{"id":57249,"date":"2023-07-28T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:10:15","slug":"goals-aspirations","status":"publish","type":"rbc_my_money_matter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals and Aspirations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block section-cool-white pos-rel  pad-t-0 pad-b-0 has-f-5-f-8-f-9-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-b-0 pad-t-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns pad-b-0 mob-pad-b-0 pad-t-0 mob-pad-t-0 pad-r-0 mob-pad-r-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca70d4b3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:32px;padding-bottom:32px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center mar-r-dbl mob-mar-r-dbl is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:32px;padding-bottom:32px;flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"h3 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">We all have dreams\u2014owning a home,\u00a0building a career, retiring early or travelling the world.\u00a0Achieve your\u00a0goals with practical insights and tips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:32px;padding-bottom:32px;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b1bcbd5e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Your goals &amp; Aspirations Matter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z9rVQT7Tc4o?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-bdf7ea19-4ac6-4138-9129-f38127886521\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0 mar-b-0\" id=\"h-the-latest\">The Latest<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-80068383-194b-402f-a397-52c5be22a9d9\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-84053\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-84053 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-personal-finance tag-relationships tag-savings rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-mortgage rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-ideas-and-motivation rbc_mmm_category-inspired-investor\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"post card image\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"640\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/02\/Feb_PSI_Peter-Nguyen.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"post card image\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/ideas-and-motivation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIdeas and Motivation\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/inspired-investor\/ideas-and-motivation\/empowered-one-influencer-guides-his-parents-through-investing\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Empowered: One Influencer Guides His Parents Through 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contributions.\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"640\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_172567265_RESPvsRRSP.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Parents happily celebrating childs graduation while knowing they have been able to balance RESP and RRSP contributions.\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/life-events\/finances-and-relationships\/parenthood\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tParenthood\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/economics-101\/understanding-interest-rates\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnderstanding Interest Rates\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/economics-101\/understanding-interest-rates\/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-announcement\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Bank of Canada Interest Rate Explained and How It Shapes Your Mortgage<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-d230d7f2-9ac6-4983-a98c-070c2cc887e8\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block section-cool-white pos-rel  pad-t-0 pad-b-0 has-f-5-f-8-f-9-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-1fe2d20f-932d-4a86-9f43-c8f86ebfe663\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mob-mar-r-hlf mob-mar-l-hlf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"h2\">\u201cIt is not your salary that makes you wealthy.&nbsp; It\u2019s&nbsp;your spending habits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-a4ee54f2-d686-43f6-ba5c-e3a47e7ed6c3\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-4248c5ce-57ef-4df0-926a-2ea30d6cdcb2\" 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percentage symbol on it, and upward and downward arrows over and below the disc to reflect the rate announcement on September 17, 2025.\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/economics-101\/understanding-interest-rates\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnderstanding Interest Rates\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/money-academy\/economics-101\/understanding-interest-rates\/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-announcement\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Bank of Canada Interest Rate Explained and How It Shapes Your Mortgage<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-96826\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-96826 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-finding-home tag-real-estate rbc_content_type-article rbc_audience-indigenous rbc_audience-newcomer rbc_audience-parents rbc_audience-relationships rbc_audience-seniors rbc_audience-students rbc_audience-youth rbc_lob_group-mortgage rbc_difficulty_level-intermediate rbc_mmm_category-buying-a-home rbc_mmm_category-buying-your-first-home rbc_mmm_category-goals-aspirations\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"A wooden toy house next to a notepad\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"636\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/HOME-BUYING-_1.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"A wooden toy house next to a notepad\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-home\/buying-your-first-home\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBuying Your First Home\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-home\/buying-your-first-home\/how-much-money-do-you-really-need-to-buy-your-first-home-in-canada\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">How much money do you really need to buy your first home in Canada?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-aee2246d-f606-4e45-895a-3e2f3c10b8d9\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-buying-a-vehicle\">Buying a Vehicle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/finding-the-right-car\/\">Finding the Right Car<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/financing-your-car\/\">Financing Your Car<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"button-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-prev hidden\"><span class=\"offscreen\">Go to previous tab<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-next 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mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Close-up of fast charger plug in vehicle charging port, woman with groceries waiting for her car to be charged on background\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"640\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Image-for-AF-article-4-Things-to-Know-about-Buying-and-Owning-an-Electric-Vehicle-1.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Close-up of fast charger plug in vehicle charging port, woman with groceries waiting for her car to be charged on background\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/finding-the-right-car\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding the Right Car\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/finding-the-right-car\/4-things-to-know-about-buying-and-owning-an-electric-vehicle\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">4 Things to Know about Buying (and Owning) an Electric Vehicle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-92342\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-92342 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-automobile rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-auto-finance rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-buying-a-vehicle rbc_mmm_category-financing-your-car rbc_mmm_category-goals-aspirations\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Male car dealer holds open the door of a small, grey car and explains its features as a smiling female car buyer peers in to get a look at the car&#039;s interior\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"960\"\n\t\t\theight=\"640\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/02\/iStock-638220602.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Male car dealer holds open the door of a small, grey car and explains its features as a smiling female car buyer peers in to get a look at the car&#039;s interior\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/financing-your-car\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinancing Your Car\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/buying-a-vehicle\/financing-your-car\/car-buyers-checklist\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">8 Important Questions to Ask When Buying a Car<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-fe8bbee9-2e4a-4e48-8f5b-feeb3e735079\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-travel-and-cross-border\">Travel and Cross-Border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/planning-for-a-big-trip\/\">Planning for a Big Trip<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/buying-or-refinancing-a-us-property\/\">Buying or Refinancing a US Property<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/travelling-and-shopping-in-the-us\/\">Travelling and Shopping in the US<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/studying-in-the-us\/\">Studying in the US<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/living-in-the-us\/\">Living in the US<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"button-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-prev hidden\"><span class=\"offscreen\">Go to previous tab<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-next hidden\"><span class=\"offscreen\">Go to next tab<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-8d2bd2d0-49f5-45dd-89a3-c5a9c3da9a6b\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns  mar-b-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-r mob-mar-r-0 mar-b-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-57691\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-57691 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-banking-digital-banking tag-budgeting tag-credit-and-debt tag-cross-border tag-cyber-tips tag-international-trade tag-managing-money tag-paying-for-school tag-payments tag-personal-finance tag-shopping tag-snowbird tag-students tag-travel-tips rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-cross-border rbc_difficulty_level-intermediate rbc_mmm_category-goals-aspirations rbc_mmm_category-living-in-the-us rbc_mmm_category-planning-for-a-big-trip rbc_mmm_category-studying-in-the-us rbc_mmm_category-travel-and-cross-border rbc_mmm_category-travelling-and-shopping-in-the-us\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"A couple reviewing bills.\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"post-card-image\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"930\"\n\t\t\theight=\"620\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/09\/TD-2022-12-23T120648.733-1.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"A couple reviewing bills.\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-post-image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-7 mob-mar-t-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-taxonomy primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/planning-for-a-big-trip\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlanning for a Big Trip\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/travel-and-cross-border\/planning-for-a-big-trip\/from-here-to-there-six-ways-for-canadians-to-pay-u-s-bills-when-in-canada\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Paying U.S. Bills From Canada: 6 Ways To Make Cross-Border Bill Payment Easier<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-13ba68d0-fe86-436d-a672-ddca5d0f3293\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr pad-t-0 pad-b-0 pad-l-0 pad-r-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner pad-l-0 pad-r-0 pad-b-0 pad-t-0\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-a00e4810-728b-43ea-8e57-339f5c7d1f3e\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-medium-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-b4d64939-e944-4aee-ab75-6a6ad1a6b47e\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">46% of Canadians have a financial plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-72231853-bde2-413e-94fc-b345c3c7bbb4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-black-tint-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Source: RBC 2023 Financial Independence Poll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-aefe7f48-17ca-4723-9bb2-2cdb74046385\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block pos-rel top-line-blue block-wpr pad-t-0 pad-b-0 pad-l-0 pad-r-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-block-inner-block block-inner pad-l-0 pad-r-0 pad-b-0 pad-t-0\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-3c3accfc-1ad7-43fc-bb00-66302f92c491\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-medium-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-416fd8ba-4043-4f5d-beb4-ce4ee98a9ab5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Over half of Canadians believe retiring comfortably is their most important investing goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-32cf0d2a-b05e-4c5c-ba87-c4cefe7c57c7\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0 has-black-tint-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-weight:400\">Source: RBC 2023 Financial Independence Poll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-7459969d-fd3a-4864-846c-02c8d6da00a1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t-0 pad-b-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-dbc7d013-a120-4b52-84d4-d5ba5d7d4f2a\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-school-and-career\">School and Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/school-and-career\/going-to-college-or-university\/\">Going to College or University<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/school-and-career\/finding-a-job\/\">Finding a Job<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/school-and-career\/continuing-education\/\">Continuing Education<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/goals-aspirations\/school-and-career\/medical-or-dental-students\/\">Medical or Dental Students<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"button-ctrl\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-prev hidden\"><span class=\"offscreen\">Go to previous tab<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button-next hidden\"><span class=\"offscreen\">Go to next tab<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-9d26fc44-0d8a-4973-b0f7-8aacd934147c\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-2 most-recent-by-taxonomy-standard-tall\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-57555\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-57555 rbc_my_money_matter 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class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-97092 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-managing-money tag-paying-for-school tag-resp tag-rrsp rbc_content_type-article rbc_audience-parents rbc_audience-students rbc_lob_group-ways-to-bank rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-finances-and-relationships rbc_mmm_category-goals-aspirations rbc_mmm_category-going-to-college-or-university rbc_mmm_category-life-events rbc_mmm_category-parenthood rbc_mmm_category-school-and-career\">\n\t<div class=\"col-wpr display-flex mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-5 mob-mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\trole=\"img\" \n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Parents happily celebrating childs graduation while knowing they have been able to balance RESP and RRSP 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