Canadian Wealth Secrets
What if building wealth wasn't about finding the next investment... but about building the right financial system?
Canadian Wealth Secrets is an education-first wealth planning platform designed for incorporated business owners and high-income Canadians who want to build, optimize, protect, and eventually transfer their wealth with greater confidence.
Hosted by former mathematics teachers, serial entrepreneurs, and long-time investors Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr, the show was created after discovering that many of the most effective wealth-building strategies available to successful Canadians simply weren't being discussed openly—or were being explained in isolation without showing how they fit into a complete financial plan.
That's why we built Canadian Wealth Secrets.
We believe that understanding should always come before implementation.
Instead of selling products or chasing investment trends, we teach you how to think about your wealth as a complete system.
Every episode is designed to help you better understand one or more of the Four Stages of Holistic Wealth Planning:
Stage 1: Design Your Vision for Freedom
Clarify what financial freedom actually means for you and build a wealth plan around your ideal lifestyle—not someone else's.
Stage 2: Build Your Wealth Reservoir
Create financial optionality by establishing safe, predictable capital that allows you to confidently invest, navigate uncertainty, and seize opportunities.
Stage 3: Optimize Your Wealth Plan
Learn how successful Canadians structure corporations, investments, taxes, leverage, insurance, and cash flow to build stronger active and passive income flywheels.
Stage 4: Legacy & Estate Strategy
Protect your family, your business, and your life's work while transferring wealth as efficiently as possible to the next generation.
Whether you're just beginning your wealth-building journey or already managing multiple corporations, investment properties, or a seven-figure portfolio, Canadian Wealth Secrets helps you connect the dots between tax planning, investing, insurance, business ownership, and long-term financial freedom.
Our mission is simple:
To help Canadians make better wealth decisions by first helping them understand how the system works.
Beyond the podcast, you'll find a growing educational ecosystem including our YouTube channel, free self-paced masterclass, Wealth Pathways Assessment, proprietary wealth planning tools, and complimentary one-on-one strategy calls designed to help you identify your next best move with clarity and confidence.
When implementation makes sense, our licensed team and trusted strategic partners can help you execute many of the strategies discussed on the show—including corporate wealth management, tax-efficient insurance strategies, alternative investments, and other advanced wealth planning solutions. As always, our education comes first, and there's never any obligation to work with us.
If you're ready to stop collecting financial tips and start building a complete wealth system, you're in the right place.
Topics we cover:
Canadian tax planning
Corporate wealth management
Wealth planning for incorporated business owners
Corporate-owned participating whole life insurance (COLI)
The Smith Maneuver
Corporate investing
Passive income strategies
Retirement planning
RRSP and RRIF strategies
Estate and legacy planning
Dividend investing
Income investing
Covered Call ETFs
Index investing
Private equity (PE)
Real estate investing
Financial independence Retire Early (FIRE)
Canadian personal finance
Wealth preservation
If you enjoy The Rational Reminder, The Wealthy Barber, Build Wealth Canada, The Canadian Investor, The Money Guy Show, BiggerPockets, or The Canadian Real Estate Investor, you'll feel right at home here.
Episodes
284 episodes
The AI Bubble Just Broke Your Retirement Plan
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Why "Defer, Defer, Defer" Can Leave Canadian Business Owners Stuck at Retirement
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Are You Investing Enough—or Just Following Outdated Financial Advice?
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How To Use A Pension Plan to Build Tax-Deferred Wealth
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How Risky Is Leveraged Investing? Have Canadian Investors Been Thinking About Risk All Wrong?
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Ontario Corporate Tax Rate Drops to 11.2%—So Why Are Business Owners Worse Off?
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The Passive Income Mistake You Need To Avoid as a Canadian Business Owner
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The Smith Manoeuvre vs. Cash Damming: What Canadian Investors Need to Know
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Ultimate RRSP / RRIF Meltdown Strategies to Pay Zero Tax in Canada
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Let Passive Income Stay Passive. Your Retirement Plan Will Thank You
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The 5 Investor Personality Types That Determine Your Financial Success in 2026
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The Smarter Way to Fund Retirement: The Income Factory Strategy
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They Built a Successful Business. Then Their Income Dropped – Here’s the System They Were Missing
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From Retained Earnings to Tax-Free Cashflow: A Smarter Corporate Wealth Strategy
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Financial Freedom Reverse Engineering: A Guide For Canadians
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A Smarter Way to Use Retained Earnings Without Triggering a Huge Tax Bill
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The Micro Habit That Can Build Wealth for Years You Need To Hear
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He Wanted to Retire at 55… But His Business Wouldn’t Let Him
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DIY Investing vs. Financial Advisor: What’s Really Costing You More?
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Fixing a $7M Canadian Retirement Plan Gone Wrong
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How to Handle Stock Market Drawdowns Without Ruining Your Retirement Plan
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What ‘The Psychology of Money’ Gets Wrong About Portfolio Diversification
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Stop Taking Dividends (Until You Hear This)
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