Name; Dominion of Canada.

Region; British America.

Constitutional status at time of issue; A British Dominion declared under the terms of the British North America Act,1867.Canada is one of the Dominions recognised as independent under the Statute of Westminster,1931,which established the British Commonwealth.

Capital; Ottawa.

Date of independence; 1st of July 1867.

Currency system; 100 Cents = 1 Dollar (since 1858).

Reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901);

Domiciled Issue;

1870 $1.

1878 $1.

1870 $2.

1878 $2.

1872 $50.

1872 $100.

1871 $500.

1871 $1,000

(Note; $500 & $1,000 notes were used in interbank transactions.

Non-Domiciled Issues;


1870 25 Cents;

P 25 Cents 1870 'A' Series (1870). T.D. Harington.
P 25 Cents 1870 'B' Series (1871-85)
P 25 Cents 1870 'Plain' Series (1885-1900).

Deputy Minister of Finance.

P 25 Cents 1900 J.M. Courtney.
P 25 Cents 1900 T.C. Boville.
P 25 Cents 1900 J.C. Saunders.



1897 $1.

1898 $1.

1887 $2.

1897 $2.

1882 $4.

1900 $4.

Reign of King Edward VII( 1901-10);

1902 $4.

Reign of King George V (1910-36);

P 25 Cents 1923 S.P. McCavour / J.C. Saunders
W/o 'AUTHORIZED BY R.S.C. CAP. 31.' Check letter 'L'.

1911 $1.

1917 $1.

1914 $2.

1923 $2.

1912 $5.

1924 $5.