FP Canada’s 2025 Financial Stress Index has found that residents in the Prairie provinces are feeling more stressed by their financial situations than other provincial counterparts.

David Christiansen, a certified financial planner with Christiansen Wealth Advisors, shares some results.

“Overall, 42 percent of Canadians identify money as the biggest stressor in their lives and for the fourth year in a row, money stress ranks above health, relationships and work in the prairies in Manitoba, we are about 44 or 45 percent.”

Prairies data shows that we are not as hopeful about our financial futures as other Canadians,  and 43 per cent of us experience anxiety and mental health challenges because of financial stress, compared to 38 per cent nationwide.

Learn how you can address your finances and reduce the stress that comes with them, catch Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.