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September 8, 2025

The Central Bank in Your Classroom

In-person or virtual program: Learn more about the Bank of Canada and career paths in economics, finance and data analysis with this informative classroom presentation led by an employee of the central bank.
September 4, 2025

Money math

Financial literacy resources for elementary students.
August 21, 2025

Whatever happened to the penny? A history of our one-cent coin.

By: Graham Iddon


The idea of the penny as the basic denomination of an entire currency system has been with Canadians for as long as there has been a Canada. But the one-cent piece itself has been gone since 2012.
Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): History
August 12, 2025

Teach financial literacy with us

This webinar recording showcases our free financial literacy math resources for grades K to 6. These lessons talk about money, math, payment methods, budgets, entrepreneurship and more. Resources are linked to all provincial and territorial curricula in math and financial literacy.
August 6, 2025

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.
August 5, 2025

Good as gold? A simple explanation of the gold standard

By: Graham Iddon


In an ideal gold standard monetary system, every piece of paper currency represents an amount of gold held by an authority. But in practice, the gold standard system’s rules were extremely and repeatedly bent in the face of economic realities.
June 23, 2025

Webinars

Join us for fascinating talks by Museum and Bank of Canada experts. Register for upcoming events or catch up on previous presentations.
June 18, 2025

Labour productivity

A business can boost productivity through capital investments, such as buying new equipment. Use this video and discussion guide to help explain the concept of productivity to your students.
June 18, 2025

What goes into the price of gas

The price of gasoline can be broken down into four key parts. Learn how each affects prices at the pump with this video and discussion guide.
June 5, 2025

Teaching the Treaties through art and artifacts

This webinar, in collaboration with the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, demonstrates the Bank of Canada Museum’s lesson plan “Five bucks: The economics of Treaty relationships”.
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