Gov Canada Scavenger Hunt

Exploring the Government of Canada Website Family Studies
Can the Government of Canada meet my Needs?
In this class we have discussed the needs of the individual. It is believed the best way to be
successful, happy and healthy is to build on a strong foundation (physiological) and work our
way up to reaching our full potential (self-actualization).
As Canadians, we are often told to turn to our government for assistance in meeting our needs.
However, how do we access these government assistances?
Task: You will complete the following digital scavenger hunt on the Government of Canada
website (https://www.canada.ca/en.html), filling out your answers on the following pages.
Digital Scavenger Hunt

Go to the Government of Canada website (https://www.canada.ca/en.html) and take a picture or
screen shot of the home screen. Include that picture here…
(your picture here)
Click on the ‘Money and Finances’ link on the homepage. List all the services available to you
on the ‘Money Finances’ page here…
1.COVID-19: Managing financial health in challenging times

2.Managing your money
3.Debt and Borrowing
4.Education Funding
5.Pensions and Retirement
6.Protections from frauds and scams
7.Finaical tools and calculators
8.Finaical literacy programs
9.Consumer affairs
10.Insolvency
11.Taxes
12.Government finances
13.Business grants and financing
14.Finacial and money services regulations
15.Saving and investments
Click on the ‘Managing your Money’ link on the ‘Money and Finances’ page. List all the
services available to you on the ‘‘Managing your Money’ page here…
1. Making a Budget
2.Budget Planner
3.Banking
4.Payment options and money transfers
5.insurance
6.Life events and your money
7.Estate planning, wills and dealing with death
8.Finacial rights and responsibilities
9.Credit reports and scores
10.retirment planning
11.Reciving a large amount of money all at once
Click on the ‘Making a Budget’ link while you are on the ‘Managing your Money’ page. Read
the entire ‘Making a Budget’ article.
Answer the following questions using the information from the ‘Making a Budget’ article.
a) What are 5 reasons the ‘Making a Budget’ article says why make a budget.
1.It helps you figure out how much money you get
2.It helps you figure out how much money you spend
3.It helps you figure out how much money you save
4.It can help you balance your income with your savings and your expenses
5.It guides your spending to help you reach your financial goals
b) Based on the article, share 5 tips that making a budget can help you with.
1.set spending limits
2.find ways to pay off your debts
3.reduce costs and save more
4.live within your means
5.reduce stress
c) When thinking of your financial goals, what are 2 short term goals?
1.Build emergency money or fall back money
2.Reduscing your weekly expenses .
d) When thinking of your financial goals, what are 2 long term goals?
1.Saving to buy a home, a car or booking trip
2.Saving to have children, to go to school or to retire
e) To know where your money is going, what 3 exercise can you try for a couple of
months?
1.Keep track of everything you buy, from groceries to daily cup of coffee
2.Keep copy of bills you pay during this period
3.try dividing your expenses into two categories: ‘needs’ and ‘wants’
f) How does the article define a ‘need’?

Need: A ‘need’ is something necessary, required or essential. For example, a roof over
your head, clothing, food, or medication.
g) How does the article define a ‘want’?

Want: A ‘want’ is something you’d like, but not necessarily need. For example, a meal
at a restaurant, a trip, a gym membership, or designer shoes.
h) In the ‘How to Make a Budget’ section of the article, what is Step 1 of making a budget?
Step 1: List your income,savings and expenses
i) Outline the 3 tips provided to achieve Step 1 of making a budget.

1.take your recent pay stubs, bills, and account statements
2.enter the amount of income, savings and expenses into each category of the Budget
Planner
3.if you can’t find a field for a specific item, you can always add and name your own
items
j) In the ‘How to Make a Budget’ section of the article, what is Step 2 of making a budget?
Step 2:Review your results
k) Outline the 3 tips provided to achieve Step 2 of making a budget.

1.Thumbs up: this amount is within the average range
2Warning sign: this amount is slightly above the average range.
3.Stop sign: this amount is above the average range
l) In the ‘How to Make a Budget’ section of the article, what is Step 3 of making a budget?
Step 3: review your next steps
m) In the ‘Tips to help you stick to you budget section of the article, pick 3 of the tips you
could try following?
1.keep all your receipts and bills
2limit your spending as much as possible to what is in your budget.
3compare your budget to what you actually spend at the end of each month.
Once you have finished reading the article and answering the questions above, you will scroll
down to the ‘Related links’ section at the bottom of the page.
Under ‘Related links’ you will click on the link titled ‘Infographic: Avoid Financial Stress, save
up for emergencies’. Answer the following questions using the information from the ‘Avoid
Financial Stress’ infographic.
How many months should your emergency fund be able to cover?
3-6 months
What 6 tips does the infographic include to help you save an emergency fund?
1.Start with a realistic amount
2.Make it a weekly habit
3.Cut an expense and save the money
4.automate your savings
5.review your goal
6.increasde your weekly savings if you can
Short Answer Question: How does being good money assist with meeting your base 2 needs
(physiological and safety)?
Word count: 100 word minimum
Short answer writing space: Being good with money assists with meeting your base 2 needs in
the following ways. It helps give you a piece of mind because when you don’t have enough
money to pay bills it can stress someone out and in turn cause anxiety. It helps with
physiology because you can buy more and healthier food, bigger houses and more clothes.
Being good with money assists with safety needs because you can buy more security systems
for you house car etc.
Personal Budget:
Now that you are done the work package, I hope you can see how much information can be
found on the Government of Canada website. All of this was just based on one article!
Your last task in this booklet is to look at the budget planner included on the Government of
Canada website (https://itools-ioutils.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/BP-PB/budget-planner).
Take a minimum of 10 minutes to input your information in the budget planner and design a
budget for yourself. Take a picture of your budget afterwards and include the image here.
(Insert picture of personal budget here)


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Exploring the Government of Canada Website Family Studies

Can the Government of Canada meet my Needs?

Digital Scavenger Hunt

1.COVID-19: Managing financial health in challenging times

f) How does the article define a ‘need’?

g) How does the article define a ‘want’?

i) Outline the 3 tips provided to achieve Step 1 of making a budget.

k) Outline the 3 tips provided to achieve Step 2 of making a budget.

(Insert picture of personal budget here)

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