Primary Sources We Cite

Federal Tax Sources

Federal tax reading should distinguish the Income Tax Act and Regulations from administrative explanations published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Both can be relevant, but they do not serve the same function. A plain-language guide may orient a reader without addressing every condition in legislation. Start by identifying the precise question, the entity and the period involved. An incorporated owner's personal tax question may differ from the company's tax question even when both arise from the same payment. The candidate links below are not marked checked, and this draft makes no representation that a particular source resolves an individual case.

Ontario Sources

Ontario sources can address estate administration, provincial tax and provincial legal requirements. A page on an estate tax should not be treated as authority for the legal validity of a will or an ownership arrangement. Read jurisdiction and scope carefully, especially when a family has property or connections elsewhere. A municipal rule may also require a different source. The Ontario probate guide illustrates why tax arithmetic and estate classification are separate tasks. A reviewer still needs to match each material sentence to the relevant source rather than cite a general government homepage as blanket support.

Regulators

Regulators publish material about the areas they oversee, including consumer explanations and official guidance. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is a candidate primary publisher for relevant Ontario pension questions. Its materials should be used within their stated scope. A regulator link does not establish that Altiro Wealth is registered, licensed, endorsed or supervised for any particular activity. No such claim is made here. Where another jurisdiction applies, the correct authority needs to be identified separately. Source selection should follow the reader's actual question, not the desire to display familiar official logos or an impressive list of institutions.

Pension Plan Documents

Pension plan documents matter because a general pension explanation may not describe an individual's specific plan options. The administrator's current terms, member statements and election materials can address different parts of the question. This directory does not collect personal records or interpret them. No plan eligibility, benefit amount or transfer deadline is asserted. A future guide should identify which document it relies on and distinguish general law from plan-specific administration. Where documents conflict or an entitlement is unclear, the reader needs appropriate clarification rather than an assumption based on the employer or occupation alone.

Statistics

Statistics can provide context when the population, period, definition and method are stated. An average is not a description of an individual household, and a national figure is not automatically meaningful for a neighbourhood. Statistics Canada is a candidate primary source for relevant public data, but no statistical claim is made in this draft. Do not add wealth, income or property figures merely to make a local page appear specific. Before using a dataset, identify what it measures and whether comparisons are genuinely comparable. The absence of a sourced figure is preferable to a precise but unsupported local assertion.

How Secondary Sources Are Used

Secondary commentary may help explain vocabulary or highlight a question, but it should be labelled as context rather than used to conceal the absence of primary support. A helpful interpretation still needs checking against the applicable rule. Editorial standards and methodology describe the intended review process. This directory is a starting map, not a claim of exhaustive research or link verification. No checked date is supplied. Sources should be updated when the destination or underlying material changes, and a review should preserve enough detail to understand why the source was used.