BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal,Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012)Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)
Texts in English and French. On the left side, the issuing institute and the coat of arms of Canada with a vertical holographic stripe. 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 accede to this position. In the centre 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` accompanied by a watermark with the portrait of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier and above the legend a Canadian flag. The multicolored printing is dominated by blue/yellow.
Reverse description
The image depicts some of the sporting activities of the Canadian winter: Children playing hockey, another boy tobogganing, and a final child learning to ice skate with an adult. In the middle is a bilingual quote.
Signature(s)
Paul Jenkins, David Allison Dodge, Mark Joseph Carney, Tiff Macklem,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
5 | Portrait of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier
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 2006 / ISSUE OF 2006
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 2006 / PRINTED IN 2006
