A parent who stops working also won't
accrue contribution room in their RRSP or make Canadian Pension Plan contributions, and the family will lose the $ 7,000 per child annual tax deduction.
But as soon as you turn 18 years old you begin
accruing TFSA
contribution room regardless of how much you earn: with the annual limit now at $ 10,000, this year's high school grads could have more than $ 50,000 of TFSA
room by the time they start their first career.