How It Adds Up is a Canadian-made financial literacy video series that turns complicated financial subjects into short, engaging videos people can actually understand and apply.
Financial literacy is about more than knowing how money works. It can help people make better financial decisions, prepare for the unexpected and build greater financial resilience. More financially resilient Canadians can help build a more financially resilient Canada.
How It Adds Up turns complicated financial subjects into short, engaging videos designed to make financial concepts easier to understand and apply.
32 lessons already exist, covering the money people use every day, the bigger financial decisions they face, and ways to plan for the future.
Build confidence around the financial decisions that show up every day. From saving and spending to credit and debt.
Make sense of the financial choices that can shape your life, including buying a home, paying taxes and planning for retirement.
Understand the tools that can help money grow over time, from TFSAs and RRSPs to stocks, ETFs and other investments.



How It Adds Up is distributed across Canada through McIntyre Media, with a focus on post-secondary institutions and public libraries.
McIntyre supports discovery through its customer network, weekly newsletters, flyers, catalogues and direct customer conversations. Content is correlated to curriculum in each province to help educators discover relevant resources.
We’re looking for organizations that believe better access to financial knowledge matters and want to help make it possible.Partnership opportunities can range from supporting new How It Adds Up content to creating new financial education initiatives together.
Help make financial literacy accessible to more Canadians.