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The Bank of Canada issues Canada’s bank notes

The Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, photographed in 2009; an institutional exterior, not a photograph of bank-note production.
The Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, photographed in 2009; an institutional exterior, not a photograph of bank-note production. Ottawa - ON - Bank of Canada · Wladyslaw / Taxiarchos228 · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The Bank of Canada is the country’s sole authority for issuing bank notes. Its responsibilities include their design, production and distribution.

Scope & context

Bank notes only; coinage requires separate context.

Sources behind this record

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Bank notes ↗

Bank of Canada

Opening description of sole issuing authority