Financial

by Dale Sproule Published March 2005. Some information in this article is outdated. Deepa, a 57 year old woman, has lived in Karaikal on India 's southern coast her whole life. Her husband Baladevi was a fisherman who was swept away in the…

By Teenaz Javat Silloo Pesi Behrana immigrated to Canada in 2001 to join her two daughters Mahrukh and Tenaz Behrana in Mississauga, Ontario.

Many newcomers arrive in Canada with a bank account containing between 10 and 20 thousand dollars. Even if you start with more than that, your goal is the same; to find a source of income before your money runs out. To create a budget for…

By the FCAC As you start your new life in Canada, you will need to find out how to manage your money in this country. One of the first things you should do is to open a bank account. Canadian bank accounts are a safe and convenient place to…

John Kane is Manager of Communications at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), a federal government agency that protects your rights as a consumer and gives you information about financial products and services.

by Galit Osadtsuk Galit immigrated to Canada as a youngster and is now the Director of Community and Public Relations for Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada Inc.

by Guylaine Spencer You know what you want to study after high school and where you want to go. Next comes the hard part: figuring out how pay for your college or university education. In Canada, tuition alone can cost between $2,500 and…

Managing your money by the FCAC The FCAC is a federal government agency that protects consumers’ rights and provides consumers with information about financial products and services.

Have you ever heard the expression "look after your nickels and dimes, and the dollars will take care of themselves"? Low-cost bank accounts cost less than $4 a month. They are much cheaper than other types of accounts, and offer such…

In my first year of university I had an economics professor who said if we – about 400 students – wanted to get rich, we should all drop out of school right now and begin training as plumbers or bricklayers. We laughed, but he wasn’t…