Calculators

Six calculators, all written against Canadian rules. Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere: the arithmetic happens in your browser.

Why Canadian rules matter

A lot of calculators on the internet quietly run American arithmetic on a page written for Canadians. The difference is not cosmetic. A Canadian fixed rate mortgage compounds semi-annually because the Interest Act says so, and running it monthly puts every payment figure slightly wrong for the length of the mortgage. An RRSP comparison that ignores the refund, or treats it as spending money, gets the answer backwards for most people.

Where a rule depends on a number that changes, the number is stated on the calculator along with the date it was checked, so you can see whether it is still current instead of taking it on trust.

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