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Feel confident, secure, and inspired in your financial goals with guided expertise that sees you through all of life’s challenges

Experience the difference that having personalized, proactive, big-picture thinking can make to your financial well-being in any market condition. Today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

Our dedicated Wealth Advisors pair financial planning with market-based investment support to help secure your financial future through various life milestones and market cycles. We invite you to explore our CWB Wealth website in its entirety, to view the comprehensive ways in which we can guide you on these matters. If you have questions, we’d be happy to have a conversation with you. Reach out to us at [email protected] or through the form below.  

To access your client portal, click “Online Account Access” in the right top right corner and select Canadian Western Financial from the drop-down menu.

About us

Having a knowledgeable professional in your corner, who gives personalized and proactive advice, can help you achieve better financial outcomes. At Canadian Western Financial (CWF), we take the time to understand your objectives, priorities, and risk profile to create investment recommendations specific to your needs. These are paired with financial planning guidance to help you confidently secure your financial future and experience greater peace of mind.

As a Mutual Fund Dealer, we offer access to a diverse selection of leading mutual fund solutions, including our exclusive CWB Onyx Portfolio Series, which is managed by our in-house investment team. There is also an option for a curated selection of externally managed third-party solutions, offered by some of the most experienced asset management firms.

We take a hands-on approach and actively make investment decisions using extensive research, analysis, and discernment to select investments that we believe will have better-than-benchmark outcomes. Our approach considers tax-efficient cash flows, as well as sector and geographic diversification. 

Founded in 1999, CWF operates as a subsidiary of CWB Wealth and is the mutual fund dealer within CWB Financial Group.

Our Leadership and Wealth Advisor team 

Helping you flourish in your financial goals requires insight, focus and prompt execution. Our team has a relentless dedication to showing up for you in any way they can, to ensure your financial success.
Hilmar Lemke

AVP, Wealth Advisory & Distribution Services

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Hilmar Lemke

AVP, Wealth Advisory & Distribution Services

Birju Shah, B.Mgt

Chief Compliance Officer, Canadian Western Financial

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Birju Shah, B.Mgt

Chief Compliance Officer, Canadian Western Financial

Julie Clitheroe

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

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Julie Clitheroe

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

Natasha Jahrig

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

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Natasha Jahrig

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

Rhonda Hunt, CFP®

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

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Rhonda Hunt, CFP®

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

Daisy Xiao, CFP®

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

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Daisy Xiao, CFP®

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

Tess Karlsalr

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

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Tess Karlsalr

Wealth Advisor, Canadian Western Financial

Investment solutions

Our customized strategies help you plan for all of life’s milestones and evolve with you so that you can confidently rise to any challenge. Professional money management, tax-efficient cash flows, and sector and geographic diversification are all benefits that you’ll receive from our highly experienced team. By understanding your objectives, priorities, risk tolerance and ideal future state, we create investment recommendations specific to your needs now and tomorrow, with a sharp eye on your whole financial picture.

Receive exclusive access to the CWB Onyx Portfolio Series, as well as a thorough selection of other leading mutual fund solutions.

Our proprietary investment solutions include:

Contact us

1250 - 10303 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 3N6
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (780) 429-3500 | Toll-free: 1 (855) 292-9655

Our unwavering commitment to putting you first remains constant.

We’d love to hear from you! If you’d like to connect with our Canadian Western Financial team, please fill out the form below.

Legal and disclosures

Legal

CWF is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CWB Wealth Management Ltd. (“CWB WM”) which is a majority-owned subsidiary of Canadian Western Bank (“CWB”) and a member of the CWB Financial Group, which consists of CWB and its subsidiaries and affiliates. CWF is a separate legal entity distinct from CWB WM and CWB.

Canadian Western Financial (“CWF”) is a member of the CIRO. CWF is registered as a level 2 mutual fund dealer in the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Information on this website is only intended for use by residents of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Manitoba, Canada. CWF is licensed to distribute and provide advice on mutual funds only in the preceding provinces.

This site is established solely for the exchange of information. It may not be used to place, buy or sell orders for mutual funds or to give instructions regarding accounts maintained by any user with CWF. For information regarding your existing account, contact your CWF Representative.

Mutual funds distributed by CWF are not guaranteed in whole or in part by CWB or any government agency. Important information about mutual funds is contained in their simplified prospectuses and fund facts. Obtain a copy from your CWF Representative and read it carefully before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed; their unit values, yields and investment returns change frequently and past performance may or may not be repeated. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses may all be associated with mutual fund investments.

By accessing this site, you acknowledge the following:

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