✓ Verified math — proven against independent references and last checked September 1, 2026; the full proof is under "How this is figured," below the results.
The plainest RRSP strategy there is: in low-income years, take money out at a modest bracket, shelter the after-tax dollars in the TFSA, and shrink the balance that would otherwise come out later at a high rate — or all at once, at the top rate, in the estate. No loan, no leverage — that's the meltdown's department. This is pure timing, and the arithmetic is honest about when timing alone is worth nothing.
The calculator shows whether a spread exists. Sizing the withdrawals, protecting benefits, and choosing the years — that's the advisor's sequencing, with this desk handling any financing leg.
Ramin Hallaji, Principal, licensed in British Columbia (BCFSA) and Alberta (RECA) — a private-client desk of Mortgage Guru Financial, Dominion Lending Centres Group · 778-879-6768 · ramin@privatewealthfinancing.ca · Legal & licensing · Privacy policy
Illustration only — deliberately simplified, and not tax or investment advice. Both paths compound at the same return; the model taxes each withdrawal at the rate you set today, shelters the after-tax proceeds at the reinvestment drag you set, and taxes whatever remains in the RRSP at the later rate. Real files add what this deliberately leaves out: OAS and GIS clawbacks that extra income can trigger, actual TFSA room, pension-income splitting, the RRIF minimum schedule after 71, and brackets that move. Those belong to the client's advisor and accountant — the sizing above is theirs to own.