2018 Canada banknote series

An eighth series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar is being released by the Bank of Canada starting in 2018. Like the preceding series, these are polymer banknotes designed to increase durability and to incorporate more security features. It is the first banknote series issued by the Bank of Canada printed in a vertical configuration.

The banknotes were designed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, which also prints the banknotes. The first note, the $10, was revealed on International Women's Day, March 8, 2018, and will be released later that year. Future notes will come at a slower pace than previous series to allow technological innovations to be worked into their design as time goes on.

$10 note

The obverse and reverse of the $10 banknote.

The $10 note is violet, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1946. The background of the portrait is a colourful rendition of the street grid of Halifax, Nova Scotia, including the waterfront, Citadel and Gottingen Street, where Desmond's Studio of Beauty Culture was located. Foil features on the note face include both the Flag and Coat of Arms of Canada. This is the first Canadian banknote to feature neither a prime minister nor a royal in its solo portrait, and the first to feature a solo female Canadian other than the Queen.

The reverse features the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Part of the background pattern mirrors the museum's interior architecture and its ramps connecting multiple levels. A foil eagle feather is prominent, symbolizing ideals such as truth, power and freedom. A quotation from section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms appears in both English and French.

The foil window at the base of the note includes an iridescent rendering of the Library of Parliament's vaulted dome ceiling, which can be seen from both sides of the note.

References

  • "Canada's Vertical $10 Note". Bank of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  • "New $10 bank note featuring Viola Desmond unveiled on International Women's Day". Bank of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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