Issued in 2006 by the Bank of Canada, this 5 Dollars banknote is part of the “Canadian Journey” series. The obverse features a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada, along with the Coat of Arms of Canada and the West Block of Parliament Hill.
The reverse shows Canadian children enjoying winter sports such as hockey, tobogganing, and ice skating, with an excerpt from “The Hockey Sweater” by Roch Carrier in both English and French.
Security features include a holographic stripe, color-shifting thread, watermark, tactile marks for the visually impaired, and fluorescent fibers under UV light. The note is printed on cotton-based paper with enhanced durability.
The dimensions of the note are 152 × 70 mm. It is cataloged under Pick number P‑101a.
Obverse
Texts in English and French. On the left side, the issuing institute and the coat of arms of Canada with a vertical holographic stripe. The portrait is that of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier, statesman, Canada’s seventh Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911 and the first Francophone to accede to this position. In the centre is a front view of the West Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa with a legend to his right. Below the legend is the note’s face value “5” accompanied by a watermark with the portrait of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier and above the legend a Canadian flag. The multicolored printing is dominated by blue/yellow.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANK OF CANADA · BANQUE DU CANADA
OTTAWA
CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER
5
CANADA
CINQ · FIVE
DOLLARS
THE WEST BLOCK OF PARLIAMENT · L’EDIFICE DE L’OUEST DU PARLEMENT
5
DEPUTY GOVERNOR SOUS-GOUVERNEUR GOUVERNEUR GOVERNOR
SIR WILFRID LAURIER PREMIER MINISTRE / PRIME MINISTER 1896-1911
EMISSION DE 2006 / ISSUE OF 2006
Engraver: Czesław Słania
Designer: Jorge Peral
Reverse
The image depicts some of the sporting activities of the Canadian winter: Children playing hockey, another boy tobogganing, and a final child learning to ice skate with an adult. In the middle is a bilingual quote.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
5 – CANADA
Les hivers de mon enfance
étaient des saisons longues, longues.
Nous vivions en trois lieux:
l’école, l’église et la patinoire: mais
la vraie vie était sur la patinoire.
– Roch Carrier –
The winters of my childhood were
long, long seasons. We lived in
three places – the school, the church
and the skating rink – but our real life
was on the skating rink
5
IMPRIME EN 2006 / PRINTED IN 2006
Designer: Jorge Peral
Watermark
Electrotype denomination 5 | Portrait of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier
© italianumismatics
Signatures
| Paul Jenkins (PJ) | Deputy Governor |  |
| David Allison Dodge (DAD) | Governor |  |
| Mark Joseph Carney (MJC) | Governor |  |
| Tiff Macklem (TM) | Deputy Governor |  |
Printers
BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Canada (1866-2012)
Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)
Features
| Issuer | Canada |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Canada |
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-2022) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 2006-2011 |
| Value | 5 Dollars 5 CAD = GBP 2.71 |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 152 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
