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Your career. Your future.

Some people dream of success, some make it happen.

Reach your potential with Canada Life

Do you want to help people achieve their financial goals and dreams and take control of your success?

As a financial advisor affiliated with Canada Life, you can make a difference – for your clients, yourself and your family – on your terms.

At Canada Life, we want to send a clear message to Canadians about who we are and what we stand for. Now, more than ever, Canadians can benefit from advice to improve their financial, physical and mental well-being. That’s what you can do as an advisor affiliated with Canada Life each and every day.

A career with greater rewards

As an advisor affiliated with Canada Life you build long-term relationships with their clients by offering financial security planning and trusted advice.

Through working with Canadians for over 175 years, Canada Life understands how to build a program that provides advisors what they need to succeed. Our structured support system helps you to achieve your goals and gives you the opportunity to build a successful business. Your days will be spent making meaningful connections with people and seeing the results of the work you’ve done for them.

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Ready to take the first step toward building your business with Canada Life?

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See what Canada Life has to offer

Compare us to the competition: 

What you get

Canada Life

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Team of experts to help coach you to successfully reach the necessary certifications to become an advisor (Life License (LLQP) and investment license (IFIC) designations)

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On-going professional development and opportunities for peer sharing within a national network
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Corporately sponsored and facilitated Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Financial Planner (F. PL.) program

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Potential to create or join a firm with professional support and resources

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Access to intuitive technology and digital planning, meeting, and application tools to process most business digitally and quickly

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Access to in-house product experts to support you with more complex plans and client meetings

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A diverse suite of wealth and individual insurance products

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Talent and business consultants to help you and a firm that you join ensure the right fit and a seamless on-boarding process


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Advisor stories

Tell us about your career as a financial advisor.

Reach your potential with Canada Life

Lyndsey’s story

For Lyndsey, the flexibility of a career as a financial security advisor allows her to spend more time with her family.

Calvin’s story

Calvin explains what he loves about being a financial advisor.

Ryan’s story

Ryan's experience as a semi-professional hockey player helped prepare him for a career as a financial advisor.

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Ready to take the first step toward building your business with Canada Life?

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Why join us?

Canadians have trusted us to provide for their financial security needs and to deliver on our promises for over 175 years. It’s that strength and stability you and your clients will benefit from.  

Here’s what some of our financial advisors say about finding a career that works for them:

“I believe my success so far has been a mixture of many reasons. Hard work, competitiveness, goal setting and our team of support create a recipe for success in our business.” - Bryan, Halifax, Nova Scotia

“Canada Life is a great company; it provides great training, support and continued learning opportunities. I love my career, I care about my clients and I trust the products and services that I provide.” - Joanna, Edmonton, Alberta

  • We support you

    Benefit from the strength, history and market-leading support of Canada Life and build your business to serve Canadians.

    With support tailored to where you are at in your career, we ensure you’re set up for success.

  • Learn and grow

    Canada Life’s professional development programs give you the chance to learn from industry experts and to network with other advisors.

  • Competitive compensation

    Commission-based compensation rewards the work you put into building your client base. Our competitive compensation package includes: 

    • Up-front commissions
    • Productivity-based bonuses
  • Technology to support your practice

    Benefit from an organization that understands you need technology to do your job well, like specialized software and regular access to technical support. We’re always exploring and investing in tools and technologies designed to help you succeed. For example, we offer SimpleProtect™, an industry-leading insurance application that allows you to process business digitally and quickly

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Ready to take the first step toward building your business with Canada Life?