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Bank of Canada

Shown at the organisation’s headquarters. It was mentioned on the show, but not as a specific place, so the pin marks its home base.

Bank of Canada
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About Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the Bank of Canada Act, it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy, and for the promotion of a safe and sound financial system within Canada. The Bank of Canada is the sole issuing authority of Canadian banknotes, provides banking services and money management for the government, and loans money to Canadian financial institutions. The contract to produce the banknotes has been held by the Canadian Bank Note Company since 1935.

On the show · 6 mentions total

The first place to feature Queen Elizabeth on its money was Canada, which put her on the $20 note as a nine-year-old princess, before she was queen.

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More facts about Bank of Canada

  1. Canada's one dollar coin is called the loonie because it has a loon on it, and after a naming contest the two dollar coin, which has a polar bear, became the toonie.

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