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Career Link: Information about a career as a financial planner

Careers Nova Scotia

http://careers.novascotia.ca/occupation/208
• Provides a description of what financial planners and other financial officers do.
• Outlines the needed skills.

• Details employment requirements and labour market information.

• Includes a list of useful contacts and places to get related education.
• Provides links to related careers and regional profiles for Nova Scotia.


Canada Financial

http://www.canadafinancial.ca/Careers-in-Financial-Planning

• Provides information about what a financial planner does and what type of training they have.

• Includes information on how to become a certified financial planner.

Web Link: Information about jobs related to finance

Careers Nova Scotia

http://careers.novascotia.ca/sites/all/files/CareerGuide-High_Opportunities_2012_EN-A.pdf

• Provides a list of high opportunity career options in the Nova Scotia, including those in business and finance.


Web Link: Glossaries of financial terms

The Free Dictionary by Farlex

http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

• Terms are easily searchable.

• Includes a variety of definitions for each term.

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Web Link
: Information about currencies and exchange rates

Smart Stock Market

http://www.smartstockmarket.com/forex/currency-exchange/Currency-Exchange-Rate-Explanation.html

• Read about what exchange rates are and why they differ.

Access related articles on this topic.

x-rates.com
http://www.x-rates.com

• From the Menu, choose Currency Calculator.

– Choose what type of currency you want to convert.

– Choose what you want to convert it into.

– Click Calculate.
• To check what currencies around the world are worth: under Currency, choose the currency you want to learn about and click on it.

Currency Encyclopedia

http://www.xe.com/currency/

• Provides exchange rates by country. • Includes currency calculator.

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Web Link
: Charges in different currencies and credit card statements


Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/eng/resources/publications/paymentoptions/CCFees/CCFees-eng.pdf
• Provides PDF document titled "Understanding Credit Card Fees." See page 5.

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Web Link: The most recent income tax, CPP, and EI rates

Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/pyrll/t4032/menu-eng.html

• Choose Nova Scotia.

• Section A: Download payroll deductions tables.

• Section B: For CPP rates, identify whether the contributions are weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly and download the table.

• Section C: Download EI rates.
• Sections D and E: For Federal and Nova Scotia provincial tax deductions tables, identify whether payments are weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly.

Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/bsnss/pdoc-eng.html

Calculate tax, CPP, EI, and other deductions online.

• This calculator works only for employees who are employed for a full year.

TaxTips.ca
http://www.taxtips.ca/calculators/taxcalculator.htm

Calculate tax, CPP, EI, and other deductions online

• Follow the online directions to use the Canadian Tax Calculator

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Web Link: Activities related to financial planning and budgeting

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/eng/education/index-eng.asp

• Provides programs to help Canadians increase their personal and financial money management skills, including

– The City: a financial life skills course – Financial Basics: a financial literacy course.

Practical Money Skills Canada

http://practicalmoneyskills.ca/foreducators/
• Access free lesson plans, activities, and games to support financial literacy.

Canadian Bankers Association
http://www.cba.ca/en/component/content/category/79-banks-and-financial-literacy

• Provides a list of programs that help students improve their money management skills, including

– The Learning Partnership's Entrepreneurial Adventure (EA)

– TD Money Lounge

– Junior Achievement Programs
– Clearfacts.ca

GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca

http://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/en/Pages/default.aspx#.UZaOebW1F4I
• Provides free online sources on financial literacy.

Web Link: Interactive game called Plan to Succeed about achieving a financial goal

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program

http://www.hsfpp.org/

• Includes free financial tools provided by the National Endowment for Financial Education.

• Register to get materials.

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Web Link: Online budget calculator and budget templates

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/iTools-iOutils/budgetCalculator/NetIncome-eng.aspx

• Provides an online budget calculator for information about income, savings, and expenses.

• Information can be exported to a Microsoft® Excel or PDF file.

RBC Royal Bank
http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/personal-loans/budget/budget-calculator.html
• Provides an online budget calculator for a clear view of cash flow.

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Web Link: Information about maternity and parental benefits

Service Canada

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei/benefits/maternityparental.shtml
• Provides eligibility information, application information, and forms for Maternity and Parental Benefits.

Student Web Links

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Web Link:
Information on current exchange rates

x-rates.com


http://www.x-rates.com/

• Under Currency, choose the currency you want to learn about and click on it.

• Check what that currency is worth in currencies around the world.

Currency Encyclopedia

http://www.xe.com/currency/

• Provides exchange rates by country.

Web Link: Use an online currency converter

x-rates.com

http://www.x-rates.com

• From the Menu, choose Currency Calculator.

– Choose what type of currency you want to convert.

– Choose what you want to convert it into.

– Click Calculate.

RBC Royal Bank

http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/cgi-bin/travel/currency-converter.pl

• Choose Cash.

– Identify the type of currency you have.

– Indicate how much of that currency you have.

– Identify the currency you want.

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Web Link: Find out how to calculate overtime in your province

WorkRights.ca

http://www.workrights.ca/content.php?doc=22

• Read the general information.

• Click on the blue NS tab at the top to get specific information for Nova Scotia.

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F.Y.I.:Find current income tax, EI, and CPP rates

Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/bsnss/pdoc-eng.html

Calculate tax, CPP, EI, and other deductions online.

• This calculator works only for employees who are employed for a full year.

Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/pyrll/t4032/menu-eng.html

• Choose Nova Scotia.

• Section A: Download payroll deductions tables.

• Section B: For CPP rates, identify whether the contributions are weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly and download the table.

• Section C: Download EI rates.

• Sections D and E: For Federal and Nova Scotia provincial tax deductions tables, identify whether payments are weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly.

TaxTips.ca

http://www.taxtips.ca/calculators/taxcalculator.htm

Calculate tax, CPP, EI, and other deductions online.

• Follow the online directions to use the Canadian Tax Calculator.

Government of Canada

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/pub/factsheets/cppretirement/contribute.shtml

• See "How much do I contribute to CPP?" for maximum annual amount of CPP payable in the current year.

• Includes information on minimum must make before paying CPP.

Government of Canada

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/information/maximum2013.shtml

• See information on maximum insurable earnings for current year.

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Web Link: More information about Employment Insurance

 

Government of Canada

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei/index.shtml

• Provides information on types of EI benefits and how to access them.

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