The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new vertical $20 banknote featuring King Charles III.
In keeping with tradition, the $20 note features a portrait of Canada’s Head of State, with King Charles’s “advocacy of sustainable action and his commitment to the environment are reflected in the many botanical elements on the note,” the national bank said in a news release.
Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are represented on the note with their respective “floral emblems,” along with several culturally significant flowers among the country’s Indigenous population, including wild strawberries, western red cedar, braided sweetgrass and arctic cotton.
The notes also reference the country’s “natural heritage” and “Canadian ingenuity,” Governor General Louise Arbour said in a statement Thursday.
Quotes from artists that recognize Canada’s bilingualism, and celebrations of social advancements and scientific discoveries that have “helped define our place in the world,” also appear beside the King.
“Our currency affirms our sovereignty and our determination to define ourselves in the eyes of the world on our own terms,” Arbour said.
As is traditional on Canadian currency, the maple leaf appears in several design elements, some of which serve as key security features, making this banknote “unmistakably Canadian” and easy to authenticate.
The note also pays tribute to Canadian troops who served during the First World War, with an illustration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial and poppies etched on it.
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“The creation of a bank note involves a tremendous amount of collaborative work. Congratulations to all of the partners and professionals who have contributed to this effort over the past few years,” Arbour said.
“From the multidisciplinary team at the Bank of Canada to its various partners and other organizations, notably the Indigenous Advisory Circle, Veterans Affairs Canada and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, many people have lent their expertise and dedication to this project,” Arbour continued.
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“You can all be proud of the result: a new note that is safe, accessible and meaningful for Canadians,” she added.
Canada’s bank notes have featured portraits of the sovereign for decades. Queen Elizabeth II first appeared on a series of $20 bills at just eight years old, when she was still Princess Elizabeth and was honoured over her 70-year reign on numerous iterations of notes.
Her childhood bill is the only portrait of the future queen as a young girl to appear on a bank note.
The Royal Canadian Mint first started circulating coins with King Charles’s face on them in 2023.
Other Canadian figures appearing on currency include former prime minister Wilfred Laurier, Nova Scotian civil rights activist Viola Desmond, and eventually Terry Fox, who was selected to appear on a new version of the $5 bill, which is yet to be released.
The government said when Fox was announced, it hoped it would inspire more Canadians to give $5 to the cause Terry Fox championed.
Laurier will move from the $5 banknote to appear on the next version of the $50 note.
Well it could be worse ..
Royal family, long line of inbred fcktards
Charles, living proof monkeys f*ck pigs
@whatever, typical simpleton lib
Get a fcking life whatever
Everyone chill, after all we are still a colony… oppps, a member of Commonwealth of Nations.
I prefer a king on the note than… trudeau or carney, or gordie howe.
We need to ditch the Monarch and Carney
King of the reetards
Charles is a worthless sack of shat
all hail the king
Stop changing our money, enough is enough
Keep queen Elizebeth2 on the $20 bill. I respected her. Charles is a clown. Besides, no more monarchy after him.
Its funny Quebec doesnt start talking like the indigeous. They were here before the british. Quite a genocide really, if you think like a liberal dumbass or native.
@ John
“The natives have to boil drinking water but white colonizer trash gets a currency note. What a joke of a country”
Get a job John and you can have water just like the rest of us
Fantastic news. You rock Charlie
Why not put Canadian actor Seth Rogan or Wayne Gretzky next LOL!
A figure of a Canadian, head buried in the sand, elbows down and a$$ up getting ready for the liberal tax screw job would be more appropriate…
Did you know that King Charles, publicly and proudly stated on English television some years ago that his direct lineage goes back to Vlad the Impaler, who was born in the House of Drăculești, as the son of Vlad II Dracul (wiki).
Marc Carney said in an interview he “identifies as European”
Absolutely embarrassing
Annoying that the article doesn’t bother to mention when the bill enters circulation. Late February 2027. Had to google that. Great journalism.
The Trump Coins look better.
One day will be as worthless as toilet paper, be able to wipe your azz with it
Chuck is not my king. Liz had class and a properly royal bearing. Chuck is just a buffoon.
That is so ugly
Englisg Canada still enjoys being a mere British colony.
It’s important to member our ties to Britain when we are under attack from the USA. Great Canadians have also been featured on our currency.
Trash!
The natives have to boil drinking water but white colonizer trash gets a currency note. What a joke of a country
Had put a foreigner because Canadians are so useless they couldn’t even find one to honour on their own money.
Clownada showing the world what massive royal bootlickers they are.
Screw these useless English leaches and shouldn’t it be two elbows up?
must have downsized his ears to get it to fit on the bill
Ick. What the f*ck? Why aren’t we given a say what to put on OUR bills!? Now we have to put up with that face.
What is so difficult about the No King’s idea in U.S. politics? It’s about the rule of law and now bowing down to Trump. Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Not an absolute monarchy. And King Chuck has very little influence in Canada and never exercises any hard power. But the MAGA types aren’t great at nuance. They can never get beyond simple bumper sticker slogans.
Hey I don’t care for monarchy at all. I would be fine with turning the governor general position into a unique Canadian institution and tell the Windsors to shove off. It just isn’t relevant to Americans pushing back against authoritarian tendencies.
Should it not have been an elbow?
I swear, they need to change the Webster’s dictionary definition of the word Hypocrites to
“A group of Canadian Liberals”.
I thought “NO KINGS”? We accepting kings now?
Didn’t him and Andrew used to 69 with each other
King Reetard, POS
I tried to exchange some Canadian currency at an exchange office in Europe. They took one look at our sideways-printed $10 bill, laughed, and said it was not real money. I expect the same problem with the new, ridiculous-looking $20 bill.
God save the King from the seditious Elbows Up-a-teers destroying his formerly sane and prosperous Dominion of Canada with klepto-socialism.
GET THIS B U M OFF OUR BILLS !!! HE’S A FIRST CLASS F OO L ! WHAT AN INSULT TO CAMADA, U COULD NOT FIND A MORE MORAL PERSON TO PUT ON OUR BILLS ! DISGUSTING
The LPC’s consultants couldn’t find a notable Canadian? How far this country has fallen, Alberta out.
“their respective “floral emblems,”
Yeah, I don’t see a wild rose on there.
Why do we got another English person on our money,we don’t need people on our money just put scenery on
God save the King!