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Freecycle
Red Flag Deals - a Canadian site
Frugality Forum - a Canadian site
Million Dollar Journey
Money Saving Expert - a British site, so not all the information is relevant to Canada, but there are fabulous tips here nonetheless
Debt-Proof Living - an American site, but a lot of the information is relevant to Canada too
Smart Canucks
Tightwad Gazette - another useful American site
Kijiji - Huge listings site, owned by eBay but free to use for buyers and sellers. Local versions for most Canadian cities.
Used Canada - Like an online garage sale or car boot sale. There are websites for:
- Calgary AB
- Charlottetown PEI
- Cranbrook BC (Kootenays)
- Edmonton AB
- Fredericton NB
- Gatineau QC
- Halifax NS
- Hamilton ON
- Kamloops BC
- Kelowna BC (Okanagan)
- Kingston ON
- Montreal QC
- Nanaimo BC
- Nelson BC (Kootenays)
- Oshawa ON
- Ottawa ON
- Penticton BC (Okanagan)
- Prince George BC
- Regina SK
- Saskatoon SK
- Sault Ste. Marie ON
- Sudbury ON
- Thunder Bay ON
- Toronto ON
- Vancouver BC
- Vernon BC (Okanagan)
- Victoria BC
- Winnipeg MB
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada provides excellent information about banking, credit cards, mortgages and other types of loans.
Flights - If you are paying for a UK family member to visit you in Canada, compare air fares on both British and Canadian websites. Often a company's British website will give you a more favourable fare than the same company's Canadian website. The difference in fares can be considerable.
Energyshop - Enables you to compare rates for electricity and natural gas in places in which there is more than one supplier.