Five rules for every guide.
Official sources first
We check facts against IRCC, the Canada Revenue Agency, Service Canada, provincial governments, regulators and transit agencies, and link to them so you can verify.
Dated and labelled
Every guide shows when it was last reviewed. Costs, rents and exchange rates are labelled as estimates with an “as of” date.
Reviewed on a schedule
High-traffic guides on immigration, health coverage and money are reviewed monthly; everything else at least every six months, and immediately when rules change.
Plain language, no advice
We explain how things generally work. We say clearly when your situation needs a licensed immigration consultant, lawyer, tax professional or doctor.
Corrections, fast
If something is wrong, we fix it and update the review date. Tell us through our contact page.
Named reviewers for high-stakes guides.
Immigration guides will be reviewed by a licensed immigration consultant (RCIC), and tax and money guides by qualified professionals. Each reviewed guide will show the reviewer’s name, credentials and the date of review.
Until a guide shows a named reviewer, it has been checked by our editorial team against the official sources linked on the page.
How our partnership with RemitBee works.
RemitBee supports SettleCanada. It appears only on money and send-money pages, always labelled, and never on immigration pages. RemitBee doesn’t review or approve what we write.
When we explain transfers, we show how to compare every option, including your bank. Our comparison tool uses clearly labelled estimates for service types, not ranked partner deals.
How we use government data.
Our trackers and calculators restate public facts, such as draw results, fees, processing times and statistics, in our own words and tables, with a link to the official source on every page. We do not copy government text, logos or files, and we do not resell data.
Data from the Government of Canada Open Data portal is used under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Statistics Canada data is used under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; where we calculate shares or rankings, it is “adapted from Statistics Canada”. Facts from other canada.ca pages are cited to the page they come from.
SettleCanada is an independent site. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, IRCC, Statistics Canada or any government. If you represent a data owner and want something changed, contact us and we will act on it promptly.