Discover financial empowerment resources
Discover financial empowerment resources
Are you concerned about your finances? Do you want personalized advice? Explore the kinds of professionals, firms and organizations that can help you reach your goals based on your particular...

The high cost of living in Canada has led to increased financial insecurity, income inequality, and pressures on food and housing affordability — which all significantly impact mental health and well-being. This policy brief summarizes emerging evidence, discusses important mental health policy...

This toolkit offers resources on budgeting, banking, money transfers, insurance and planning your finances at different life...

By understanding how debt works and making a plan to manage it, you can take back control of your finances and move toward a more secure...

An important part of budgeting is planning for occasional and unexpected expenses. When you need to pay for these types of costs, you’ll have money set aside if you...

The Canadian Bankers Association’s updated Fraud Prevention Toolkit is designed to help you recognize common scams and protect your personal and financial...

Learning about common scams, and how to keep yourself safe from them, can help you stop scammers before they...

Upskill with a selection of free online micro courses in personal finance and entrepreneurship from...

This 90-minute webinar provides frontline practitioners with foundational knowledge and skills to support Canadians living on a low income in accessing benefits. Participants will learn the importance of access to benefits for individuals and families, review key skills and opportunities for...

If you’re getting texts from seemingly legitimate sources asking you for personal information, it could be a phishing attempt. Phishing scams are increasingly common. Protect yourself by learning how to spot phishing attempts and other variations of this...

Launching July 2025, the Connected Canadians Cyber Safety Training Program is designed to empower older adults, community workers, and volunteers with the knowledge and skills to stay safe online, and to support others who may be at risk or have already been...

Debt can feel like a heavy weight on your shoulders. Whether it’s a credit card, car loan or student debt, owing money can cause stress and limit your choices. But debt doesn’t have to control your life. By understanding how it works and making a plan to manage it, you can take back control of...

Your retirement income can come from a variety of different sources, including your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). Knowing how much income you can expect to have from your RRSP can help you plan for your retirement years. This calculator will help to know the following: The...

Take charge of your financial future with Credit Canada GOLD, the financial coaching program that empowers you to make immediate, sustainable, long-term changes to get you out of debt for...

You’ve been saving up your money for a number of years. Take the time to think about your investment priorities. Here are 4 tips to consider before...

Developed under the academic leadership of Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald and Senior Researcher He Chen, the COA Calculator is a free online tool that explores how typical retirement costs — including food, housing, transportation, health and care, and other expenses — vary based on real-life...

If you’re getting texts from seemingly legitimate sources asking you for personal information, it could be a phishing attempt. Phishing scams are increasingly common. Protect yourself by learning how to spot phishing attempts and other variations of this...

This toolkit of digital literacy resources helps Canadians better protect themselves from online scams, fraud and unsafe digital practices. These bilingual tools are specifically created for adults with lower literacy levels and support adult learners in navigating today's rapidly changing digital...

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) provides a directory of all the financial education tools available in Québec. Use these toolkits for financial planning based on your current...

In this podcast episode, Simon Brascoupé introduces “Braiding Mind, Body, and Spirit,” a culturally relevant financial wellness resource developed with Prosper Canada and the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada. Using the braiding metaphor, the resource addresses Mind...

Safe and Secure is an online book that helps you imagine, plan, and take action toward building a good and purposeful life, and a secure future, for your family member with a disability. First published in 1996, Safe and Secure was created to help families imagine and plan...

This toolkit provides women, youth, gender-diverse people, and frontline workers with information on preventing and addressing digital financial abuse. Digital financial abuse involves the misuse of technologies like online banking, finance apps, or other digital tools to exert power and control...
The Legal Remedies for Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) Toolkit is a guide to help women and frontline anti-violence workers better understand the legal causes of action available in response to various forms of TFGBV, which can include economic abuse. It may be read on its...
This 90-minute webinar provided frontline practitioners with foundational knowledge and skills to support Canadians living on a low income in accessing benefits. Participants learned the importance of access to benefits for individuals and families, reviewed key skills and opportunities for...

The first course from the Money Matters for Self-Employment series is Thinking About Self-Employment. In this free course, you'll learn what it means to be self-employed, different ways of being self-employed and if self-employment is right for...

