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ESTATE & LEGACY PLANNING

Protect Your Family, Preserve Your Wealth, and Plan Your Legacy

Estate planning is more than a will. It includes beneficiaries, powers of attorney, tax considerations, insurance, wealth transfer, and the legacy you want to leave behind.

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WHY ESTATE PLANNING MATTERS

Estate Planning Helps Reduce Confusion, Costs, and Family Stress

A clear estate and legacy plan can help protect loved ones, keep documents aligned, reduce unnecessary delays, and ensure your wishes are understood.

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Will & Estate Documents

Ensure your wishes are clearly documented and reviewed as your family, assets, and goals change.

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Beneficiary Review

Review RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, pension, insurance, and investment beneficiaries to keep them aligned with your intentions.

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Powers of Attorney

Protect financial and healthcare decision-making if illness, injury, or incapacity occurs.

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Tax Efficiency

Coordinate registered accounts, non-registered investments, insurance, and estate goals to help reduce unnecessary tax exposure.

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Insurance Strategies

Life insurance can help provide liquidity, family protection, business continuity, and final expense funding.

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Legacy & Charitable Giving

Create a meaningful plan for family, causes, community, and the values you want to pass forward.

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ESTATE PLANNING CHECKLIST

Key Items to Review

These items often determine whether an estate plan is organized, outdated, or vulnerable to avoidable problems.

✓ Current Will
✓ Powers of Attorney
✓ Beneficiary Review
✓ Insurance Review
✓ Tax Planning
✓ Family Discussion
✓ Executor Selection
✓ Charitable Intentions
ESTATE RISK AREAS

Common Estate Planning Gaps

⚠️ No Will

Can create delays, uncertainty, and added family stress.
⚠️ Outdated Beneficiaries

Old beneficiary designations may no longer reflect your wishes.
⚠️ Tax Exposure

Registered assets and capital gains can create tax issues at death.
⚠️ Family Conflict Risk

Unclear planning can create confusion among beneficiaries.
⚠️ Business Succession Issues

Business owners may need continuity and liquidity planning.
⚠️ Inadequate Insurance

Lack of liquidity can make estate settlement harder for loved ones.

Estate & Legacy Planning Pathway

1️⃣ Organize Documents

Collect wills, POAs, insurance, account statements, and beneficiary records.
2️⃣ Review Beneficiaries

Check RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, pension, and insurance beneficiary designations.
3️⃣ Evaluate Taxes

Review potential tax exposure on registered assets, investments, and property.
4️⃣ Review Insurance

Determine whether insurance can help provide liquidity or family protection.
5️⃣ Communicate Wishes

Clarify your intentions with family and professional advisors where appropriate.
6️⃣ Create Legacy Strategy

Align family, charitable, tax, and wealth transfer goals.
ESTATE PLANNING QUESTIONS

Common Questions

Do I need a will?

A will helps document your wishes and may reduce confusion for your family. Legal advice should be obtained for proper estate documents.

What is a Power of Attorney?

A Power of Attorney allows someone you choose to make financial or personal care decisions if you cannot act for yourself.

Should I review TFSA, RRSP, RRIF, and insurance beneficiaries?

Yes. Beneficiary designations should be reviewed after major life changes and coordinated with your overall estate plan.

Can life insurance help with estate planning?

Life insurance may help provide liquidity, pay final expenses, support beneficiaries, or fund tax and estate obligations.

Ready to Review Your Estate Plan?

Estate planning is not just for retirees or high-net-worth families. A review can help ensure your wishes are documented, beneficiaries are aligned, and potential risks are identified before they become problems.

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Educational information only. Legal, tax, and estate recommendations should be reviewed with qualified professionals.

GMFSI Estate & Legacy Planning Suite

Estate Planning Essentials Premium V2.0

Review the essential building blocks of an estate plan, including wills, powers of attorney, beneficiaries, ownership, liquidity, taxes, business succession, charitable wishes, and family communication.

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Estate Planning Inputs

Enter the high-level estate information and score each planning area from 1 to 5.

Educational planning illustration only. This tool does not provide legal, tax, accounting, or investment advice and does not create a will, trust, power of attorney, beneficiary designation, or legally binding estate plan. Estate planning should be completed with qualified legal and tax professionals and coordinated with your financial and insurance planning.
Not Sure Where to Begin?

Start With Your Financial Wellness Snapshot

Answer a few focused questions and receive an educational snapshot of your financial readiness across protection, retirement, investments, cash flow, estate planning and tax planning.

  • Personalized score
  • Suggested focus areas
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Your Financial Starting Point

Complete the assessment in just a few minutes.

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Retirement Planning, Reimagined

See Your Financial Future Before You Retire

Retirement planning is about more than reaching a savings target. Explore the kinds of personalized projections that can bring your retirement income, investments, taxes, CPP, OAS, real estate, insurance and estate objectives together in one coordinated picture.

Could you retire earlier? Should you delay CPP or OAS? Which accounts should fund retirement first? How could your estate change over time?
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Start on This Page

Discover how coordinated financial planning can help bring greater clarity to your retirement decisions.

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Explore Retirement Projections

See examples of the income, taxation, cash-flow, net-worth and estate projections that may be considered.

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Visit the Financial Planning Centre

Learn how retirement planning fits within a broader, coordinated financial strategy.

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Begin With a Clarity Session

Discuss your goals, questions and priorities during a no-obligation 15-Minute Clarity Session.

CONTINUE YOUR FINANCIAL JOURNEY

Explore the Complete Financial Planning Centre

Retirement planning is one important part of your financial life. Discover additional planning strategies, calculators, educational resources and coordinated financial guidance designed to help you protect, grow and preserve your wealth.

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Schedule my 60-minute strategy session with Green Mountain Financial Services Inc.

A personalized 60-minute planning conversation to review your goals, identify opportunities, and build a clearer roadmap for your financial future.

Why Choose a Strategy Session?

Go beyond quick answers. Get a comprehensive conversation focused on your life, your goals, and your next steps.

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Holistic Perspective

We look at your full financial picture, not just one piece.

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Identify Opportunities

Uncover gaps, risks, and planning opportunities you may be missing.

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Personalized Strategy

Receive guidance tailored to your unique situation and priorities.

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Confident Decisions

Make informed choices with clarity and support you can trust.

What We’ll Cover

Every session is personalized, but here are common areas we may address.

✅ Financial goals and priorities
✅ Tax-efficient strategies
✅ Retirement income planning
✅ Business and group benefits planning
✅ Investment review and portfolio alignment
✅ Cash flow, debt, and savings optimization
✅ Insurance and risk protection
✅ Actionable next steps and implementation plan

Ready to Build Your Roadmap?

Select a convenient time to schedule your 60-minute strategic planning session.

Comprehensive • Confidential • Personalized

No obligation. Just clarity.

Frequently Asked Questions

💬 What is a Strategy Session?

It is a focused 60-minute conversation to review your goals, current situation, and planning opportunities.

👤 Who is this session for?

It is ideal for individuals, families, professionals, retirees, and business owners who want a deeper planning conversation.

📌 Is there a cost?

This can be used as an introductory strategic planning conversation. You can decide next steps after the session.

📝 How should I prepare?

Bring your questions, goals, concerns, and any key financial details you would like to discuss.

What Happens Next?

A simple, guided process from start to finish.

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Schedule

Choose a time that works best for you.

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Consultation

Meet for a focused 60-minute strategy session.

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Strategy Plan

Receive personalized direction and recommendations.

Take Action

Move forward at your pace with support.

Ready to Start?

Take the first step toward a clearer financial future. No obligation — just thoughtful advice tailored to you.

Protect • Grow • Preserve

Guiding Your Financial Journey with Trust & Clarity.

Interactive Retirement Planning Tool

What Could Your Savings Provide in Retirement?

Explore how your current savings, ongoing contributions, investment return and retirement timeline may shape your future portfolio and potential retirement income.

  • Project your future savings
  • Estimate retirement income
  • Compare inflation-adjusted values
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Your Next Financial Step

Gain confidence before making
your next financial decision.

Whether you’re planning for retirement, investing for the future, protecting your family, or simply looking for greater financial clarity, every successful plan begins with one conversation.

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