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BMO Life Insurance Calculator Canada

BMO Mortgage Protection Insurance can be convenient, but it is still a creditor-insurance decision tied to your mortgage. Run the numbers before you compare it with personally owned term life.

What this BMO calculator is comparing

BMO describes Mortgage Protection Insurance as coverage that may help pay your full or partial mortgage balance or mortgage payment after a covered event. Its life-insurance option lets borrowers choose 50% or 100% coverage of the mortgage balance, subject to the published maximums and eligibility rules.

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada says optional mortgage life insurance may pay the mortgage balance to the lender, the lender is the beneficiary, and the death benefit usually decreases as the mortgage is paid down. FCAC also says term or permanent life insurance can keep the death benefit level and pay your named beneficiary directly.

That is the decision hiding behind the monthly price. Do you want protection built around BMO's remaining loan balance, or coverage your family controls even if you refinance, renew elsewhere, or need cash for more than the mortgage?

Free estimate

Calculate BMO Mortgage Protection vs term life

BMO is preselected. Adjust age, balance, smoking status, province, and years remaining to see the side-by-side estimate.

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How to use the result safely

1. Separate the coverages

Life, critical illness, disability, and job-loss insurance solve different problems. Compare each one separately before bundling the decision.

2. Check who controls the payout

If the benefit goes toward the lender's loan balance, your family may still need flexible cash for income, childcare, taxes, or time off work.

3. Avoid a coverage gap

Keep BMO coverage active until any replacement term life policy is approved, accepted, and in force.