The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa was established in 2000, when remains exhumed from a World War I burial site at Cabaret-Rouge, France were repatriated and interred beneath the National War Memorial. Canada was notably late among Commonwealth nations in creating such a monument — Britain dedicated theirs in 1920, Australia in 1993. This toonie marks one of the first circulation-format coins issued under Charles III for the Canadian domestic market, following the transition in obverse portraiture after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa was established in 2000, when remains exhumed from a World War I burial site at Cabaret-Rouge, France were repatriated and interred beneath the National War Memorial. Canada was notably late among Commonwealth nations in creating such a monument — Britain dedicated theirs in 1920, Australia in 1993. This toonie marks one of the first circulation-format coins issued under Charles III for the Canadian domestic market, following the transition in obverse portraiture after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.