Financial literacy

August 12, 2025
Teach financial literacy with us

August 12, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)
Join our live webinar about our elementary school resources that make learning math and financial literacy fun.

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
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.

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
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.

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, Geography Grade level(s): Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
June 2, 2025
Saving and spending

Students will experience financial goal setting, planning and setbacks. They will plan for a character’s short- and long-term financial goals by using saving and spending strategies.

Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06
May 22, 2025
Speculating on the piggy bank

By: Graham Iddon

Ever since the first currencies allowed us to store value, we’ve needed a special place to store those shekels, drachmae and pennies. And the piggy bank—whether in pig form or not—has nearly always been there.

Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Arts, Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Geography, Health, History, Math, Science Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
May 16, 2025
Entrepreneurship: Kids edition

Learn from the experiences of successful young entrepreneurs, then create your own business model and pitch your business.

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
March 28, 2025
Budgets: Math for life

Students will use math skills to create a budget for a class event or activity.

Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
January 22, 2025
Value for money: Determining unit price

Grade 4 students will learn how to calculate a product’s unit price and total cost and determine if something is a real deal.

Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04
November 6, 2024
You Are the Economy: Your guide to economic and financial literacy for Grades 7 to 12

Join the Bank of Canada Museum for a live webinar about our new free suite of economic and financial lesson plans!

Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, Geography, Health, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
October 11, 2024
Exploring payment methods

Grade 4 students will learn about different payment methods and how to decide which to use.

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