25 Cents - Elizabeth II Tecumseh

Tecumseh's appearance on a circulating quarter in 2012 came as part of a broader War of 1812 bicentennial program — a conflict in which Canada's survival as a British colony depended heavily on Indigenous alliances. Without Tecumseh's military cooperation at Detroit and along the frontier, the American advance into Upper Canada in 1812 would have been considerably harder to stop. The Canadian government has long acknowledged this debt, though the coin program itself drew criticism from some Indigenous groups who questioned whether a 25-cent piece constituted meaningful recognition.