{"id":57255,"date":"2023-07-31T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:38:38","slug":"unexpected-events","status":"publish","type":"rbc_my_money_matter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\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-b-0 pad-t-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6ba379fd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"h3 mar-b-0 mar-t-0\">Life can turn in a second, and not always for the better. An illness, a sudden disability, a job loss, or unexpected financial events may create emotional and financial stress. Here are ideas to help you cope with your financial stress.<\/p>\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-d83f21dc-6b7a-44e8-b330-65bf7828dda5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-loss-of-income\">Loss of Income<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/loss-of-income\/\">More from Loss of Income<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-f9b6e83a-bd55-4c66-8b26-33328622d7a5\" 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-97040\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-97040 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-budgeting tag-managing-money rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-ways-to-bank rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-debt-stress-relief rbc_mmm_category-loss-of-income rbc_mmm_category-unexpected-events\">\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=\"Man is stressed about bills, car payments, house payments, and holds his head in his hands as he looks at the bills. Confused about financial information or worried about spending money and budgeting\"\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_2415268065.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Man is stressed about bills, car payments, house payments, and holds his head in his hands as he looks at the bills. Confused about financial information or worried about spending money and budgeting\"\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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/loss-of-income\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLoss of Income\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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/loss-of-income\/how-to-budget-after-job-loss\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">How to Budget After Job Loss<\/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-b16532ff-74e5-431c-b2f8-13f053d846a1\" 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-39b29892-f225-4fed-9136-061fa13c628e\" 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-b7d10c18-3d1c-4f17-9de5-91da9bb87055\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Death of a spouse is a leading cause of stress according to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-89e4ba34-75a2-4ad6-b299-64ad938c8d65\" 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\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\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-1df6afbc-6384-4733-ac7b-b9745926aa38\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-handling-financial-stress\">Handling Financial Stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/handling-financial-stress\/\">More from Handling Financial Stress<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-7bb85160-39af-40b2-8860-415a97feef2e\" 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-57618\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-57618 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-personal-finance tag-savings rbc_content_type-article rbc_audience-students rbc_lob_group-students rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-debt-stress-relief rbc_mmm_category-handling-financial-stress rbc_mmm_category-managing-and-consolidating-debt rbc_mmm_category-struggling-to-make-ends-meet rbc_mmm_category-unexpected-events\">\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=\"464\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/09\/Stressed-about-money-Banner-wide_402x-2-scaled-1.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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/handling-financial-stress\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHandling Financial Stress\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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/handling-financial-stress\/stressed-about-money-heres-why-talking-about-it-helps\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">Stressed About Money? Here&#8217;s Why Talking About It Helps<\/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-51e53139-54cc-4000-9952-a8cc1e946801\" 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-474edbf5-243e-431c-b3a9-26e2bd9bac26\" 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-84f3c920-37db-47bc-a236-65e2f6cfd962\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"h4 mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">25% of Canadians believe they can\u2019t save more because of unexpected expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-91a32bbb-7be2-4433-ac5e-5b41fa95ac7c\" 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\">Source: RBC 2023 Financial Independence Poll<\/p>\n<\/div>\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-9cdf06d6-0fb3-416c-9648-5a2ccfe71b1b\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-0\" id=\"h-money-in-an-emergency\">Money in an Emergency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-my-money-matters-category-list\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcroyalbank.com\/en-ca\/my-money-matters\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/money-in-an-emergency\/\">More from Money in an Emergency<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-b987aca1-7254-4433-b00c-efd78fd28fb2\" 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:100%\">\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-58133\" class=\"rbcroyalbank-single-post-card single-post-card-vertical-type-2 post-58133 rbc_my_money_matter type-rbc_my_money_matter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-credit-and-debt rbc_content_type-article rbc_lob_group-ways-to-bank rbc_difficulty_level-beginner rbc_mmm_category-debt-stress-relief rbc_mmm_category-money-in-an-emergency rbc_mmm_category-unexpected-events\">\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 Plumber Fixing Dripping Sink Pipe With Adjustable Wrench\"\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\/Untitled-design-2023-07-13T140818.576.jpg?quality=80&#038;w=960\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Male Plumber Fixing Dripping Sink Pipe With Adjustable Wrench\"\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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/money-in-an-emergency\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoney in an Emergency\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\/debt-and-stress-relief\/unexpected-events\/money-in-an-emergency\/how-to-handle-a-financial-emergency-a-step-by-step-guide\/\" class=\"h4 loop-post-title mar-t-0\">How to Handle a Financial Emergency \u2014 A Step by Step Guide<\/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-0cf73f98-0f28-441a-a81e-8a96e2e6789b\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-af5a51e6-aab4-4bd5-9bc6-97181bb5bc69\" 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