Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviations Can$, CA$ and C$... Wikipedia

  • Code:  CAD
  • 1 ⁄ 100:  Cent, and sou (colloquial in French)
  • Plural:  dollars
  • Cent:  cents
  • Symbol:  $
  • Cent:  ¢
  • Nickname:  Loonie, buck, Huard, piastre (pronounced piasse in popular usage)
  • Banknotes:  $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
  • Freq. used:  5¢, 10¢, 25¢, $1, $2
  • Rarely used:  1¢ (discontinued, still legal tender), 50¢ (still minted)
  • Date of introduction:  1858
  • Replaced:  Canadian pound, New Brunswick pound, Nova Scotian dollar, British Columbia dollar, Prince Edward Island dollar, Newfoundland dollar
  • Official user(s):  Canada
  • Unofficial user(s):  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Central bank:  Bank of Canada
  • Printer:  Canadian Bank Note Company
  • Mint:  Royal Canadian Mint
  • Inflation:  1.8%
  • Source:  Statistics Canada, December 2024
  • Method:  Consumer price index
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo