Financial Fitness Challenge

Start your training now! Take the Financial Fitness Challenge ! Whether you want to buy an iPhone, take a trip to Barcelona or buy your first car, you’ve got to save up to make it happen. The bigger your goals, the more hard work and planning you’ll need to make them a reality.

Chances are you wouldn't make any of these purchases without doing your research. The same goes for investing. Before you invest your hard-earned money, read  Investing 101( PDF) to learn about the different kinds of investments and how they work.

Learn to manage your money and a new world will open itself to you!

While the Financial Fitness Challenge contest period for 2010 has ended, the educational information and interactive features remain available year-round to youth and teachers who visit www.financialfitnesschallenge.ca. 

Make it Count

We know that when kids learn about responsible money management at a young age, the lessons will pay dividends throughout their lifetime. They will be more independent and self sufficient, they will be able to make their own decisions and choices, use good judgment and look at consumption in a realistic way and they will acquire the skills and knowledge to be financially secure.

At the CSA we recognize that talking about money management may be an uncomfortable topic for many parents/families. So to help encourage the discussion, we have developed Make it Count: A Parent’s Guide to Youth Money Management. The Make it Count guide is broken down into five straightforward sections in which parents can quickly access the information they need. Sections include: out and about, lessons for life, milestones, fun with friends and extras with topics like dining out, earning money, online safety, first cell phone, budgeting and recreational spending. Also included in the guide are youth budget sheets, mentor budget sheets and saver sheets to help make money management easier.

So, let’s have the talk and let’s Make it Count!

The Money-Belt

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada has developed the Money Belt, your gateway to financial learning. Here, you can build your knowledge andconfidence in handling finances and situations involving decisions about money. It's the place to get practical tips and test what you know — and don't know — about managing money without the risks and consequences you would encounter in real life.

While you're there, be sure to visit The City - a place that doesn't cost a dime to visit, but money is everywhere. Enter through this portal. Passport, ID, contrabank check, fingerprints, iris scan. Watch where you walk. Stay out of the dangerous places. Wait - what's that sweeping yellow-green searchlight? SecurGuard cruiser! Quick! Inside the Hub