Education

Understand the choices behind your retirement plan.

Start with a forecast, learn how benefits, accounts and investments fit together, or explore how savings can become retirement income.

CHOOSE A STARTING POINT

1Build a first forecast2Learn investing basics3Plan retirement income

Three guided paths

Start with your question.

Each path connects a short learning sequence with the relevant planning tool.

Start with the whole picture

Build your first retirement forecast

For people new to retirement planning.

Learn what a forecast can explore, which rough estimates are useful and how planning changes over time.

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Understand the choices

Learn investing basics

For people learning before—or alongside—investing.

Start with the plan, understand three connected investment decisions, then follow the branch that best matches whether you are saving or withdrawing.

9 articles availableFollow this path

Turn savings into a paycheque

Plan retirement income

For people approaching retirement or already retired.

Learn how spending, pensions, withdrawals and investments can work together—and what needs regular review.

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Fictional plan walkthroughs

See how the pieces connect.

Each short video and transcript follows invented people and amounts. No example is a recommendation or a typical result.

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Starting at 35

See how an early-career visitor can begin with rough estimates and one useful next action.

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Approaching retirement

See how rough estimates can become a connected detailed-planning illustration.

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Already retired

See how an already-retired visitor can compare the plan with what is happening now.

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Have one question right now?

Retirement questions.

Start with a direct answer about CPP, OAS, RRSPs, RRIFs, retirement forecasts or monthly retirement income. You do not need to follow a complete learning path.

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Open the subject you need.

The same article can support more than one path. It is published once and linked where useful.

Forecasting and goals12 available · 1 coming soon

How Do I Make My First Retirement Forecast?5 min read How Retirement Planning Changes Over Time5 min read Start With Spending, Savings and Income6 min read Start With the Plan, Not the Product6 min read How Do My Investments Support My Retirement Plan?7 min read How Much Money Do I Need to Retire in Canada?8 min read How Might My Spending Change in Retirement?7 min read How Do Savings, Contributions and Time Work Together?7 min read How Does Inflation Affect My Retirement Plan?7 min read How Might Staying, Downsizing or Renting Affect My Retirement Plan?7 min read Case Study: Starting a Retirement Forecast at 355 min read Case Study: Connecting a Plan Before Retirement6 min read

What Changes If I Retire Earlier or Later?Coming soon

Saving and investing8 available · 0 coming soon

Should You Invest on Your Own?6 min read Start With the Plan, Not the Product6 min read How Do My Investments Support My Retirement Plan?7 min read Three Investment Decisions to Understand First7 min read How a Simple Diversified Portfolio Works8 min read How to Judge Investing Information and Where to Verify It7 min read How Do Savings, Contributions and Time Work Together?7 min read Case Study: Starting a Retirement Forecast at 355 min read

Accounts and tax questions11 available · 0 coming soon

How Are TFSA, RRSP and Taxable Accounts Taxed While I Save?8 min read What Retirement Documents Should I Review?7 min read What Are CPP, OAS and GIS? How Are They Different?5 min read What Is GIS and Who May Qualify?6 min read When Should I Start OAS?7 min read When Should I Start CPP?7 min read What Is the OAS Recovery Tax?8 min read What Happens to My RRSP When I Turn 71?8 min read What Is a RRIF and When Do I Need One?8 min read How Do I Turn Retirement Savings Into Monthly Income?8 min read How Is Retirement Income Taxed in Canada?9 min read

Risk and portfolio construction9 available · 0 coming soon

Start With the Plan, Not the Product6 min read How Do My Investments Support My Retirement Plan?7 min read Three Investment Decisions to Understand First7 min read How Investing Changes When Withdrawals Begin8 min read How a Simple Diversified Portfolio Works8 min read How to Review a Portfolio Without Reacting to Headlines7 min read How to Judge Investing Information and Where to Verify It7 min read How Much Can I Withdraw From My Savings Each Year?8 min read Case Study: Reviewing a Plan in Retirement6 min read

Retirement income23 available · 1 coming soon

Start With Spending, Savings and Income6 min read How Are TFSA, RRSP and Taxable Accounts Taxed While I Save?8 min read How Do My Investments Support My Retirement Plan?7 min read How Investing Changes When Withdrawals Begin8 min read What Retirement Documents Should I Review?7 min read What Are CPP, OAS and GIS? How Are They Different?5 min read What Is GIS and Who May Qualify?6 min read When Should I Start OAS?7 min read When Should I Start CPP?7 min read What Is the OAS Recovery Tax?8 min read How Much Money Do I Need to Retire in Canada?8 min read How Might My Spending Change in Retirement?7 min read How Does Inflation Affect My Retirement Plan?7 min read What Happens to My RRSP When I Turn 71?8 min read What Is a RRIF and When Do I Need One?8 min read How Do I Turn Retirement Savings Into Monthly Income?8 min read How Much Can I Withdraw From My Savings Each Year?8 min read How Is Retirement Income Taxed in Canada?9 min read How Should I Review My Retirement Plan Each Year?8 min read Could a Life Annuity Provide Part of My Retirement Income?7 min read How Might Staying, Downsizing or Renting Affect My Retirement Plan?7 min read Case Study: Connecting a Plan Before Retirement6 min read Case Study: Reviewing a Plan in Retirement6 min read

What Changes If I Retire Earlier or Later?Coming soon

Reviewing and adapting the plan14 available · 0 coming soon

How Retirement Planning Changes Over Time5 min read Should You Invest on Your Own?6 min read Three Investment Decisions to Understand First7 min read How Investing Changes When Withdrawals Begin8 min read How to Review a Portfolio Without Reacting to Headlines7 min read How to Judge Investing Information and Where to Verify It7 min read What Retirement Documents Should I Review?7 min read How Do I Turn Retirement Savings Into Monthly Income?8 min read How Much Can I Withdraw From My Savings Each Year?8 min read How Should I Review My Retirement Plan Each Year?8 min read Could a Life Annuity Provide Part of My Retirement Income?7 min read How Might Staying, Downsizing or Renting Affect My Retirement Plan?7 min read Case Study: Connecting a Plan Before Retirement6 min read Case Study: Reviewing a Plan in Retirement6 min read

Reference

Retirement terms, in plain language

Look up common planning, benefit, account, investing and forecast terms without joining another learning sequence.

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Prefer to begin with the numbers?

Start with a rough retirement forecast.

Use estimates for your timing, savings, monthly spending and income sources. The result is an educational starting point—not a prediction.

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