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• September 22, 2026

  The Money of Bytown

  By: David Bergeron

  
  

  

  Bytown was a frontier town built on the construction of the Rideau Canal and a booming lumber industry. Access to different forms of money and banking facilities provided the liquidity necessary for the town to prosper into Canada’s capital.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• September 18, 2026

  It pays to check

  

  Build real world skills to detect counterfeit bank notes by examining Canadian bank notes and learning to recognize their security features.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Business, Careers, Economics Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• September 18, 2026

  Teaching with the Vertical $20

  

  Engage students with creative activities linking the new bank note to careers, civics, history, social studies and art.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Arts, Careers, Financial literacy, History, Indigenous studies Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4
• July 23, 2026

  Financial literacy essentials

  

  Preparing students for Ontario’s financial literacy graduation requirement.

  Content type(s): Educational toolkits Subject(s): Economics, Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• July 20, 2026

  A summer road trip of Canadian tokens

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  We took a virtual road trip through nearly every Canadian province and territory via trade and souvenir tokens.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• June 22, 2026

  Reminiscences of the 1976 Montréal Olympic Coin Program

  By: David Bergeron

  
  

  

  The Olympic Coin Program was novel, ambitious, record-breaking and for some, life-changing—much like the Olympic Games that the program helped finance.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• May 26, 2026

  The changing face of women on bank notes

  By: Krista Broeckx

  
  

  

  From queens to changemakers, discover how real women are finding their place on bank notes around the world.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• May 15, 2026

  Recipients of the Museum Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics

  Find out about the current and previous recipients of the Bank of Canada Museum Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics.
• May 5, 2026

  Montréal 1976: The legacy of the Olympic coins 

  

  Step back into the excitement and pride of Canada’s first Olympic Games and discover the story of how commemorative coins helped fund them.
• February 10, 2026

  Love tokens: Change of heart

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  For centuries, people have been adding alternative messages to coins as political protests, advertising, commemoration and—most charmingly—love and affection. Such things are called love tokens.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Arts, History