Canadian History Quiz - Part IV (Know Your Currency)

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1. Name the figure on each denomination.

2. Don't look - what is represented (each has a particular theme) on the back of each denomination?













Answers:


$5 - Sir Wilfred Laurier: first French Canadian prime minister.
Children at Play/kids playing hockey

$10 - Sir John A. Macdonald
Remembrance & Peace Keeping/there are doves, poppies, war memorial, peacekeeper.

$20 - Queen Elizabeth II
Arts & Culture/impressive work of Bill Reid

$50 - William Lyon Mackenzie King: pm during WWII
Nation Building/ the famous five & Therese Casgrain (would be surprised if anyone knows this - you'll have to visit Famous Five &
Therese Casgrain to get full story.

$100 - Sir Robert Borden: prime minister during WWI
Exploration & Innovation/ satellite, old & new maps of Canada