Primary-source research
Time-sensitive financial claims are checked against the agency, regulator, legislation, provider document, fee schedule, or official publication responsible for the rule.
Editorial policy
How MoneyMapCanada researches, checks and corrects finance content.
Personal finance content can affect taxes, borrowing, insurance, investing, banking, debt and housing decisions. MoneyMapCanada therefore treats accuracy, source visibility, limitations and honest authorship as more important than sounding authoritative.
Transparent authorship
Content is attributed to the MoneyMapCanada Editorial Team unless a named contributor can be accurately identified. We do not invent author identities, academic credentials, licences, or professional experience.
Visible dates and limitations
Articles show published or updated dates where relevant, and calculators explain assumptions, exclusions, and why a planning estimate can differ from an official assessment or provider quote.
Corrections over appearances
When a material factual or calculation error is found, the priority is to correct the page and its underlying logic rather than preserve an older claim for search traffic.
Who
Who creates the content
Site content is published under the MoneyMapCanada Editorial Team identity. This is an organizational byline describing the site's research and review process, not a claim that the team holds a financial-planning, accounting, legal, mortgage, insurance or investment licence.
A named person will only be presented as an author or reviewer when the identity and any stated qualifications can be represented accurately. Unsupported biographies, invented credentials, and placeholder expert profiles are not part of the editorial standard.
How
How research and AI-assisted work are handled
MoneyMapCanada may use software and AI tools to assist with drafting, organization, calculation checks, formatting, code, or identifying items that need review. Those tools are not treated as authoritative sources.
Material financial facts should be verified against the cited primary source before publication. For Canadian tax and benefit rules this may include the Canada Revenue Agency or Government of Canada; for consumer finance, banking and credit, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada; for mortgages, CMHC or OSFI; and for monetary or inflation data, the Bank of Canada.
Where a number is only an estimate, example, assumption, or user-entered scenario, the page should say so rather than present it as a live quote or guaranteed outcome.
Review process
What gets checked
Guides and calculators are checked for plain-language usefulness, source quality, calculation logic, units, thresholds, rounding, missing fees, misleading certainty, eligibility limitations, and important risks or exclusions.
Sources may include the Canada Revenue Agency, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canadian Securities Administrators, legislation, provider terms, account agreements, and product disclosure documents.
Content is educational and does not replace personalized advice. Readers should verify current rules, rates, fees, eligibility, policy terms or product details directly with the responsible source before making a material financial decision.
Corrections
How errors are handled
If a material rule, threshold, formula or statement is wrong or outdated, the affected page should be corrected and its update date changed only when the content has actually been reviewed or materially revised.
Suspected errors can be reported through the contact page. Include the page URL, the claim in question, and—when available—the official source that conflicts with it.
MoneyMapCanada Editorial Team
The editorial-team profile explains the site's review standards and clearly states that no professional licence or academic credential is being claimed for the organizational byline.