Built for Canadians ยท Free forever

Your first
salary, handled.

A personal finance app for Canadians navigating their first career job. Understand your taxes, set savings goals, and actually know where your money goes. Education is built into every step.

No credit card
No ads
No financial advice
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June 2026

Good morning, Mobina ๐Ÿ‘‹

Net this month

+$1,247

Income

+$3,800

Expenses

-$2,553

Rate

33%

Health

78

Strong

Grade B+

Insight

Your savings rate is above the 20% benchmark.

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May rent

-$1,800

๐Ÿ’ธ

Paycheque

+$3,800

๐Ÿ›’

Grocery run

-$156

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financial lessons

built for Canadians

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first-job checklist items

every new grad needs

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provinces supported

including Quebec

100%

free, forever

no paywalls, ever

How it works

Up and running in two minutes.

No spreadsheets. No jargon. No bank access required.

01

Create your free account

Sign up with Google or email in under 30 seconds. No credit card, no billing info. Just your email.

02

Enter your salary & province

Ferni instantly calculates your exact take-home pay, tax breakdown, CPP, and EI for any of Canada's 13 provinces.

03

Build your financial life

Track spending, set savings goals, work through your first-job checklist, and learn Canadian finance as you go.

Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Ferni covers the full picture of your financial life, from your first paycheque to your first investment.

Monthly Budget

Track every dollar in and out. Add transactions by category, mark recurring expenses, and see spending vs. a recommended allocation. No spreadsheet required.

Salary Calculator

See your exact take-home pay after federal and provincial income tax, CPP, and EI. Available for all 13 Canadian provinces. Plus: RRSP impact and debt payoff calculators.

Savings Goals

Set a target, track contributions, hit milestones (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). Goal templates for emergency fund, TFSA maxout, first home, student debt, and parental leave.

First Job Checklist

9 financial moves every Canadian new grad should make, from reviewing your pay stub to opening a TFSA. Each item has a deep-dive explanation and lesson link.

Learn Hub

16 short lessons on taxes, TFSA vs RRSP, credit scores, investing, emergency funds, salary negotiation, and parental leave. Plus a 40-term financial glossary.

Financial Health Score

A 0โ€“100 score across 7 criteria: savings rate, positive net, salary set, goals active, transactions logged, checklist progress, and financial resilience.

Smart Insights

Personalized tips based on your actual data: overspending alerts, goal progress, and missing setup steps. No generic advice.

Salary & Pay Equity

Salary negotiation scripts, parental leave financial planning, and a pay equity panel in the salary calculator. Knowing your worth is part of every career.

The app

See every feature
in action.

Every screen is designed to be clear, fast, and educational, even when you're just checking a number.

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Monthly Budget

โ€น

June 2026

โ€บ

Income

+$3,800

Expenses

-$2,553

Net

+$1,247

Month-end forecast: $2,553. On pace for a positive month.

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May rent

Housing

-$1,800

๐Ÿ’ธ

Paycheque

Income

+$3,800

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Grocery run

Food

-$156

๐ŸŽ‰

Coffee & fun

Fun

-$89

๐ŸšŒ

Presto card

Transport

-$156

Your money, categorized automatically.

Track income and expenses by month. Mark bills as recurring so they auto-populate every month. Import directly from your bank's CSV export.

7 spending categories with Canadian averages

Spending forecast: projects your month-end total

Month-in-review banner for past months

Budget allocations with overspend warnings

CSV import from any Canadian bank statement

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June 2026

Good morning, Mobina ๐Ÿ‘‹

Net this month

+$1,247

Income

+$3,800

Expenses

-$2,553

Rate

33%

Health

78

Strong

Grade B+

Insight

Your savings rate is above the 20% benchmark.

๐Ÿ 

May rent

-$1,800

๐Ÿ’ธ

Paycheque

+$3,800

๐Ÿ›’

Grocery run

-$156

๐Ÿ”’ fernifinance.vercel.app/dashboard/budget

Monthly Budget

โ€น

June 2026

โ€บ

Income

+$3,800

Expenses

-$2,553

Net

+$1,247

Month-end forecast: $2,553. On pace for a positive month.

๐Ÿ 

May rent

Housing

-$1,800

๐Ÿ’ธ

Paycheque

Income

+$3,800

๐Ÿ›’

Grocery run

Food

-$156

๐ŸŽ‰

Coffee & fun

Fun

-$89

๐ŸšŒ

Presto card

Transport

-$156

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Savings Goals

Closest to goal
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Emergency Fund

142 days remaining

On track
Halfway!

Progress

68%

$5,100

of $7,500

Save $234/month to hit target

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TFSA Maxout 2026

Behind

$980

of $7,000

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Salary Calculator

See exactly what lands in your account after Canadian taxes, CPP, and EI.

Take-home biweekly

$2,156

$56,056/yr after tax ยท 19.5% effective rate

Gross per pay

$2,692

Federal income tax

โˆ’$198

Ontario tax

โˆ’$142

CPP

โˆ’$145

EI

โˆ’$51

Net take-home

$2,156

Mission

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Most financial apps are built for people who already have money.
Ferni is built for the moment before that.

Your first real paycheque. Your first time seeing a tax deduction and not knowing what CPP is. Your first apartment, your first TFSA, your first time trying to save and spend and still have anything left.

Ferni is built for that learning curve, by a Canadian who lived it and couldn't find the right tool.

Mobina Toorani

Founder, Ferni

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Canadian-first

Built for Canadian tax law, Canadian accounts (TFSA, RRSP, FHSA), and Canadian benchmarks. Not a US app with a maple leaf on it.

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Equity-aware

Salary negotiation scripts, parental leave financial planning, and pay equity tools. The financial system doesn't treat everyone the same, and knowing that matters.

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Education over jargon

Every feature teaches. Hover any financial term to get a plain-English definition. No acronyms without explanations.

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Honest and free

No hidden fees. No upsells. No "premium" features behind a paywall. No financial advice, just information and tools.

The reality for Canadians

63%

of Canadians say money is their top source of stress

It's not a personal failure. It's a system that doesn't teach this.

42%

of Canadians have no emergency fund

Financial precarity is the norm, not the exception.

2 in 3

Canadians have never made a budget

The tools exist. The education doesn't. That's what Ferni fixes.

Roadmap

Where this is going.

Ferni is built in public. Every session is documented, every decision is visible. Here's what's live and what's coming next.

Core suite: Budget, Goals, Salary, Learn, Checklist, Health Score

The complete first-job financial toolkit. Free to use today.

Available now

Ferni the Mascot + hover glossary + debt payoff calculator

An animated mascot with daily finance tips, inline term definitions, and a debt payoff simulator.

Available now

Ask Ferni: AI finance guide

Conversational answers to your Canadian money questions in plain English. No financial advice, just clear information.

In development

Bill calendar

See all your upcoming recurring bills in a calendar view. Never miss a payment, never be surprised.

Planned

Net worth tracker

Track assets and liabilities over time. Watch your net worth grow month over month.

Planned

Bank CSV smart import

Auto-categorize transactions from any Canadian bank statement using pattern matching.

Planned

Monthly email check-ins

A brief monthly digest of your financial health, delivered to your inbox.

Future

Security & Privacy

Your data is yours. Always.

Built on Supabase (SOC 2 Type II), encrypted in transit and at rest, and open source on GitHub. Trust shouldn't be invisible.

256-bit AES
TLS 1.3
PIPEDA
Open source

Zero bank access

Ferni never asks for banking credentials, SIN, or account numbers. You control what you share.

Row Level Security

Every query is scoped to your user ID. No code path can ever read another user's data, enforced at the database.

No data selling. Ever.

Ferni makes no money from ads or data brokers. Your financial data is never shared with third parties.

PIPEDA compliant

Built for Canadians, complying with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

FAQ

Questions? Answered.

Your first salary
deserves a plan.

Built by a Canadian, for Canadians starting out. Free forever. No ads, no financial advice, no paywalls. Just the tools you needed when you got your first offer letter.

Takes 2 minutes to set up. Sign up with Google โ†’