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• May 16, 2025

  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.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1
• May 6, 2025

  The Greatest Stories Ever Told

  

  Artworks by Canadian artist Ho Tam, inspired by the symbols found on money.
• May 2, 2025

  Money that Almost Was

  

  An exhibit of proposed bank note designs from 1935 to 1999.
• March 28, 2025

  Budgets: Math for life

  

  Introduce budgeting concepts and best practices by planning an event. Students will build skills with fractions, decimals and percentages using worksheets and hands-on activities.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
• March 17, 2025

  Global Money Week

  

  Check out our elementary and secondary resources.
• March 3, 2025

  March Break at the Museum

  

  Share part of your March Break with us at the Museum. Drop in for free family activities about counterfeiting and how our bank notes are designed to prevent it or check out our online activities.
• February 26, 2025

  New acquisitions—2024 edition

  By: David Bergeron, Krista Broeckx

  
  

  

  Bank of Canada Museum’s acquisitions in 2024 highlight the relationships that shape the National Currency Collection.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• February 11, 2025

  Money’s metaphors

  By: Phillipe Audet-Cayer, Graham Iddon, Patricia Marando

  
  

  

  Buck, broke, greenback, loonie, toonie, dough, flush, gravy train, born with a silver spoon in your mouth… No matter how common the expression for money, many of us haven’t the faintest idea where these terms come from.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• January 22, 2025

  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.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04
• November 7, 2024

  Family Fun Weekends

  

  Pop into the Museum for Family Fun Weekends on December 7 and 8 and December 14 and 15 for activities offering both financial know how and fun.