Tools and calculators
Financial check-up - Check on your current financial health by answering a few questions about your spending, borrowing, saving and investing habits.
Life insurance calculator - In just 2 minutes, calculate how much life insurance you may need.
Retirement savings calculator - Find out how much you will need to save for retirement and if you're on track to meet your retirement savings goal.
Budget calculator - Use this monthly budget calculator to help you manage your spending.
RRSP calculator - Find out what will happen to your RRSP savings if you change your contribution rate or take money out.
Business owners
Spend more time running your business and less time worrying about your business. A strong strategy can get you there.
Business owner insurance
Whether you’re starting out or looking for ways to grow your business, business owner insurance can help you protect yourself, your partners and employees and your family.
Business Benefits & Savings
The needs of small businesses are as unique as the people running them. That’s why we’ve created a variety of affordable, customizable benefits and savings plans with the features that matter most to businesses.
RRSPs for Business Owners
Your business may produce surplus above what is needed for your business or personal lifestyle. You can either retain in the corporation or remove and invest personally. Maximizing your RRSPs makes sense for most business owners given a sufficient time horizon.
TFSAs for Business Owners
Your corporation may produce surplus above what is needed for your business or personal lifestyle. If you want to save the surplus for future use TFSA’s may be a good solution, depending on your time horizon and current and future tax brackets.
Investment options
There are many different investment options to choose from. The right one for you depends on your situation and goals.
GICs (Guaranteed investment product)**
Designed for people who want to protect their principal and earn a guaranteed rate of return.
Because of their many features, guaranteed interest products are an important component of both registered and non-registered savings plans – as well as retirement income plans.
Because of their many features, guaranteed interest products are an important component of both registered and non-registered savings plans – as well as retirement income plans.
Mutual funds†
A mutual fund is a pool of money and investments (e.g. stocks, bonds and other types of investments) that are managed by a professional fund manager.
Segregated funds
Segregated fund contracts are a popular investment option, available only from life insurance companies. Similar to mutual funds, segregated funds are large pools of money invested in stocks, bonds or other securities. These contracts have higher fees than mutual funds because they also offer guarantees and some of the additional benefits of a life insurance contract.
Annuity products
An annuity protects you from the risk of outliving your money and helps to cover basic expenses in retirement. In exchange for a lump-sum premium, an insurance company – like Sun Life – guarantees to pay you an income for life or as long as the annuity contract specifies. Your income will be secure from both market and interest rate risks – and, if you buy your annuity with non-registered savings, you could also benefit from tax savings.
Life insurance products
Life insurance allows you to protect the people you love by providing your beneficiaries a tax-free cash payment when you die.
Whole life insurance
A type of permanent life insurance that gives your beneficiaries a tax-free payment after you die (called a death benefit). Your beneficiaries can use the money from the death benefit any way they want.
While some life insurance plans offer coverage for a specific amount of time, whole life insurance has no time limit because it covers you throughout your life. So you don’t have to worry about your coverage expiring or renewing your policy.
While some life insurance plans offer coverage for a specific amount of time, whole life insurance has no time limit because it covers you throughout your life. So you don’t have to worry about your coverage expiring or renewing your policy.
Participating life insurance
Participating life insurance (also called par insurance) is a contract that offers three important features: lifetime insurance, cash-value growth and a chance to earn policy dividends.
Term life insurance
An affordable life insurance policy that gives you financial protection for a certain period of time. If you die while your policy is still active, then your beneficiaries receive a lump-sum, tax-free payment (called the death benefit). They can use this money any way they please.
Mortgage protection insurance
Thinking of buying a new home? Your mortgage lender may offer the option of buying mortgage insurance (also known as creditor insurance). But do you really need it? Or do you need mortgage protection insurance instead?
Permanent Life Insurance
A type of life insurance policy that provides you with lifelong coverage to protect your loved ones. This coverage never expires, no matter your age or if your health changes. Permanent life insurance provides a death benefit, which is a tax-free payment your beneficiaries will get after you die.
Universal life insurance
The most flexible types of permanent life insurance for Canadian residents.
It offers key financial planning features such as lifelong protection that never expires and opportunities for tax-preferred savings growth.
It offers key financial planning features such as lifelong protection that never expires and opportunities for tax-preferred savings growth.
**Sun Life Financial Trust Inc. is the issuer of Sun GIC Max and Guaranteed Investment Certificates. Sun Life Financial Trust Inc. is a member of Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC). An Insurance GIC is an accumulation annuity issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.
†Mutual funds distributed through Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc.
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