ABC Life Literacy Canada

“Life Literacy” signals the importance of life-long and life-wide literacy and learning. It’s the skills you need to live your life and the new skills you need to acquire throughout your life.

To be literate means that you have the skills to understand what you read, communicate with others and engage fully and confidently in life’s activities and opportunities – at work, at home and in the community.

Family literacy programs focus on parents as the means to improve the reading and writing skills of all family members. There are many ways to strengthen your family’s literacy skills - all it takes is practicing for 15 minutes every day.

Low literacy has far-reaching implications for Canada's businesses and economy. The ability of businesses to advance their operations, and Canada's readiness to compete on the world stage, are jeopardized if workers lack the necessary skills.

Meet adult learners across Canada who share their personal stories of how literacy has touched their lives.