Early in my blogging journey I decided to pay homage to my fellow Canadian finance bloggers. It’s not that I focus specifically on Canadian finance topics, but it just didn’t seem like there were any good lists of Canadian finance blogs out there.
So first I hosted a poll for the top Canadian personal finance blogs and later followed it up with a poll for the top Canadian investing blogs.
Even though my blog was relatively new, the polls were a big success and I got to know a lot of the Canadian finance bloggers out there. If you’re interested in seeing which Canadian blogs came out on top, here are the winners from both polls.
Now that my blog is more established I’m hosting these polls again and I’m quite interested to see how similar the results are. This time around there are some changes to the poll format. First of all, the poll for the top Canadian personal finance blogs also includes blogs dedicated to investing. Later there were also be a separate poll for the investing blogs.
The next major change is that the polls will consist of two rounds. The first three months will determine which blogs are finalists in each poll. Then the final round will pit the finalists against each other. The winners will be announced on Canada Day on July 1st.
As in the previous poll, you can vote for up to 5 blogs in the initial round. During the second round you can choose your 3 favourites.
To spice things up the final winner of this poll wins $100 cash and the 2 runner ups each get $50. And of course you get bragging rights and maybe I’ll buy you a beer at FinCon13 
If I missed any suitable blogs, please let me know right away.
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Great group of bloggers! Just voted
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Thanks Michelle. I agree that the group of Canadian bloggers is pretty strong.
I didn’t realize how many of the blogs that I follow and comment on are from Canada. Well, it just shows that you all write some quality material. Just voted!
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It also shows that some Canadian bloggers aren’t as open about that fact as they try to appeal to a larger audience
These popularity contests are fun! I like the one Sean is running as well. CBB and a few other are killing it over there!
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That’s not surprising about Mr CBB since he really dominated the Canadian poll last year. It seems he’s got some pretty loyal followers.
You know, at the end of the day we as Canadians are bringing our passion to the world, personal finance. We are taking the time out to share, and spread the word to help others out. We are all Canadian Champs!! Have a great day everyone…
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Well said Mr CBB. I think the quality of Canadian personal finance blogs just reflects the Canadian spirit of being generous and helpful. Anyone who sets out to help others is truly a champ. Good luck in the poll. You’re off to another great start.
Mr. CBB is the best Blog I have ever found. I am very loyal to him and will follow him forever, he deserves this nomination and win. If you don’t know how great he is you are missing out, check him out you won’t be sorry you did!!
As with last year’s poll, I am impressed at how loyal Mr CBB’s followers are. He really sets a good example of how to be a genuinely helpful blogger.
Jeremy, you got my vote! I only recoginized a few of the blogs in your contest. Maybe I need to get out more.
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That’s understandable since there is a broad range of Canadian blogs on this list and many don’t very active with their marketing. Some of the investing ones in particular wouldn’t appeal much to Americans with their focus on Canadian investing options.
Just voted! there are some great sites out there. I like plunged in debt too.
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Oops didn’t realize they were Canadian, but there it is in the header of their new blog design. Adding them in right now.
Thanks Pauline
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Sorry for missing you Catherine. I had a feeling I was missing someone who wasn’t on the poll last year.
Woot! Let the popularity contest begin! Fingers crossed I get votes from other people than my friends and family haha
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I guess you’ll never know exactly who voted for you….that is unless you bribe me to see the logs lol.
Great list. Love them Canucks!
Thanks Kim. Glad you approve
Almost all of the blogs that I follow are in Canada! I didnt realize it at first but the conclusion I’ve come too are that our neighbors in Canada are: a) More active in posting b) Write compelling and interesting posts and c) Are extremely willing to reach out and help new bloggers! Thanks!
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Maybe that’s a sign that you should just move on up to Canada. Canadians are known for being rather generous and helpful.
Hello Jeremy, you got my vote
Other blogs are new for me so I’ll check them later.
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I guess winning one of my contests acted as a good bribe to get you on my side
You just guess not sure? LOL Yeah I’m your side because I liked your blog and content.
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Sure sure…you’re just hoping I’m going to be offering more cash to win
Thanks so much for including me in this wonderful list. So many of them I read regularly, including yours….and some new ones for me to read!!
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No problem Jolie. It’s my honor to feature all these great blogs and help get the word out about them.
Great list.
Thanks for the consideration.
Good luck to all the nominated.
It’s been a while Eddie. Good luck in the poll too.
Thank you for including me! CBB is rocking it
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Just like last year. So no big surprise there. It’s the same blog in 2nd place so far too. Guess that really says something about those blogs and their following.
Mr CBB has changed my life for the better
I was drowning in debt and struggling but with his budget and support we are digging our way out and have been doing well for almost a year now! I owe him so much!
That’s awesome. It’s cool to hear about how he is directly helping people with their finances. Sometimes people just need a good example to follow and a bit of support.
Thank you so much for the nomination. It is an honour.
No problem Miss T. I’ve always liked how your blog combined environmental issues with financial tips. Keep up the good work.
Some good blogs on the list but several Canadian bloggers are off the list.
Unfortunately I can only find so many of them via the various lists out there. I’ve just added your blog Hollie. Any others in particular that you know I missed?
Great list, almost thought you forgot my personal favorite, canajunfinances.com, but I saw it was listed under “THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog”, lol!
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lol yeah I like people by what they call their blog even if it’s different than their url.
Proud to call myself Canadian when I’m looking at this list!!!!! I only get to vote for 5, this is a tough decision
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I hope you didn’t vote already Mandy because I’m adding your blog to the list right now.
Hi Jeremy, please add me to the list of Canadian bloggers as well!
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Just added you to the poll Andrew. Thanks for the heads up. Good luck.
Cool. It seems like the list is longer this year :0) Nice to be newly acquainted with some of these blogs that I otherwise would not have known about. Thanks again for the inclusion. Go everyone!
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Yep it is a bit longer since I decided to allow the investing blogs into this list. Last year I just included you in the investing blogs list which was quite smaller. Good luck.
Killer list and thanks for including me Jeremy.
Mr. CBB is rockin’ the vote
Take care, will promote!
Mark
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It’s actually neck and neck between him and Brighter Life, just like last year. Since it’s a 2 round poll, I have a feeling they’ll probably coast until next round and then it’ll get really interesting. My money is on Mr CBB.
Would it be possible to add “The Greater Fool”, it would be nice to know how many follow Garth Turner.
Thank you for the suggestion. I’ve decided to include Garth’s blog in the poll too.
so how do you actually vote?? I don’t see a button to select a blog?
http://www.greaterfool.ca/2013/02/15/the-candidate/comment-page-4/#comment-224159
Read his article and you will see a link, actually 2 links to click on – hope this helps.
The poll is in the post above. There should be a list of blogs with checkboxes beside them.
Great to see “The greaterfool blog” doing so well. It gives me faith that not all people have been blinded by house lust and RE porn.
Yeah he is totally dominating, especially considering he was only added to the poll this weekend. I’m surprised nobody nominated him sooner.
I don’t think you need a second round. Pretty lopsided so far. Greaterfool is actually a great blog on canadian finance and commentary.
It does seem pretty obvious who’s likely to win, but I’m still interested to see who makes it into the next round.
Greetings: I would like to share with your readers why I believe “The Greater Fool” has struck such a chord with Canadians. If one reads the history of Garth Turner, and how he got turfed by Stephen Harper, and then follow the subsequent events of the Conseratives it is easy to see that the PM is now using his majority government to run Canada like a personal fifedom. The supression of dissent and the disregard for the views of every day citizens is a given. The Turner blog not only provides commentary on financial and real estate issues, but allows people to comment on issues happening in their own communities and provinces. There are even posters from other parts of the world. Truly an amazing use of the internet to keep democracy alive and functioning. I have learned more about Canadians in the last 3 years following this blog, than I could ever do with the print media, or television. The exposure of lies, falsehoods, fraud, and media manupliation, related by Greater Fool bloggers, is an amazing process that my parents generation could never fathom. It is not surprising that many governments,and bureaucrates see the WWW as a threat to their own self interests.
Many of us from overseas follow Garths blog wishing that there was a Garth in our own country.
Aussie Roy – Keen Australian Garth follower from the beginning. Both our countries housing bubbles, have much in common.
Sounds like Garth runs a pretty interesting blog. Blogs are definitely a great media to make people more aware about issues that the mainstream is not willing to report upon. I agree that governments should be worried about how social media is changing the political scene. No longer can they sweep news under the carpet by having the mainstream media in their back pockets.
Garth Turner’s track record:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080602010029/http://stockbullz.com/What-Garth-Turner-Wrote-In-1999
This self-glorifying clown has found a niche catering to all the resentful renters who can’t afford to buy big house in an upscale neighborhood but think that they deserve to have one anyway.
Frank, I suggest you look a little closer or take off the rose colored glasses, many of Garths readers are ones who have made some serious money from RE by cashing out.
I think the point here is “You have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em”.
It’s time to fold em, not count your equity (money) while sitting at the table.
Frank, I’m one of Garth’s myriad fans. I’m also one of the allegedly “resentful renters” you so lovingly slag. But in fact, I’m actually a proud renter with a 6-figure investment portfolio who lives in a luxury condo unit for 1/3 of what it would cost me to rent money from the bank (a.k.a. mortgage) to “own” it. So you see, my dear angry friend, my landlord is in fact subsidizing my housing, even as he assumes all the risk in a rapidly declining market.
Garth is a true Canadian hero in an age of few such creatures. The fact that The Greater Fool blog is light-years ahead of every other blog in this poll should tell you something about Garth’s immense popularity among the financially literate.
Garth’s quick movement in the poll is impressive. So he obviously does have a strong following. I haven’t read much of his blog, but he does seem to pull at their emotions and focus on concerns that many people have. I do see how people could be bitter about his approach though…namely realtors, politicians and even people who want their real estate to keep increasing in value.
Every Canadian has to read Greaterfool. Every.day.
Great advice! I know I do!
I don’t know if I have time for that considering how long his posts are and the number of posts he publishes. It seems that I should at least check out his blog more though.
“While I suspect this is a fancy ploy to get more traffic flowing to his site, I’m game. So if you want to cash your ballot for GreaterFool, as opposed to one of those candy ass, pay-down-your-mortgage and put-money-in-a-jar blogs where nobody calls the host a prick everyday, then go here and vote.”
Sounds like a really nice guy……
He is, but you cherry picking quotes is lame. Having just read his last few weeks postings, his self-deprecating humour is sometimes really, really funny. It’s the realtors who call him a prick all the time.
His basic ideas seems to be 1) a balanced portfolio should not to be overweight in real estate and that includes the ‘value’ in your house. and 2) leveraged purchases like real estate don’t build as much wealth as people think, but they do build a lot of debt which can go bad fast. You only need to read a few weeks because it gets repetive fast.
He mangles some stats, but the posters call him on it. All in all seems as reasonable as those that belive they ‘earned’ their huge home value increases over the last few years.
Maybe you should look up “satire” in the dictionary. Then perhaps you might understand Garth’s immense popularity and appeal. How else to explain the fact that his blog is winning by a grotesque margin in this poll?
Yeah you can’t judge a blogger by a single quote/paragraph. I think he wrote that paragaph knowing full well that a bunch of fellow finance bloggers were going to read that. Since he has such a big following to not need to suck up to other bloggers, why not stir up a bit of controversy?
I think Gareth does an interesting job, if people take his humor too seriously it’s their fault. I appreciate the chance to see other Cdn blogs. Wouldn’t have been possible if this contest did not occur. Thanks Shaun.
PS Gareth is a nice guy actually…
I’m sure he is. People sometimes take very different approaches with their blogs than they take with people face to face. He seemed like a good guy based on our brief e-mail exchange. And no problem sharing other Canadian finance blogs. Really I’m surprised there aren’t other lists like that out there.
Hi Jeremy, great list! I’m honored to be on this list which such awesome blogs!
I’ll be promoting this in my upcoming newsletter.
cheers,
Kanwal
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Thanks Kanwal. No problem including you in this poll. I appreciate all the investing conversation via e-mail. Good luck.
I have placed my vote. Found some new interesting blogs also
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I think that may be the best part about this poll. It really exposes some Canadian blogs that people just didn’t know about.
Great to see Mr. CBB on this list. He is a very nice guy and we chat regularly.
I still have to vote for Garth Turner though. No other blog out there has as much hard data and inside information as he does. How he manages to write daily is beyond me.
I skim through a lot of other blogs, but they tend to be about how tough it is being a single mom, coupon clipping, or the old “stop buying Starbucks and save $20 a week!”.
I agree that Mr CBB is a nice guy. I chat with him a fair bit too. Since The Greater Fool is new to me, I don’t know much about what he posts. If he’s focusing more on hard data and inside information I could see why that would be more appealing to some people. A lot of people are already well aware of all the general financial advice or just aren’t interested in the blogs targeting very specific niches.
Hi Jeremy,
i think you are missing one other key/great cdn financial blog.
“mr money Moustache”.
i found MMM blog this past July, and have read every posting.
His and Garth’s are must read blogs.
Both don’t sugar coat their opinions (which i appreciate) and if you do something stupid consumer wise, MMM will even come over and “punch you right in the face!”, to emphasize his point.
MMM now resides in the US, although he is cdn born and raised.
Thanks for the suggestion koz. I know about the MMM blog, but I don’t think I realized he was Canadian born and raised. I’ve just added his blog to the poll and expect him to do rather well.
Garth Turners BLOG is the worst disinformation blog on the INTERNET bar none..VOTE ON THAT..
‘worst disinformation’…hmm does the double negative imply that Garth’s blog is the most informative?
Stew on February 18, 2013 at 10:23 am
is your name short for stew – pid?
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Ooh the gloves are coming off
I voted for “Canadian Finance Blog” – I found it the most entertaining but yet educating and inspiring.
On my way to financial independence I feel that it is one of the rare blogs who actually keep open and honest discussion and fair policy and attitude towards comments.
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I do like how he focuses a lot of Canadian issues. A lot of Canadian finance blogs, mine included, focus more on international issues. He has a pretty good sense of humor too.
MR.CBB has been fundamental in helping me budget and set myself up toget out of debt he has daily tips on meals on sales and on shops he is very helpful and answers all questions even the smallest ones. WE should all send mr cbb. our useless pennies now?
Mr CBB is definitely a good guy. I always hear solid testimonials of how helpful he has been on his blog.