Canadian dollar
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The Canadian dollar is the official national currency of Canada, widely used in international trade and financial markets.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canadian Dollar futures | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| 1CentCoinWithdrawnFromCirculation | 2013 ⓘ |
| banknoteDenomination |
10 dollars
ⓘ
100 dollars ⓘ 20 dollars ⓘ 5 dollars ⓘ 50 dollars ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Canada ⓘ |
| coinDenomination |
1 dollar
ⓘ
10 cents ⓘ 2 dollars ⓘ 25 cents ⓘ 5 cents ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currentExchangeRegime | floating exchange rate ⓘ |
| dateOfIntroduction | 1858 ⓘ |
| decimalized | true ⓘ |
| formerCoinDenomination | 1 cent ⓘ |
| freelyFloating | true ⓘ |
| inflationTargetRegime | 2 percent midpoint (1–3 percent control range) ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | CAD ⓘ |
| isReserveCurrency | true ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank of Canada ⓘ |
| languageOnBanknotes |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Canada ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Bank of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Bank of Canada Governing Council
|
| monetaryPolicyAuthority | Bank of Canada ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| nickname |
loonie
ⓘ
toonie (for the 2-dollar coin) ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Canada ⓘ |
| peggedToUSDollar | sometimes historically ⓘ |
| rankAmongMostTradedCurrencies | top 10 globally ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | Canadian pound ⓘ |
| securityFeatures | polymer banknotes with advanced security features ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol |
$
ⓘ
C$ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-border trade and investment involving Canada
ⓘ
domestic payments in Canada ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Canadian territories ⓘ Saint Pierre and Miquelon (alongside euro, de facto) ⓘ some Caribbean nations and territories (informally or alongside local currencies) ⓘ |
| usedInForeignExchangeMarkets | true ⓘ |
| usedInInternationalTrade | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Quebec
this entity surface form:
Canadian Dollar futures