Canadian chartered bank notes

Between 1871 and 1944, Canadian chartered banks were authorized to issue bank notes for circulation in Canada.[1] In 1899, they were invested with the additional authority to issue bank notes for circulation in any British colony or possession.[2] For several decades thereafter, the chartered banks were the only issuers of larger denominated notes for circulation in Canada, and an important source of notes for circulation in the British West Indies.

In 1934, the newly established Bank of Canada was given "the sole right to issue notes payable to bearer on demand".[3] Coincident with the introduction of the new Bank of Canada notes in 1935, arrangements were made for the gradual contraction in the quantity of chartered bank notes in circulation. As of the end of 1944, the Canadian government withdrew permission for Canadian banks to issue new notes for circulation in Canada; and by 1950, liability for all outstanding Canadian bank notes was transferred to the Bank of Canada, where such notes may still be redeemed.[4] The total value of the notes outstanding at that time was $13,302,046.60.

  1. ^ See Bank Act, Statutes of Canada, 1871, chapter 5; Bank Act, Statutes of Canada, 1944, chapter 30, section 61. For a complete catalogue of Canadian chartered bank note issues, see R. J. Graham (ed.), Canadian Bank Notes, 9th ed., The Charlton Press, Toronto, 2019
  2. ^ See An Act to amend the Bank Act, Statutes of Canada, 1899, c. 14
  3. ^ Bank of Canada Act, Statutes of Canada, 1934, chapter 43, section 24
  4. ^ See An Act to amend the Bank Act, Statutes of Canada, 1944, chapter 30, section 61.

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