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Money Matters has been delivered to Canadians since 2011 and has reached over 28,700 adults. It was developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada in partnership with the Government of Canada and TD Bank Group, and was designed by literacy practitioners.

The Money Matters program continues to run with support from TD Bank Group. In fact, it’s expanded to offer a suite of free financial literacy programs to better serve adult learners:

What do all our programs have in common?

  • Written and designed with the adult learner in mind. This means:
    • approachable, discussion-based activities
    • topics based on extensive research and feedback from learners
    • literacy level 2 content (grade 6-8 reading level)
    • all financial terminology is defined—in the text, and in a glossary
  • Workshops can be delivered by host organization staff, or with optional support from TD Bank Group Volunteer-Tutors
  • Adaptable according to the needs of each specific group
  • Free – we ship all workshop materials to organizations across the country

Money Matters Core

The original program developed in 2011, aimed at the general adult learner.

  • Four workbooks to choose from:
    1. Spending Plans (also available at Money Matters Online)
    2. Banking Basics
    3. Borrowing Money
    4. RESPs and Other Ways to Save
  • 8 hours of workshop content
  • Workbooks available in English and French
  • Honorarium: ABC provides host organizations $25 per workshop delivered

Money Matters for Newcomers & New Canadians

Developed in 2015 to better serve the immigrant and refugee community, this program contains many of the same activities as our Money Matters Core program. It also includes additional information for those who are new to Canada’s banking and credit systems.

  • Two workbooks to choose from:
    1. How to Bank and Save in Canada (also available at Money Matters Online)
    2. How to Build Credit in Canada
  • 4 hours of workshop content
  • Workbooks available in English, French, Arabic and Simplified Chinese
  • Honorarium: ABC provides host organizations $25 per workshop delivered

Money Matters for Indigenous Peoples

Launched as a pilot in 2016, this program contains the same activities as the Money Matters Core program with different design and story elements in the workbooks that are reflective of Indigenous Peoples.

  • Four workbooks to choose from:
    1. Budgeting and Spending Plans
    2. Banking Basics
    3. Credit and Borrowing
    4. Saving and RESPs
  • 8 hours of workshop content
  • Workbooks available in English
  • Honorarium: ABC provides host organizations $50 per workshop delivered

Money Matters for People with Diverse Abilities

Launched nationally in 2019 and developed in direct response to requests from community learning organizations. The program modules and delivery format are adapted to best meet the needs of learners with various intellectual, verbal, physical and nonphysical capabilities.

  • Three modules include:
    1. What is a bank?
    2. Ways to Pay
    3. Needs, Wants, and Spending Plans
  • 6 hours of workshop content for seminar presentation
  • Workbooks available in English
  • Additional resource for caregivers to encourage confidence and independence for a loved one Money Matters for Caregivers
  • Honorarium: ABC provides host organizations $25 per workshop delivered
Practioners can choose to run 1, 2 or all 3 programs from the Money Matters suite.

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