Global Money Week

March 16 to 22, 2026

Global Money Week is a global annual campaign promoting financial literacy in young people to help them make informed decisions and build financial resilience.

Explore our ready-to-use resources tailored for elementary and secondary educators and bring financial literacy to life in your classroom.


Elementary resources

Needs or wants? That is the question!

Determine if something is a want or a need by sorting a stack of cards featuring different expenses. Use this hands-on activity to sharpen decision-making skills and financial literacy.

Counting money and making change

Use money for skip counting and begin making change in different ways. Engaging worksheets will introduce elementary students to Canadian money and math.

Growing your savings

Help your child learn about setting financial goals. Use a plant diagram to visually track their progress to save up for a special item.

Exploring payment methods

Compare different payment methods, such as credit, debit and cash. This lesson plan uses a quiz, group work and scenarios to boost financial literacy.

Value for money: Determining unit price

Calculate unit prices and compare value for money. Use real-life shopping scenarios to determine if something is a real deal.

Entrepreneurship: Kids edition

Turn your students into young entrepreneurs as they explore business basics, budgeting and marketing. Pitching their own creative ideas is a fun way to build real-world skills and confidence.

Saving and spending

Develop positive financial habits through a saving and spending game and a goal-setting activity with real-life scenarios.

Escaping debt: The risks and benefits of borrowing

Unlock financial literacy with challenging puzzles in this classroom escape room. Students will explore financial risk, credit scores, debt and interest with worksheets and an interactive game.

Money conversation cards

Start a conversation about money and finances with our question cards. Choose between two card decks: one for kids and their families and one for adults and teens.


Secondary resources

Thinking like an economist

Introduce your students to foundational economic concepts using everyday examples.

Building budgets

Balance a monthly budget for a household and learn some financial saving and spending tips along the way.

Decoding Canadian economic data

Develop data literacy skills by interpreting charts of Canadian economic data.

Investing wisely

Make investment decisions based on what’s important to you and see how your spending and earning connects you to the global economy.

Your role in the Canadian economy

Play our game to discover how your economic profile compares with those of other Canadians. Explore population and employment data and spending habits across different regions.

Price check: Inflation in Canada

All about inflation: what it is, what it means and how it's measured. Students will learn how the consumer price index is calculated and create their own student price index to measure the prices that matter most to them.

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