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Initiative Details Money Matters

A free introductory financial literacy program for adult learners. The program offers free resources, workshops, and online courses to help learners increase their confidence to better manage their finances.

Initiative type

  • Workshop/webinar

Demographics collected

  • Age
  • Education
  • Ethno-cultural group
  • First language
  • Gender
  • Immigration status
  • Physical or mental disability
  • Province/territory of residence
  • Status or non-status indigenous person
  • Urban/rural
  • Visible minority

Target population

  • General public
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Newcomers
  • Other
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Persons with low income
  • Seniors
  • Students
  • The unemployed/underemployed
  • Women
  • Young adults

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Related priorities

This initiative relates to the following National Financial Literacy Strategy priorities and target outcomes: 

Priority 4

Enhance access to trustworthy and affordable financial help

  • Target outcome 4.2
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Finding

33% of participants in a financial literacy workshop reported having either no chequing, or no savings account (i.e. underbanked), whereas 8% reported having neither (i.e. unbanked). Most unbanked and underbanked participants are under 21 and are less likely to have an income.

Initiative: Money Matters

Adopter: ABC Life Literacy Canada
Finding

8% of participants in a financial literacy workshop reported having neither chequing, nor savings, account (i.e. unbanked). A quarter of those participants noted not knowing what financial products or services best suit their needs as a major reason.

Initiative: Money Matters

Adopter: ABC Life Literacy Canada
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