Consumer Behavior


Advisors and Written Financial Plans Help Canadians Become Retirement Ready On Time

Most Want Advice but Only 1/3 Have an Advisor and Only One-in-Seven Have a Written Financial Plan

Four In Ten Canadians With Workplace Retirement Plans Don't Know Their Projected Retirement Income

Majority Spend At Most 10 Minutes Per Year Reviewing Their Plan Statements

Quatre Canadiens sur dix possйdant un rйgime de retraite par le biais de leur emploi ne connaissent pas le montant projetй de leur revenu de retraite

La majoritй passe au mieux 10 minutes par an а examiner l'йtat financier de son plan de retraite

Almost Half (47%) of Canadians Pretend to Be Overjoyed When Receiving an Unwanted Gift
During Holiday Gift Exchanges

Four in Ten (40%) Agree That, On Average, They Receive At Least
One Unwanted Holiday Gift Each Year

Eight-in-Ten (81%) Canadian Investors Use Online Brokerage Accounts for Long Term Investments

But Only One-in-Five (19%) Canadian Investors Believe they
Have Diversified Portfolio

Majority (56%) of Entrepreneurs Consider the Recession to Have Had Positive or No Effect on their Business

Three Out of Five (58%) of Small Business Owners Don't Believe Recession is Over

Canadian Economic Confidence Drops amid Uncertainty over Economic Recovery

Index Drops 14 Points as Fewer (60%, -7) Canadians than Last Quarter Believe the Economy is in Good Shape,
Job Anxiety Rises to 22% (+2)