...Canada - Polymer Series ND2021-2022 s. Timothy Lane and Tiff Macklem

Canada

Kanada

Banque du Canada

Bank of Canada

Currency - Dollar (CND)

 

Below are the four polymer notes issued with the signatures of Timothy Lane and Tiff Macklem. I believed these notes were reportedly issued between 2021 and 2022. These are reprints for the current polymer series, first introduced in 2012.  

 

Five Dollars

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (b.1841-1919)

 

Front - Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (b.1841-1919), a lawyer, statesman and politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. He was a member of Parliament from 1874 to until his sudden death in 1919.

 

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)

Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)

Date of Release - nd2022

Dimensions - 154mm x 70.5mm

 

Back - Canadarm 2 and Dextre or officially known as Space Station Remote Manipulator System and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator respectively. Dextre is also sometimes known as Canada hand. The Canadarm 2 was first launched in 2001. The design on the back features the Canadarm2 and Dextre at work in space. Next to it is a Canada Astronaut floating in space. 

Canadarm 2 and Dextre

Twenty Dollars

Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022)

 

Front - Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022). Queen Elizabeth was the longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom from 1952 to until her death in 2022. There is nothing much to say about her as most of us would have already known her story. Apart from Canada, she was also the Head of State for a few other Commonwealth nations around the world, including Australia and New Zealand.

 

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)

Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)

Date of Release - nd2022

Dimensions - 153.5mm x 70mm

Back - Canadian National Vimy Memorial. This is a war memorial built in 1936, dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed and all Canadian soldiers killed or presumed dead in France during the First World War (1914-1918). As per the name, this monument is located in the town of Vimy in northern France.

Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France

Fifty Dollars

William Lyon Mackenzie King (b.1874-1950)

 

Front - The portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie King. King was born in Kitchener, Ontario and was the country's 10th Prime Minister and held the top job from 1921 to 1926; 1926 to 1930; and 1935 to 1948. He was first elected to parliament in 1908, and was the leader of the Liberal Party for 29 years from 1919 to 1948, when he retired from politics.

 

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)

Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)

Date of Release - nd2021

Dimensions - 153.5mm x 70mm

 

Back - CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker (CCGS - Canadian Coast Guard Ship). This vessel is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, first entered service in 1979. Initially, it was first named as Franklin, and later renamed it as Sir John Franklin in 1980. It then ceased operation in 1996, and in 2003, the vessel recommissioned and renamed it to Amundsen, and has served as an Arctic research vessel since then. An Inuktitut word meaning arctic (ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ) is also printed on the note, above the vessel, Amundsen.

 

CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker

One Hundred Dollars

Sir Robert Laird Borden (b.1854-1937)

Front - Portrait of Sir Robert Laird Borden (b.1854-1937). Sir Borden was born in Nova Scotia and was the country's 8th Prime Minister from 1911 to 1920, and the leader of the Conservative Party from 1901 to 1920. He took over the party as their leader following the defeat in the 1900 general election. He was first elected to the parliament in 1896. 

 

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)

Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)

Date of Release - nd2021

Dimensions - 153mm x 70.5mm

 

Back - The theme on the back is Medical innovation. It features a female scientist looking through a microscope, the invention of the peacemaker, a DNA double helix, and a vial of insulin.

Medical innovation theme

...Canada - ND2020-2021 Polymer Issues s. Carolyn A Wilkins and Tiff Macklem

Canada

Kanada

 

Bank of Canada

Banque du Canada

Currency - Dollar (CND)

 

I believe below are the three notes reportedly released in 2020 and 2021 with the signatures of Carolyn A Wilkins and Tiff Macklem. The three notes posted here are the $5, $50 and $10. It is not sure if other denominations are also issued. 

The $5 and $50 are the 7th series of banknotes, which is the Frontier series, whilst the $10 belongs to the 8th series. The Frontier series was first introduced in 2011, and the 8th series was first released in 2018.

  

Five Dollars

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (b.1841-1919)

 

Front - Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, a lawyer, statesman and politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. He was a member of Parliament from 1874 to until his sudden death in 1919.

 

Signatures

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020);

Deputy Governor - Carolyn A Wilkins (tenure 2014-2020)

Dimensions - 153mm x 70.5mm

 

Back - Canadarm 2 and Dextre or officially known as Space Station Remote Manipulator System and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator respectively. Dextre is also sometimes known as Canada hand. The Canadarm 2 was first launched in 2001. The design on the back features the Canadarm2 and Dextre at work in space. Next to it is a Canada Astronaut floating in space.

Canadarm 2 and Dextre, Astronaut

 

Fifty Dollars

William Lyon Mackenzie King (b.1874-1950)

 

Front - William Lyon Mackenzie King (b.1874-1950) was the 10th Canadian Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926; 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. He was forced to resign as Prime Minister in June 1926 following a Customs Department scandal, but returned to power in September 1926 following an election win. 

 

Signatures

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020);

Deputy Governor - Carolyn A Wilkins (tenure 2014-2020)

First release date - 26.03.2012

Dimensions - 153.5mm x 70.5mm

Back - CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker. This ship entered service in 1979 and was retired in 1996 after it was declared surplus. It was then converted as an accommodation ship in 1996 and then as a reserve in 2000. In 2003, the ship was then reactivated as an Arctic research vessel.

CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker

 Ten Dollars

Viola Irene Desmond (b.1914-1965)

Front - The theme for this note is human rights/International Women's Day. On the front, it has the portrait of Viola Irene Desmond.

Signatures

Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020);

Deputy Governor - Carolyn A Wilkins (tenure 2014-2020)

First release date - 19.11.2018

Dimensions - 70.5mm x 160mm

 

Back - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. This note is printed in vertical format, both front and back. Human Rights day has been observed yearly on the 10th of December by the United Nations since 1948.

Whilst this note is honoring Viola Desmond and her courage, it was not issued as a commemorative note. This is the 8th series of the Canadian banknote with other new denominations to follow at a later date.

 

Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg

...Canada - $10 Viola Irene Desmond Polymer Note Dated 2018

Canada / Kanada

Banque du Canada / Bank of Canada

On 19.11.2018, a new $10 polymer note was issued honoring Viola Irene Desmond. Viola Desmond first became famous when she refused to leave the racial segregation reserved seats for the all whites seating area in the Roseland theater in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946 (November 8). The theater was then showing a movie called "The Dark Mirror" at the time. Whilst Viola Desmond argued that this was simply a racial discrimination as there were no formal laws enforcing segregation in movie theaters in New Glasgow, nor was any sign stating that either. However, in those days, even though there were no racial segregation laws in place, it did allow business owners to enforce such racial discrimination rules if they wished to. Back in those days, seats were segregated where the main floor seating area was reserved for the whites and the balcony seats for the coloured people. The interesting fact was that Viola did ask for a main floor seat when she purchased the ticket. Unknown to her, the cashier at the theater sold her a balcony seat instead. When she was told that she can't sit in the main floor area, she went back to the cashier and asked to upgrade her seat but the cashier refused. Viola went back into the main floor theater and refused to leave. The manager of the theater called the police, and she was then arrested and charged with tax violation of one cent. The court found her guilty and fined her $26 of which $6 was awarded to the theater. Following the court case, her lawyer Frederick William Bisset refused to bill her for his service.

It should be noted that Viola was not the first coloured person who got charged for such incident at the Roseland theater. There was another similar case in 1943. As for the Roseland theater in New Glasgow, it was built in 1913 and closed in 2015 to make way for office space.

Viola Desmond was born in 1914 (nee Viola Irene Davis) in Halifax Canada and died in 1965, aged 50 in New York, United States. Since her passing, she has been honored with documentary films, a book, a song, a commemorative stamp, ferry and others. In 2010, she was granted a posthumous pardon, the first to be granted in Canada.

The theme for this note is human rights/International Women's Day. On the front, it has the portrait of Viola Irene Desmond and on the back is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. This note is printed in a vertical format, both front and back. Human Rights day has been observed yearly on the 10th of December by the United Nations since 1948.

Whilst this note is honoring Viola Desmond and her courage, it was not issued as a commemorative note. This is the 8th series of the Canadian banknote with other new denominations to follow at a later date.

This note also created history for Canada banknotes;
1) First time a portrait used that is not the Queen, King or Prime Ministers;
2) First time that a portrait of a woman who is not the Queen used on the note;
3) The note is printed on vertical format in both sides.

Ten Dollars

Dated 2018

Reverse

Footnote; -

I am not sure should I be using the word "interesting" here as to how the case was managed to be bought to the court? The authority at that time charged Viola for tax violation of 1 cent despite the fact she was willing to pay for it not once but twice before she was arrested. How do they charge someone for tax violation when that same person did offer to pay for it?

...Canadia - $10 Commemorative Note 150th Year of Canada Confederation

Celebrating Canada's 150th

Célébrons les 150 ans du Canada

1867-2017 

This is the fourth commemorative note issued in the 80th year of Bank of Canada's history.

This note celebrates Canada's 150th Year of Confederation. On 01.07.1867, Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia all united to create the Canadian Confederation - called the Dominion of Canada. Back then, these British colonies were recognised as independent nations. Later other provinces and territories joined the Dominion creating today's Canada, from sea to sea. This note was issued on 01.06.2017, one month before the actual celebration.

The note

Obvious - Canada History: -

John Alexander MacDonald (Canadian First Prime Minister) - Sir John A. MacDonald was a Father of Confederation and Canada’s first prime minister, 1867-73 and 1878-91. Under MacDonald’s leadership and vision, the Dominion of Canada was founded, grew and expanded until it stretched from sea to sea to sea.

George-Etienne Cartier (Father of Confederation) - Sir George-Étienne Cartier was a principal architect of Canadian federalism and a proponent of Confederation as a means of safeguarding French Canada and other minorities. Cartier led Quebec into the Dominion and later participated in the expansion of Canada west to the Pacific and north to the Arctic Ocean.

Agnes Macphail (Canada's First Woman Member of Parliament) - Agnes Macphail was a champion of equality and human rights who, in 1921, became the first woman elected to the House of Commons in Canada. Entering politics to represent the interests of farmers in her riding, Macphail became an advocate of the working class and defender of marginalized groups such as women, miners, immigrants and prisoners.

James Gladstone [Akay-na-muka] (Canada's 1st First Nations Senator) - James Gladstone, a member of the Kainai (Blood) First Nation whose Blackfoot name is Akay-na-muka, meaning “Many guns,” committed himself to the betterment of Indigenous peoples in Canada. In 1958, he became Canada’s first senator of First Nations origin.

Forming Canada - The names of all of Canada’s provinces and territories and the dates when they entered Confederation are repeated in English and French across the top and bottom of the large window. The order in which the names appear follows the official order of precedence and lists the provinces followed by the territories.

Memorial Chamber Arch (Parliament Hill)  - This arch is located inside the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The Memorial Chamber was dedicated in 1927 to all Canadians who died in military service during the First World War. The chamber has since come to honour all Canadian men and women who gave their lives in service to their country.

Hall of Honour - The Hall of Honour is the central corridor of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill. This neo-Gothic passageway, with its remarkable ribbed vault ceiling, leads from Confederation Hall to the Library of Parliament. The House of Commons is directly to its west, the Senate Chamber to its east. The Centre Block is where national issues are considered and examined, and where legislation is introduced, debated and passed into law.

Ten Dollars

Dated 2017

Reverse - The Land: -
Coast Mountains - These iconic peaks overlook Vancouver, British Columbia, and were given the name The Lions by John Hamilton Gray, a Father of Confederation who later served on the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The local Squamish people (Skwxwú7mech in the Squamish language) know the peaks as Ch'ich'iyúy Elxwíkn or the Twin Sisters. The view of these peaks shows Capilano Lake in the foreground, named after the supreme chief of the Squamish peoples.

The Prairies - Stalks of wheat ripen on a family farm outside of Regina, Saskatchewan. Emblematic of Canada’s Prairie provinces, wheat is one of the most important cultivated crops in all of Canada. The bulk of Canadian wheat is grown in the Prairie provinces of Western Canada: Saskatchewan is the largest producer, followed by Alberta and Manitoba.

The Canadian Shield - A forest stands on the bank of the Kipawa River, which ripples across the ancient rock of the Canadian Shield in Parc national d’Opémican in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Stretching from northern Alberta to Newfoundland and Labrador and from central Ontario to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the Shield covers 4.8 million square kilometres, roughly half the total land area of Canada.

The Atlantic Coast - The Atlantic Ocean meets the rocky coast of Cape Bonavista in Canada’s eastern-most province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The nearby town of Bonavista, established in the late 1500s, is one of the earliest European communities in North America. The Cape is a possible landing site of John Cabot, who sailed to North America in 1497.

The Northern Lights - The northern lights dance above Canada’s largest national park, Wood Buffalo. This incredible natural preserve is one of the largest national parks in the world, straddling the boundary between Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Designated by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada as the world’s largest dark sky preserve in 2013, Wood Buffalo is one of the most ideal places on Earth to see the northern lights.

Assomption Sash - This pattern is based on the distinctive Assomption sash (also known as the arrow sash), which is an important cultural symbol of the Métis people. The sash also has significance to French-Canadian culture. Worn by habitants, the sash became a hallmark of the voyageurs and fur traders in the 18th century.

Owl's Bouquest - Owl’s Bouquet is a stone-cut and stencil print by acclaimed Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013). Ashevak is perhaps the best known Inuit artist, whose work helped to introduce Inuit art to the world. Ashevak lived and worked in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, the last territory to join Confederation, in 1999.

The Provinces and Territories - Thirteen maple leaves, linked by their stems, represent each of Canada’s provinces and territories. Their appearance is based on the maple leaves found in Canada’s coat of arms.

The Maple Leaf - The national flag of Canada is featured in the large window. The word “Canada” is included twice so that it can be read from both the front and back of the note.

Canada's Coat of Arms - The coat of arms is an official symbol of Canada, representing the authority of the state and designed to inspire love of country.

First Prefix CDA

Second Prefix CDB

Third Prefix CDC

Fourth Prefix CDD

Fifth Prefix CDE

Last Prefix CDF

A total of 40 million pieces were issued.

...Canada - $20 Queen Elizabeth ll Commemorative

Twenty Dollars

Dated 2015

Reverse

This is a Queen Elizabeth ll Commemorative note released on 09.09.2015 celebrating the Queen's reign since 1952 as Queen of the United Kingdom, and Queen of Canada. Apart from the United Kingdom and Canada, Queen Elizabeth ll is also the Queen for a few other Commonwealth nations including Australia and New Zealand. The design for this commemorative note is the same as the current $20 Polymer note except that a portrait of the Queen with tiara taken in 1951 by Yousuf Karsh is added to the large window. This is the first time that the Queen portrait appears on Canadian banknotes with her tiara on. This is also the same portrait (without the tiara) first appears on the Canada 1954 Landscapes series of banknotes. Forty millions pieces printed for this special occasion. This is the third commemorative note issued by Canada. The first was the $25 dated 6.5.1935 celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and then in 1967, a $1 note commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Confederation of Canada. The Bank of Canada has also announced that it will also issue another commemorative banknote in 2017 celebrating the nation's 150th Year of Federation.

Canada - Frontier Series Wilkins/Poloz CBN Prints Complete Set

Canada

Five Dollars

ND2015, P106c

Reverse

Ten Dollars

ND2015, P107c

Reverse

Twenty Dollars

Dated 2012, P108c

Reverse

Fifty Dollars

ND2015

Reverse

One Hundred Dollars

ND2015, P110c

Reverse

Canada - Frontier Series Macklem/Poloz CBN

Five Dollars

Dated 2013

Reverse

Ten Dollars

Dated 2013

Reverse

One Hundred Dollars

Dated 2011

Reverse

Canada - Frontier Series Macklem/Carney CBN Full Set

New Frontier Series
Five Dollars

Dated 2103

Reverse

 Ten Dollars

Dated 2013, PNL

Reverse

Twenty Dollars

Dated 2012

Reverse

Fifty Dollars

Dated 2012, PNL

Reverse

One Hundred Dollars

Sir Robert L Borden, Canada Prime Minister 1911 to 1920. Dated 2011, PNL

Medical innovation - Insuline. Prefix range "EAK to EKZ"

Info Card

$5 = Canadarm2 and Dextre - symbolizes Canada ’s continuing contribution to the international space program through robotics innovation. (Portrait: Sir Wilfrid Laurier);

$10 = The Canadian train - represents Canada ’s great technical feat of linking its eastern and western frontiers by what was, at the time, the longest railway ever built. (Portrait: Sir John A. Macdonald);

$20 (2012) = The Canadian National Vimy Memorial - evokes the contributions and sacrifices of Canadian men and women in military conflicts throughout our history. (Portrait: HM Queen Elizabeth II);

$50 (2012) = CCGS Amundsen, Research Icebreaker - reflects Canada ’s commitment to Arctic research and the development and protection of northern communities (Portrait: William Lyon Mackenzie King);

$100 (2011) = Medical Innovation - celebrates Canadian innovations in the field of medicine (Portrait: Sir Robert Borden);