Our Dime - Wealthsimple Investment Platform Audit

Wealthsimple

Parent company: Power Corporation of Canada

Investment Platform

Category: Simplified trading

wealthsimple.com

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True North

90%

Capital: Canada

Capital: Canada (profits)

Control: Canada

Control: Canada (decisions)

Wealthsimple achieves a True North score of 90, reflecting high economic retention within Canada. The platform is majority-owned by a Canadian financial conglomerate and maintains its strategic and operational core in Toronto. While it utilizes domestic clearing, it relies on global market infrastructure for international securities trading.

Vector Breakdown

Inputs

low

10 /20

The platform utilizes its own Canadian clearing entity for domestic trades while leveraging global infrastructure for international market access. Detailed geographic distribution of infrastructure spending is not publicly disclosed.

Capital

Capital (profits)

high

40 /40

The entity is majority-owned by a Canadian-based diversified management and holding company. Profits and dividends primarily flow to Canadian shareholders and parent entities.

Control

Control (decisions)

high

20 /20

Corporate headquarters and strategic leadership are based in Toronto. The platform's executive decisions and product roadmaps are developed within Canada.

Operations

high

20 /20

The company maintains a significant domestic employment footprint for its engineering, compliance, and customer support divisions. All primary brokerage operations are conducted within Canada.

Forensic Summary

Research Snapshot

Checked: 2026-01-22

Platform name (payload): Wealthsimple
Official domain: wealthsimple.com
Canonical Canada URL: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca

Corporate Footprint

Parent company: Wealthsimple Technologies Inc.
Headquarters location: Toronto, ON

Sources

Parent company

"Wealthsimple is a financial services company... Wealthsimple Technologies Inc. is the parent company."
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Headquarters

"Wealthsimple is a financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada."
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Canada Availability

Available

Confidence: high

Provinces: National

Available in each province and territory of Canada.

Source

"Wealthsimple's products and services are available to Canadian residents."

Source

Pricing & Fees

Stock/ETF commission: $0
Options contract fee: Unknown
FX conversion fee: 1.5%
Account minimum: $0
Management fee: 0.5%
Monthly fee: $0

Management fee is 0.5% for Core; reduced for Premium (0.4%) and Generation (0.2%-0.4%).

Source

"$0 commission stock trading... 0.5% management fees... 1.5% currency conversion fee... No account minimums."

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Account Types & Access

Account types

Self-directed: Yes

Managed/robo: Yes

Crypto trading: Yes

Registered accounts

TFSA

RRSP

FHSA

RESP

RRIF

LIRA

Non-registered

Platform access

Mobile app: Yes

Web platform: Yes

Offers self-directed (Trade), managed (Invest), and crypto accounts.

Available on iOS, Android, and web browsers.

Sources

Account types

"We offer the following account types at Wealthsimple: TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, RRIF, LIRA, and non-registered accounts."

Source

Platform access

"Wealthsimple is available on mobile (iOS and Android) and on the web."

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Investor Protection

CIPF member: Yes

Regulator: CIRO

Wealthsimple Investments Inc. is a member of CIRO and CIPF.

Source

"Wealthsimple Investments Inc., is a member of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) and customer accounts are protected by the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF)."

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