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The flagship tools

57 free Canadian calculators — retirement, FIRE, mortgages, tax and savings — built on the real rules and updated for the current year. Every one gives straight answers, not a product pitch.

Retirement Planner

Flagship

Full Monte Carlo retirement simulation with Canadian tax modeling — TFSA / RRSP / RRIF / OAS clawback, stress tests, and AI analysis.

When to Take CPP

Compare taking CPP at 60, 65, or 70 — breakeven age, lifetime totals, and how delaying boosts your monthly cheque.

FIRE Calculator

Your FIRE number, the year you reach it at your current pace, and your Coast FIRE number — in today’s dollars, with honest real-return defaults.

Mortgage Affordability Calculator

How much house you can actually afford — CMHC’s 39/44 debt-service limits at the stress-test rate, with down-payment tiers, the insurance premium, and the $1.5M insured cap enforced.

Rent vs Buy Calculator

The honest version of the argument — month-by-month net worth on both paths, unrecoverable costs on each side, and the appreciation rate your market needs for buying to win.

Income Tax Calculator

The fastest 2026 Canadian income tax calculator — federal + provincial brackets verified at the source for all 13 jurisdictions, with the BC hike and Alberta’s new 8% bracket built in.

Mortgage Payoff vs Invest

The most-argued question in Canadian money, settled honestly — a guaranteed return at your mortgage rate vs an expected return that isn’t, with the account-type breakeven that decides it.

Investment Fee (MER) Calculator

See how much a fund’s MER quietly costs you over decades — and what a 1% lower fee adds back to your retirement.

Dividend Income Calculator

Project annual dividend income and after-tax yield, including the Canadian eligible dividend tax credit by province.

GIC Ladder Calculator

Build a 1–5 year GIC ladder, see blended yield and maturity schedule, and compare reinvesting versus cashing out.

Capital Gains Tax Calculator

Estimate the tax on a capital gain by province, using the 50% inclusion rate and your marginal bracket.

CDIC Coverage Planner

Enter balances by institution and account type — see exactly what’s insured vs exposed across all 9 CDIC categories, with trade-name groupings and provincial guarantees built in.

Life Insurance Needs Calculator

How much life insurance do you need? The DIME method — income replacement, mortgage, debts and education, minus what you already have.

Debt Consolidation Calculator

List your cards and loans, then drop in one consolidation-loan rate — see the real monthly savings, lifetime interest saved, and how many months sooner you’d be debt-free.

Probate Fee Calculator

Estimate the probate fee on an estate in any province — from $0 in Manitoba to over $16,000 in Nova Scotia on a $1M estate. Sourced 2026 schedules.

The flagship: Canada's free retirement planner

Three steps, real numbers

1

Enter your numbers

Starting savings, age, planned spend by phase, account types (TFSA / RRSP / Taxable). All in real Canadian dollars.

2

Run real Canadian math

RRIF mandatory minimums, OAS clawback per spouse, Ontario marginal tax brackets, withdrawal-strategy comparisons.

3

See your verdict

Deterministic outcome, Monte Carlo success rate (5,000 trials), sensitivity grid, and stress tests for sequence-of-returns risk.

Why RetireSmarter

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Built for Canadians

RRIF minimums, OAS clawback, Ontario brackets — modeled correctly, not US-generic.

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