Why Canadian Currency Has French and English
Q: Why does Canadian currency have the French and English language on it.
A:This question is asked by some people outside of Canada who don’t know that Canada is a bilingual country (French and English), so it’s federal law that dictates all Canadian currency, including the Toonie (metal coin), Loonie (metal coin), $5, $10, $20, $100, and $1000 bills must have both the French and English language displayed.
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Click this French/English Canadian $1000 dollar bill from 1954. You can see the English print “happily” presented together with the French print.
Click image above to see all of the most used (and current) paper Canadian paper bills, which of course all have French and English language printing on them.
If you want to learn more about Canadian history regarding English and French wars, and the eventual co-habitation of all watch this really cool educational video called “From The Warpath To The Plains of Abraham“
The blog I found this video on is called CanuckHistory.com on this post.
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