canadian currency

A fond farewell to Canada’s little-known $25 bill

What could you have bought with that money in 1935? A lot, it turns out. Six decades later, you’d be down to a near-obsolete flip phone

Why some people in Quebec are cutting up their cash

It makes no economic sense. But that hasn’t stopped shopkeepers and locals in Gaspésie, Que., from carving up money to create a local currency.

Live long and fiver: Canadians ‘Spock’ their bills for Leonard Nimoy

The passing of Leonard Nimoy brings new life to the Canadian pastime of drawing Spock on our five-dollar bills

Ten odd things about the new $20

What? No War of 1812 reference? Scott Feschuk on the new bill

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Canada should embrace the loonification of Iceland

New economic, social and political ties between the countries are all good incentives

Banknotables: a holiday conversation starter

If the Famous Five don’t belong on the $50 bill, who does?