Kyan Barclay
Third-year economics + finance student at McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Most of us were never taught this in school, and most of what is online is written by the companies that profit when you sign up. The Money Campus explains one money decision at a time for students and people early in their careers in Canada, with the source and the date behind every number.
It does not tell you what to buy, rank products by what they pay, or chase whatever is trending. It will not pretend to know your situation better than you do.
No affiliate links. No sponsored placements. Nothing here links to an application form.
Editorial standard
- 1No paid placementNo company pays to appear here, and no link earns a commission.
- 2Every number is datedRates, limits and fees change, so each figure carries the date it was checked.
- 3Primary sources firstThe CRA, the FCAC, the Bank of Canada and the issuer's own pages come before any aggregator or news story.
- 4Corrections in publicWhen something is wrong it is fixed on the page, with a note saying what changed and when.
- 5Not adviceThis explains how things work. It does not know your situation, and it is not financial advice.
- 6Canadian by defaultAccounts, taxes and rules are Canadian unless a piece says otherwise.
How a piece gets made
- 1Read the primary documentStart from the legislation, the CRA page or the product's own terms, not a summary of them.
- 2Do the arithmetic in REvery worked number is calculated rather than copied, and the script stays with the piece.
- 3Write it for a first-yearAnything a first-year student would have to look up gets explained on the page.
- 4Date it and ship itThe piece goes out with its sources and the date its figures were checked.
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Questions, corrections and topic ideas are all welcome.