Resources to help Canadians learn about Personal Finances

Hi! I’m Liz and I’m a self-taught investor.

In 2009, I was working full-time to pay for my university tuition. I was living paycheck to paycheck while aggressively saving. By teaching myself money principles, I graduated debt-free and focused my energy on investing. To learn about the stock market, I listened to money podcasts at work and when I got home, I read personal finance books and blogs.

I became obsessed with learning how to optimize my finances and by age 24, I had saved over $50,000. By age 29, my networth was over $350,000.

All of my money comes from working multiple jobs and starting my own business; no inheritance or get rich quick schemes.

These are some of the resources I used to learn, and a few others I recommend depending on where you are in your personal finance journey.

Personal Finance Blogs for Canadians 

• Young and Thrifty
• Canadian Couch Potato
• Millennial Revolution 
• Jessica Moorhouse
• Ambitious Adulting
• Money After Graduation 

Personal Finance Calculators & Tools

• Government of Canada
• Get Smarter About Money

Resources to help you learn more about investing:

• Investing 101 Ambitious Adulting workshop 
• Ambitious Adulting 2-week Investing Bootcamp
• Personal Finance for Canadian Millennials Facebook Page
• MILLENNIAL REVOLUTION INVESTMENT WORKSHOP: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO INVESTING
• Canadian Couch Potato Portfolio 
• YouTube Channels: Canadian in a T-Shirt, Griffin Milks , Jessica Moorhouse
• Instagram Accounts (focused on Canadian Real Estate): @joshhreyes, @joshdoyleinvests, @meghancfp, @shawnrea, @mattmckeever85, @realestatetaxtips

• Instagram Accounts (focused on Canadian Personal Finances): @mixedupmoney, @passive_income_investing, @wellbeancoaching,