The CFP is the internationally recognized designation of financial planners. In Canada the Financial Planners Standards Council administers the CFP's. They ensure that a rigorous course curriculum and a final examination are completed before any individual can call themselves a " CFP".

The following link to the CFP main webpages has a number of sub links to the various other organizations that CFP's in Canada are affiliated with.

Unfortunately, there are some individuals in the financial planning industry that claim to be "CFP's", when in fact they do not have the certification. Since the general public, for the most part, are unaware of what the qualifications are for a CFP; Or how they would check if their planner were in fact a CFP. Most of these NON-DESIGNATED planners claiming to be CFP's get away with it.

The attached WebPages shows a listing of all the qualified CFP's in your area. Just go to the subpage for the Financial Planners Standards Council, hit the button called "Find a Financial Planner", key in your postal code and all the qualified CFP's in your area will be listed.

There are currently over 9,000 Certified Financial Planners in Canada. Make sure that the person who's managing your money is one of them.