This webinar will present evaluation findings from Phase Two (2023–2025) of the Building Financial Wellness in First Nations (FWFN) Project. Participants will learn about the reach, outcomes, and impacts of culturally grounded, community-based financial empowerment services. Services were...

Learn tips for realizing when someone has been scammed and how you can help...

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...

  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...

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...

Learn some tips for deciding how much risk you can handle when...

This policy brief argues that employment is not a viable path out of poverty unless policy interventions first address the barriers that prevent work and create a labour market that offers decent jobs. A successful poverty reduction strategy must also speak to the needs of those who will never work...

Braiding Mind, Body, and Spirit: A Financial Wellness Bundle is a resource designed to help Indigenous individuals, families, and communities make confident money choices with settlement funds.  This 60-minute webinar brought together the co-creators of the resource to highlight the need for...

A culturally grounded resource to support Indigenous financial wellness. Braiding Mind, Body, and Spirit is a financial wellness bundle created by and for Indigenous individuals and communities. Developed with Indigenous teachings, community voices, and practical tools to support individuals,...

Une ressource ancrée dans la culture pour favoriser le bien-être financier des Autochtones. Tresser l'esprit, le corps et l'âme est un programme complet pour le bien-être financier créé par les personnes et les communautés autochtones et pour elles. Élaboré à partir d'enseignements...

Your tax notice of assessment tells you many important things. Learn more about what’s in your notice of assessment and what to do if you need to make a change on your tax return or if you disagree with your assessment. Available in...

See the impact of markets ups, downs, and more based on historical data.  Available in...

Ontario faces three crises in housing – attainability, affordability and homelessness. These crises were and are exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The economic chaos created as our American allies become difficult neighbours threatens to pile on top of the COVID-19 damage before our...

From 2019 to 2022, among Indigenous people aged 18 years and older, 54.3% of Inuit reported having a regular healthcare provider, along with 81.4% of First Nations people living off reserve and 84.5% of Métis. This is compared with 85.7% of the non-Indigenous adult population. Released...

This article analyses results from the Canadian Housing Survey, 2022 , using new variables on homelessness and factors contributing to regaining and maintaining housing. The paper provides a descriptive overview of different types of homelessness experiences in Canada, highlighting select...

The policy brief, Provincial spending on housing and homelessness in Ontario, presents a stark reality: homelessness in Ontario is worsening, with chronic homelessness nearly doubling in just two years. The policy brief finds that:  Homelessness is worsening: Over 81,000 Ontarians experienced...

Retirement planning is about managing your money so you can make the most of your retirement years. Your retirement plan should balance your needs, wants and the reality of your...

In 2024, close to half of First Nations people living off reserve (45%) and Métis (44%), and more than half of Inuit (54%) (all aged 15 years and older) reported that it was "difficult" or "very difficult" in the 12 months preceding the survey to meet their financial needs in terms of...

The Embedded Financial Coaching project builds on evidence that embedding financial coaching into employment services leads to stronger employment and financial well-being outcomes. This report provides insights on the project components including delivering financial coaching services, developing...

A poverty reduction strategy lays a foundation to build a community of best practices; it identifies gaps and leverages local knowledge. This case study unpacks the conditions that have led to the success of Niagara Region’s Poverty Reduction Strategy – specifically around its community...

This infographic provides a helpful visual summary of tax benefits that can add to income or reduce the taxes people in Canada pay when they file their tax return. The information is especially useful for people in Canada who: Are working or living on a low income; Live with a...

The findings in this report highlight the important role of Old Age Security in reducing poverty, with payments under this program making up a large share of annual income for older adults in Toronto’s lowest income deciles. However, too many eligible older adults in Toronto are not receiving OAS...

Financial Services Regulatory Authority is responsible for registering all federally incorporated loan and trust companies that do business in Ontario. They enforce the Loan and Trust Corporations Act that govern loan and trust companies. Use this website to learn more about: How to find a...

 Under the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006 (MBLAA) all individuals and businesses in Ontario who carry out regulated mortgage brokering activities must be licensed with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority unless otherwise exempted by the Act. As regulator, their...

To give you confidence when seeking advice from anyone using a Financial Planner or Financial Advisor, or similar, title in Ontario, FSRA requires these individuals meet a minimum standard of education and be supervised by a FSRA-approved credentialing body.  Use this website to: Check...