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FrançaisAre you over the age of 18?   Does your household struggle to pay for your basic needs like rent, food, and energy?   You may be eligible to participate in Financial diaries: Tax time.   Prosper Canada is working to better understand the financial lives of Canadian families as they tax file and claim government benefits.   Be...

If you have ever heard the Barenaked Ladies’ whimsical tune, “If I had a million dollars,” it probably took you back to your childhood, when a million dollars was shorthand for a fortune that would let you buy everything that grown-ups wouldn’t.   While a million dollars may no longer suggest the same limitless possibilities, a billion dol...

As some of you know, Prosper Canada has made a 2017 Budget submission to the federal government. We are recommending that the federal government invest $2M annually over five years to develop and execute targeted outreach and support strategies that will enable Canadians with low incomes to access $100M+ in income benefits they are currently eligible for, but not receivi...

FrançaisToronto, February 1, 2017 – Prosper Canada, the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) have launched an online tool to help organizations evaluate their financial literacy programs. Available in French and English, this free, easy-to-navigate platform allows public, private and community-based groups engaged in fin...

Join us on February 3rd, 12pm-1:30pm EST (9am-10:30am PST) for a webinar with Brendon Pooran of PooranLaw Professional Corporation and Tom O’Dwyer of Ability Tax & Trust. Brendan and Tom will be sharing some of the unique financial challenges experienced by persons with developmental disabilities and best practices to support them.    Topics will i...

Do you work with people living on low incomes? Would you like to offer them financial literacy education?    Prosper Canada and Meridian invite you to join us for FREE Financial Literacy Facilitator Training!When: Monday January 30th and Tuesday January 31st from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Where: Immigrant Services - Guelph Wellington, 104 Dawson Rd...

Do you work with people living on low incomes? Would you like to offer them financial literacy education?    Prosper Canada and Meridian invite you to join us for FREE Financial Literacy Facilitator Training!When: Thursday December 15th and Friday December 16th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Where: Meridian's Bay & Richmond Training Branch ...

November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada and the perfect time to reflect on how we are doing when it comes to building the financial knowledge, skills and confidence of Canadians.   In the five short years since the federal Task Force on Financial Literacy issued its landmark report, financial literacy efforts in Canada have come a long way. Our national an...

In response to a recent Finance Canada consultation on Canada’s Financial Sector Framework, Prosper Canada worked with interested ABLE partners to develop and submit recommendations to further strengthen financial inclusion and protection for Canadians with low incomes. Our joint submission was prepared with: 4 Pillars Consulting Group, Acorn Canada, ABC Life Litera...

FrançaisToronto, November 15, 2016 – Prosper Canada is pleased to announce the selection of the following organizations as Canada’s first Financial Empowerment Champion organizations: E4C, Edmonton AB Family Services of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver BC Momentum, Calgary AB  SEED Winnipeg/Community Financial Counselling Services, Winnipeg MB Uni...