New $10 bank note unveiled to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new commemorative $10 bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation — and it will mark the first time a Canadian woman and an indigenous Canadian have been featured on the country’s currency.
It is also just the fourth time in Canada’s history that a special, commemorative bank note has been produced.
The new, mostly purple polymer note “is intended to captivate our imagination and instill pride in what we, as a nation, have accomplished,” bank governor Stephen Poloz said as he revealed that the note was three years in the making.
“It celebrates the natural beauty and majesty of our land and some of the important parliamentarians who helped shape our great country.”