04/28/2026
DO NOT designate your spouse as a "Beneficiary" in your TFSA,
instead name as a "Successor Holder".
✅️ Successor holder: Your spouse automatically takes over the TFSA after you pass away, keeping the Tax-Free status intact.
❌️ Beneficiary: They receive the funds Tax-Free, but the TFSA stops being a TFSA.
Bottom line:
Successor holder = keeps the TFSA. Beneficiary = only gets the funds.