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57 free calculators, 190+ guides with every figure verified at the source, live GIC and savings rates — and Canada's best free retirement planner. Built on the real Canadian rules. No bank trying to sell you a product. Just the numbers.
Every corner of Canadian money
CPP & OAS timing, RRIF withdrawals, pensions, drawdown strategy, and estate & will planning.
- Retirement Planner
- When to Take CPP
- Withdrawal Order in Retirement
Low-cost portfolios, ETFs, dividends, GICs, fees, bonds for income, and choosing an advisor.
- Investment Fee (MER) Calculator
- Dividend Income Calculator
- Best Canadian Bond ETFs
TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, RESP/RDSP, capital gains, and income tax by province.
- Income Tax Calculator
- Capital Gains Tax Calculator
- TFSA vs RRSP
Mortgage rates, payoff vs invest, penalties and the stress test, plus personal loans, lines of credit and debt relief.
- Mortgage Affordability Calculator
- Rent vs Buy Calculator
- The Smith Manoeuvre
The best GIC and savings rates, CDIC coverage, where to park cash, and the best credit cards in Canada.
- CDIC Coverage Planner
- Best GIC Rates in Canada
Life, travel-medical, home and auto insurance for Canadians — built around the retiree and snowbird angles the big sites skip.
- Life Insurance Needs Calculator
- Snowbird Travel Insurance Explained
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
FlagshipFull 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.
Three steps, real numbers
Enter your numbers
Starting savings, age, planned spend by phase, account types (TFSA / RRSP / Taxable). All in real Canadian dollars.
Run real Canadian math
RRIF mandatory minimums, OAS clawback per spouse, Ontario marginal tax brackets, withdrawal-strategy comparisons.
See your verdict
Deterministic outcome, Monte Carlo success rate (5,000 trials), sensitivity grid, and stress tests for sequence-of-returns risk.
Built for trust, not conversion
RRIF minimums, OAS clawback, Ontario brackets — modeled correctly, not US-generic.
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