In an Aging Canada, Women Need to Save More than Men – even if they make less
Wednesday Jan 1st, 2020
ShareCanadians aged 65 and older outnumbered children under 14 for the first time in census history, Statistics Canada revealed today. And the majority of seniors are women. Among those aged 85 to 99, there were just 54 men for every 100 women in 2016, data show. Those numbers have big implications for how women should handle their personal finances. While Canadians of any gender are facing the prospect of living longer after their working years, for women the post-retirement... [read more]