Who We Are

Your wealth does not begin and end with the investments in your portfolio.

Since 1995, Fabien Ouellette has been helping high net worth individuals, charitable institutions and business owners manage their wealth and financial life plan in a prudent and proactive approach.

As a Quintessence Wealth Portfolio Manager, Fabien Ouellette provides comprehensive wealth management services with due consideration to the elements of taxation, market-related forces, and undue speculation.

ABOUT US ABOUT Q WEALTH

Our Team

Behind our advanced financial life planning and Q Wealth’s custom discretionary portfolio management is a team of real people who work hard and invest in you.

Fabien Ouellette CMT, CFTe, CIM, FCSI

Partner – Quintessence Wealth
Portfolio Manager – Quintessence Wealth
Financial & Estate Planning Advisor – WealthLife Capital

After a successful 10-year career in the Canadian Military, Fabien moved to financial planning and international asset management over 27 years ago. Since 1993, he’s advised wealthy individuals, families and business owners at firms ranging from large global asset managers to boutique firms, including Merrill Lynch, CIBC Wood Gundy and yourCFO Advisory Group.

In 2011, Fabien joined Larry Berman at ETF Capital Management as investment committee member, and later was tasked with managing the firm’s operations before the firm’s name was changed to Q Wealth Partners in 2018, to better reflect the enhanced role it played as a national partner-owned portfolio management firm. Fabien then became Partner at Q Weatlh and began operating as WealthLife Capital.

Arjun Singh

Administrator
Quintessence Wealth

Brandon Berman CIM

Head Trader

Monique Madan CFP, CFDS

Head of Financial
Life Strategy

Catherine Dorna CFA

Chief Compliance Officer
Quintessence Wealth

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Wealth Insights

RRSP Planning and Understanding the RRSP Deduction Limit and Available Contribution Statement

February 13, 2026

Funding retirement is a top priority for most Canadians, and the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) serves as the primary retirement savings vehicle for those who are not members of a workplace pension plan. Retirement savings should ideally be considered year-round, but the topic tends to attract the most attention in the first 60 days of each year as RRSP contributions made in that timeframe can be deducted on the previous year’s Income Tax and Benefit Return (T1).

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Quintessence Wealth (Q Wealth) is a partnership that is registered as a portfolio manager, exempt market dealer and investment fund manager. The portfolio manager registration allows Q Wealth to provide investment advice to its clients. The exempt market dealer registration allows Q Wealth to engage in trading activity. These services are provided by Q Wealth through registered advising representatives and dealing representatives, respectively.

Q Wealth is a partnership that is owned by its partners, including WealthLife Capital. As a client of Q Wealth, you may receive services from both Q Wealth and WealthLife Capital. Note that individuals from WealthLife Capital will only provide investment advice and trading advice if they are registered as advising representatives and dealing representatives of Q Wealth, and in providing such services, they will be doing so on behalf of Q Wealth only. WealthLife Capital may however provide wealth management services such as financial planning, estate and retirement planning, insurance, group benefits and others.

Q Wealth Partners is a registered trade name of Quintessence Wealth, a registered as a Portfolio Manager in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon, an Investment Fund Manager in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Quebec, an Exempt Market Dealer in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, and a Commodity Trading Manager in Ontario. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is the principal regulator for Quintessence Wealth. Please visit www.qwealth.com for more information.

Security.
Clarity.
Confidence.

The realization of your dreams
and goals is what matters to us.

Who We Are

Your wealth does not begin and end with the investments in your portfolio.

What We Do

We focus on managing your wealth, but we place your best interest above all else.

Proactive Portfolio Management

Advanced Financial Life Planning

Estate Planning

A Great Service Platform

Our Team

Behind our advanced financial life planning and Q Wealth’s custom discretionary portfolio management is a team of real people who work hard and invest in you.

Fabien Ouellette CMT, CFTe, CIM, FCSI