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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

Use guided conversation cards to spark meaningful discussions about money, finances, and financial decision-making at home or in the classroom. Choose between a deck for kids and their families or one for adults and teens.


Secondary resources

Thinking like an economist

Learn how to think like an economist by exploring how economic concepts shape everyday decision-making.

Building budgets

Build practical financial literacy skills by balancing a monthly budget using realistic, real-world scenarios, and get some practical saving and spending tips along the way.

Decoding Canadian economic data

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

Investing wisely

Introduce students to informed investment decisions and show how everyday spending and earning connect to the global economy.

Your role in the Canadian economy

Discover how individual choices connect to the Canadian economy by comparing employment, population, and spending patterns across regions.

Price check: Inflation in Canada

Understand inflation, learn how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated and create a student price index to understand how inflation affects you.

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