Finance, Banking & Economy
30 curated official resources. Search and filter these in the directory →
Federal
- Bank of Canada — Currency ConverterConvert to and from Canadian dollars using the Bank of Canada's official daily exchange rates, with historical rates back to 2017.
- Bank of Canada — Inflation CalculatorCalculate the buying power of the Canadian dollar in any year from 1914 to today
- Bank of Canada — Monetary Policy ReportQuarterly report on inflation, growth, and interest-rate outlook with supporting data
- Bank of Canada — Research and PublicationsEconomic research, working papers, staff discussion papers, and data
- Bank of Canada — Unclaimed Balances SearchSearch $1.6 billion in dormant bank accounts, matured GICs, bank drafts and money orders turned over after 10 years of inactivity — small balances held 30 years, larger ones 100.
- Bank of Canada — Valet APIFree REST API for Bank of Canada datasets: policy interest rate, exchange rates, CPI, money markets, and macro indicators with JSON/CSV output and interactive series builder.
- CDIC — List of Member InstitutionsSearch whether a bank, federal credit union, or trust and loan company is a CDIC member and view its insured trade names.
- CPP/QPP Statement of ContributionsView your CPP/QPP contribution history and estimated retirement benefit
- FCAC — Account Comparison ToolCompare fees, interest rates and features across 250+ chequing and savings accounts from Canadian banks and credit unions.
- FCAC — Budget PlannerInteractive Financial Consumer Agency of Canada tool that builds a personalized budget with charts, comparisons to similar households, and a downloadable spreadsheet.
- FCAC — Credit Card Comparison ToolCompare fees, rewards, and interest rates across all federally regulated credit cards
- FCAC — Mortgage CalculatorOfficial mortgage qualifier and payment calculator including stress-test scenarios
- Financial Consumer Agency — Consumer ToolsBudget planner, credit card selector, bank account comparison, and financial literacy tools
- FINTRAC — Money Services Business RegistrySearch registration status, services and dates for every registered money services business, or download the full monthly registry as CSV/XLSX for due-diligence screening.
- OSFI — Who We Regulate (FRFI & Pension Plan Lists)CSV lists of every federally regulated financial institution (banks, insurers, trust and loan companies) and federal private pension plans; updated monthly by OSFI.
- Statistics Canada — Personal Inflation CalculatorEnter your own spending by category to compute your personal inflation rate and chart it against the official CPI, updated monthly with each CPI release.
Provincial
- BC Securities Commission — InvestRightCheck registration, investor alerts, and scam reporting for BC securities investors
- Nova Scotia Municipal Finance and StatisticsHub for per-municipality financial condition indicator reports, municipal statistics annual reports and the FRAM accounting manual (PDF).
- Nova Scotia Public Sector Compensation Disclosure ReportsFinance and Treasury Board collection of sunshine-list reports naming public sector employees paid over $100,000; searchable by body, PDF statements.
- Ontario Securities Commission — Investor PortalInvestor education, registration checks, and complaint filing for Ontario securities regulation
- Autorité des marchés financiers — RegistreQuebec's securities and insurance regulator — registrant search, consumer tools, and alerts
- Quebec — Register of Unclaimed Property (Revenu Québec)Search Revenu Québec's register free of charge for unclaimed successions, inactive financial assets and other property, then start a claim online.
- Saskatchewan's Dashboard — Economic IndicatorsMinistry of Finance indicator dashboard tracking GDP, CPI, employment, earnings, trade, crop production and housing starts, with downloadable CSV, XLS, JSON and XML exports.
Agency
- British Columbia — BC Unclaimed Money SearchSearch over $210 million in unclaimed BC funds from banks, courts and government by name, then file a claim online to recover money owed to you.
- Canadian Investor Protection FundCheck coverage of investment dealer member firms and eligible assets
- FINTRAC — Strategic Intelligence PublicationsRead FINTRAC operational alerts, briefs, and assessments listing concrete indicators of money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions evasion.
- SEDAR+ — Canadian Securities FilingsOfficial filings portal for Canadian public companies — prospectuses, annual reports, continuous disclosure
Crown Corp
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)Federal crown corporation providing financing, advisory services, and venture capital to Canadian businesses
- CDIC — Deposit Insurance CalculatorCalculate how much of your bank deposits are protected by CDIC coverage
- Export Development Canada — Trade IntelligenceInternational trade data, market intelligence, and export tools