, as well as the attitudes and confidence that will support this process. It can be used to inform the development of a national strategy on financial education, improve programme design, identify gaps in provision, and create assessment, measurement and evaluation tools.
COVID-19 financial literacy resources
CPA Canada has put together resources to help manage your finances and provide you with the tools you need during this crisis – and beyond.
COVID-19 Financial Resource Centre
Credit Canada has pulled together financial information from trusted sources and released original content to help Canadians manage their finances during COVID-19.
