New $10 bill unveiled
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new $10 bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation and it will mark the first time an indigenous Canadian and a woman other than the Queen are featured on the country’s currency.
The mostly purple polymer note depicts the faces of four federal political figures the Bank of Canada says helped shape the country; Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Etienne Cartier, Agnes Macphail and James Gladstone.
The bank has already announced plans to put human rights activist Viola Desmond on the $10 bill later next year, making Desmond the first woman to grace a regularly circulating bank note.
The note marking the 150th anniversary, to be released in June, will be a commemorative one and won’t replace the existing design.