Authoritative FP I resources from the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI), including the official course, curriculum, and exam-credits pages.
On this page
Use these links as your source of truth for FP I. CSI updates course structure, curriculum scope, and exam-administration details on its own pages first, so use the official material to confirm anything operational before exam week.
FP I is not just a chapter list. It is the first real CSI planning-development paper, so the value of the official source set is mostly in confirming route fit, the live weighting, and the current curriculum sequence before you build mixed-review habits.
it tells you the exact topic map and prevents random study order
move to the exam-credits page
it tells you what CSI is weighting most heavily
build your reading plan in this guide
it turns the official outline into a real study sequence
open exact FP I practice after the chapter map is stable
that is the right time to test mixed recommendation quality, not just topic recognition
What the public source set does not include
At the time this guide was built, the saved public source set for FP I did not include a downloadable official workbook or sample paper. That means the official course, curriculum, and exam-credits pages do most of the official work here.
Strongest use of the official source set
Source
Best use
course page
confirm whether FP I is still the right paper for your stage in the CSI planning path
curriculum
build the chapter order and keep the planning-process layer first
exam credits
decide where final-review time belongs once the chapter map is stable
exact web practice
train mixed recommendation quality after the planning-process and core domains are already connected
Common weak resource habits
using the course overview page as if it were the full study outline
ignoring the exam-credits page and therefore missing the weighting signal
starting mixed practice before the planning-process and budgeting/tax/investment core is stable
assuming the public official layer will give you a full sample-paper experience
treating FP I like a shorter version of FP II instead of its own first-stage planning paper
How to use these resources for FP I
Build your chapter order from the curriculum page, but use the exam-credits page when you need to prioritise the highest-weight material under time pressure.
Treat the course page as the operational source for enrollment and route-positioning updates, not as your substitute for the curriculum and exam-credits pages.
Use this guide for the teaching layer and exact web practice for mixed-review execution, because the public official layer is thinner than a full workbook or sample-paper set.
Recheck CSI before booking or sitting the exam if your notes were built from an older enrollment cycle.
If your real decision is FP I now versus WME first or QAFP later, use the official FP I course page to confirm the route fit and use this guide to translate that choice into actual study order.