Partner and I bought a house earlier this year, yay! Unfortunately due to a lack of familial wealth on either side, there's no option to run to the Bank of Mom and Dad if...

Canada's inflation rate rose to a new 18-year high of 4.4 per cent in September, with higher prices for transportation, shelter and food contributing the most to the jump in the cost of living....

https://www.wealthprofessional.ca/news/industry-news/many-canadians-standard-of-living-is-being-eroded-warns-bdo/360867 I’m sure many here are feeling this. Homeownership is also increasingly out of reach with 74% of those in the 35-54 age group who don’t own a home saying that’s unlikely to change...