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The Bank of Canada (BoC; French: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. [4] Chartered in 1934 under the Bank of Canada Act , it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy, [ 5 ] and for the promotion of a safe and sound financial system within Canada. [ 6 ]
The 1935 Canadian banknote series is the first series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar issued by the Bank of Canada. They were first circulated on 11 March 1935, the same day that the Bank of Canada officially started operating. Two sets of banknotes were printed for each denomination, one in French for Quebec, and one in English for the ...
In 1970, the bank acquired the Banque populaire, which had been founded in 1848 as the Caisse d'économie de Notre-Dame de Québec. In 1977 it acquired the Unity Bank of Canada, a small Toronto bank founded in 1972. It merged with the Banque Canadienne Nationale to form the National Bank of Canada in 1979. [5]
Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 1% in the third quarter, undershooting the Bank of Canada's forecast of 1.5%, after growing 2.2% in the prior quarter.
The Bank of Canada was created in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada." Accordingly, it was given the exclusive right to issue bank notes in Canada. On 11 March 1935, the Bank of Canada issued its first series of bank notes.
As of January 1, 2021, the $1, $2, $25, $500 and $1000 notes issued by the Bank of Canada are no longer legal tender. [25] All other Canadian dollar banknotes issued by the Bank of Canada remain as legal tender in Canada. However, commercial transactions may legally be settled in any manner agreed by the parties involved.
The purpose of this Act was to create a fund, derived from the profits of the Bank of Canada, which would enable the government and the Bank to "aid in the control and protection of the external value of the Canadian monetary unit", [93] i.e. to maintain the Canadian dollar at a certain rate against other currencies, if needed. However, the ...
The Bank of Canada Museum (French: Musée de la Banque du Canada; since July 2017), formerly known as the Currency Museum (French: Musée de la monnaie), opened in 1980 on the ground floor of the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario. Temporarily closed in 2013 for major building renovations, the museum reopened in a new space on July 1 ...