Obverse description	Texts in English and French. On the left side, the issuing institute and the coat of arms of Canada. The portrait is that of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier, statesman, Canada`s seventh Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911 and the first Francophone to hold this position. In the center is a front view of the West Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa with a legend to his right. Below the legend is the note`s face value `5` and above it, a Canadian flag. The multicoloured printing is dominated by blue/yellow.
Reverse description	The image depicts some of the sporting activities of the Canadian during winter: Children playing hockey, another boy sledding, and a final child learning to ice skate with an adult. In the middle is a bilingual quote.
Signature(s)	Malcolm D. Knight, David Allison Dodge, Paul Jenkins,
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Obverse lettering	BANK OF CANADA · BANQUE DU CANADA OTTAWA CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER 5 CANADA CINQ · FIVE DOLLARS THE WEST BLOCK OF PARLIAMENT · L`EDIFICE DE L`OUEST DU PARLEMENT 5 DEPUTY GOVERNOR SOUS-GOUVERNEUR GOUVERNEUR GOVERNOR SIR WILFRID LAURIER PREMIER MINISTRE / PRIME MINISTER 1896-1911 EMISSION DE 2002 / ISSUE OF 2002
Reverse lettering	5 - CANADA Les hivers de mon enfance étaient des saisons longues, longues. Nous vivions en trois lieux: l`école, l`église et la patinoire: mais la vraie vie était sur la patinoire. - Roch Carrier - The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places - the school, the church and the skating rink - but our real life was on the skating rink 5 IMPRIME EN 2001 / PRINTED IN 2001
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Catalog ID	7990572680
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