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home insurance guide

Home Insurance

Buying home insurance in Canada: A beginner’s guide

We rounded up everything you could want to know about your home insurance coverage.

Buying home insurance in Canada: A beginner’s guide
A man making a layered cake to symbolize filing multiple years in Canada

Taxes

Can you file multiple years of income taxes together in Canada?

Yes, you can file income tax returns for previous years. But with opportunity comes some things to consider first,...

Can you file multiple years of income taxes together in Canada?
An empty box: How to tell friends and family you're doing no gifts this year

Shopping

How to tell friends and family you’re doing “no gifts” this year

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the holiday season and holiday spending season. Not into it this year?...

How to tell friends and family you’re doing “no gifts” this year
Two roommates moving in together, discussing whether to get a loan for first-and-last-month rent

Renting

Are rent loans the answer to rising rent costs in Canada?

With the average rent in Canada rising more than 9% this year, does it make sense to take out...

Are rent loans the answer to rising rent costs in Canada?
A woman having her neck treated by a rehabilitation specialist.

Life Insurance

What is short-term disability insurance?

Short-term disability insurance briefly provides income if you can’t work due to illness, an accident or hospitalization. But there’s...

What is short-term disability insurance?
Man stressed by decisions because of the economy

Save

How to deal with money and your finances when the economy is stressing you out

Interest rates and inflation—don’t forget an impending recession—can make finances stressful. But keeping a cool head is important. Here’s...

How to deal with money and your finances when the economy is stressing you out
A woman sits at her at-home office, prepping her tax return, looking at the 2022 credits she may qualify for.

Taxes

2022 Income Tax: New tax credits for Canadians

2022 Income Tax: New tax credits for Canadians
A father, mother and their toddler daughter play in the autumn leaves

Budgeting

Back to basics: Finding balance in your budget

Have you replaced saving with splurging? Here are five ways to help manage your family’s spending—and earn rewards for...

Back to basics: Finding balance in your budget
A young woman checks her credit score on her smartphone

Financial literacy

Credit scores and credit reports: What newcomers to Canada need to know

Credit scores and credit reports: What newcomers to Canada need to know