IG Wealth Management is committed to building strong communities across Canada. We believe this starts with Canadians feeling confident about their finances so they can achieve their goals. The IG Empower Your Tomorrow program gives Canadians the resources and confidence they need to own their financial future. Inspiring the financial confidence of Canadians is IG’s vision and the basis for our commitment to building communities.
IG Wealth Management has been sharing its financial expertise with Canadians for more than 90 years. During that time, IG has contributed over $100 million in support to the communities where we live, work and play. Every year, IG supports over 800 charities by encouraging and empowering over 2,100 employees and 3,700 advisors to volunteer through various programs, initiatives and offerings.
Over the next five years, we are committing $5 million to support partnerships and initiatives for Indigenous communities across Canada. Together, we can instill financial confidence in the lives of thousands and secure a brighter financial future for all.
In the fall of 2021, the Empower Your Tomorrow program premiered The Dream Team across Canada. Led by Dragons' Den's Manjit Minhas, The Dream Team shared their knowledge and expertise, supporting some of Canada’s most promising entrepreneurs on their quest to find financial confidence. Meeting with Indigenous peoples, newcomers, seniors and youth, the team mentored participants, helping them overcome challenges and reach their dreams.
As part of our mission to make all Canadians financially confident, we’re committed to supporting communities through seminars, events and programs to help create a better financial future for those who will benefit the most: Indigenous peoples, newcomers, seniors and youth. By working with community partners– along with our employees and clients – we’re building confidence where it counts.
Indigenous peoples are a vital part of our country’s culture, yet many face unique barriers to financial wellness on a daily basis.
It’s crucial that we set Indigenous families up for a financially successful future. Our Indigenous population represents the country’s First Peoples and the fastest growing segment of Canada’s population. We’ve partnered with organizations such as Opportunities for Employment to provide both financial education and job training to Indigenous peoples and we also fund scholarships for Indigenous students at both the local and national level with organizations like Indspire.
I learned about the many resources available in Winnipeg to help us manage our money, and find support when we are in financial trouble. Now that I am working, I can share my knowledge with my coworkers and in my community.
- Zeenat
Newcomers are an integral part of our growing country, but many of them have financial goals that feel unreachable.
Learning the financial systems of a new country can be daunting, which is why we work with the Canadian Foundation of Economic Education (CFEE) to provide financial education in their first language.
We have also partnered with United Way to offer financial literacy programs in communities large and small. Partners for more than 50 years, $20 million have been contributed to communities across Canada.
IG’s ongoing commitment empowers thousands of Canadians through valuable asset building, job skills and money management programs and services.
- United Way
The seniors, parents and grandparents of our communities often face unique financial challenges that come with age.
That’s why we offer support through financial planning workshops designed to guide seniors through financial considerations in collaboration with our national partners including the Alzheimer Society of Canada. IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s is the largest annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society. It supports vital programs and services offered free-of-charge to the millions of Canadians impacted by the disease.
In the face of one of the most challenging health issues of our times, we are proud to partner with an organization that shares our commitment to making a difference in the lives of Canadians living with dementia.
- Alzheimer Society
Our future teachers, caregivers, business leaders and professionals need to start off on the right financial foot.
Education is the most important tool we can give our youth. With the help of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (CFEE), we’ve distributed more than half a million Money and Youth textbooks to students across the nation and hosted thousands of students at workshops.
Through various initiatives over several years, we’ve been able to work with IG and impact the financial education curriculum in provinces across Canada and improve the ability of hundreds of thousands of Canadians to better undertake their financial decisions.
- CFEE
There are more than 500,000 Canadians living with dementia today and that number is expected to double in just 10 years. IG is a proud national partner of the Alzheimer Society and the national sponsor for the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s which is the largest fundraising event for the Alzheimer Society.
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The IG Financial Confidence Index tracks and reports on Canadians' overall financial confidence by examining IG’s Four Pillars of Financial Confidence: Personal Financial Outlook, Planning and Literacy, Trust in the Economy and Current Financial Situation.
The 2022 edition found that Canadians are generally feeling comfortable with their personal financial situation. However, their overall financial confidence has fallen 6 points (from 57 in 2021 to 51 this year) largely due to a lack of trust in where the markets and overall economy could be headed in the months ahead and concerns about rising inflation and interest rates.
Among IG’s four priority community groups, Indigenous Canadians’ confidence rose 1 point this year (though this group continues to sit below the national average), while Seniors and Newcomers to Canada fell 6 and 4 points respectively, confirming why we continue to focus on helping to build financial confidence among these groups.
