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Also printed by British American Bank Note Company, the back of the purple $10 note features the allegorical image from the 1935 $2 note, a winged Mercury representing transportation.

The $5 note, printed by British American Bank Note Company, features the same image of electric power that appears on the back of the 1935 $5 note, but is blue rather than orange.

The $2 note was printed by British American Bank Note Company in a new terracotta shade called “sanguine.” The back of the note carries the harvest allegory found on the back of the $10 note in the 1935 series and was engraved by Harry Dawson.

The face of the $1 note was modified in 1938 to increase the width of the panel in which the signatures appeared by 2.4 mm, to counter earlier printing problems.

The $1,000 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The back of the note shows the covered bridge in the village of L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, and, in the background, the Saguenay River fjord.

The $100 bank note, printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., features Okanagan Lake in British Columbia on the back.

The seascape on the back of the $50 note was engraved by Warrell Alfred Hauk of American Bank Note Company from a photograph taken at Crescent Beach in Lockeport on Nova Scotia’s south shore.

The $20 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The face of the note, except for the portrait, was engraved by Andrew McMillen of American Bank Note Company.

The back of the $10 note features Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, and was engraved by Harry Dawson.

Until 1959, the $5 bank note was printed exclusively by British American Bank Note Company. The back of the note was engraved by C. Gordon Yorke of British American Bank Note Company and depicts Otter Falls on the Aishihik River, Mile 996 Alaska Highway, in southwestern Yukon.