Alberta Credit Counselling

We help you get your finances back on track with confidential, free, non-judgmental credit counselling.

Free Credit & Debt Counselling In Alberta

Credit Counselling Alberta – Struggling to make your minimum payments? Are debt problems affecting your sleep, health, or relationships? We can help put an end to your stress.

Canada’s Leading Provider of Non Profit Consumer Credit Counselling & Debt Solutions Services

We are an award winning non-profit consumer credit and debt counselling service providing help with debts, money management, and interest relief to Alberta. Our experienced, professionally trained and certified Counsellors can help you put together a plan to:

Create a spending plan to manage all of your living expenses
Get your finances back on track
Consolidate your debts in Alberta with just one monthly payment
Save thousands of dollars in interest
Stop collection calls from creditors

Offices

Edmonton
Suite 200 – 6005 Gateway Boulevard
Edmonton, AB T6H 2H3 view map

780-701-0083 or 1-888-527-8999

Calgary
Suite 115 – 1925 18 Avenue NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7T8 view map

403-263-9905 or 1-888-527-8999

Find Out Exactly How We Can Help
by Answering 4 Simple Questions

Not sure where to start in finding help for your specific financial situation? Answer these 4 easy multiple-choice questions to get pointed in the right direction. All you have to do is click the boxes that apply to you and then the green button when you're done.

How We Can Help Self Assessment

1. What is your primary financial concern?

Addressing my debts Creating or reviewing my budget Improving my financial knowledge (how credit works, credit report, etc.) Saving for a specific goal, such as retirement, a vacation, or major purchase Business-related issues (e.g. debt, operating losses, etc.)

2. Do you currently carry balances on any of the following? (Check all that apply)

Unsecured debts (e.g. credit cards, unsecured lines of credit or loans, payday loans) Secured debts (e.g. mortgages or secured lines of credit, car loan) Payday loans Government debts (e.g. taxes, student loans, EI) Service providers (e.g. phone/internet, utilities, gyms etc.)

3. Which of the following best describes you?

I pay off my balances in full each month I carry a balance but my debts are in “good standing” I carry a balance and I am behind in my regular payments I am receiving collection calls, letters, or threats to repossess assets I have been sued by one or more creditors

4. What is your household’s primary source of income?

No income Government Income Assistance and/or disability programs (e.g. PWD, ODSP) EI or Government pensions (e.g. CPP/OAS) Employment Self-Employment Work-based pensions

Helping people resolve their debts is what we do best. We can help you assess your situation and review all your options to deal with your debts.

People We Helped Interviewed on Global TV and CTV News

Occasionally, the news media will interview one or two Canadians we helped who are comfortable with publicly sharing their stories. Here are several of these experiences with the Credit Counselling Society.

Global News speaks with Julia Fletcher after she pays off $10,000 in debt with no interest because of the Credit Counselling Society’s help. Watch

CTV News interviews Dan Robinson after paying off $30,000 in debt at 0 interest with the help of the Credit Counselling Society. See story

Charis is interviewed by Global TV after nearly paying off $67,000 on 13 credit cards. The Credit Counselling Society helped her. Watch

See more examples of the Credit Counselling Society in the news.

Providing Canadians With Free Credit & Debt Counselling Services Since 1996

With 98% of clients surveyed reporting they would recommend our services to others, offices located in communities across Canada, the Better Business Bureau’s highest rating, and over 80 awards, the Credit Counselling Society is one of Canada’s leading credit counselling and debt relief service providers. If you need help with your debts or just want to learn how to manage your money better, call us now at 1-888-527-8999.

There’s a Way Out of Debt with Help

“I had just come to the point where I had given up hope – that there’s no way I could ever repay my debt. A friend of mine suggested I reach out, and I thought I’d get some condescending person on the phone lecture me about money, but my counsellor was the most compassionate, caring person who became sort of my own personal cheerleader.”

– Charis

More Information About Us & How We Approach Things

We’ve offered non profit consumer credit counselling for well over 25 years. 95% of Canadians who get in touch with us are often helped without being charged a cent. People only choose to pay for our help if they decide to go on our Debt Management Program. This consolidates each one of someone’s credit card and other unsecured debt payments into a single monthly payment that they can afford. The program either eliminates all credit card interest rates or drastically reduces them. Although this is a valuable program that eliminates debt, allows someone to re-establish their Alberta credit rating, protects their privacy, and gets their finances back in order as fast as possible, it’s just one of a number of ways that we’re able to help people.

We truly believe that the best debt consolidation or debt help is a solution that enables someone to get back on the right track as soon as possible while at the same time helping them accomplish their long term financial plans. Regrettably, the way we approach this is very different from the way some commission focused debt advisors, credit consultants, financial counselors, and credit advisors out there do things, but we firmly believe that when someone is having a difficult time financially, you need to carefully look into all options available to them and concentrate on what’s going to do the most to help them in the long-term. This is why we don’t pay any of our staff commission – only straight salaries. In addition to this, to ensure our organization meets the highest national and international standards, we decided to join, open ourselves to audits by, and become accountable to the most respected organizations in our industry in Canada and North America, Credit Counselling Canada and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. We also report to a volunteer board of directors and to the Canada Revenue Agency. We’re also the only Canadian organization in our industry to annually open its books to an external auditor.

If you’d like to speak with one of our professionally trained credit and debt counsellors, take a look at your financial situation, and see what options you have to get back on track, call us now at 1-888-527-8999. We’re here to help you.

The Credit Counselling Society also provides alternatives to filing for bankruptcy in Alberta.

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Ensuring Your Interests are Always First

In everything we do, our goal is to always put the interests of consumers first and do what is best for them. Two important ways we pursue this is through transparency and accountability. We are held accountable to the highest and most demanding standards in our industry.