• common Canadian coins and bills:
  • nickel – worth 5¢; silver colour with a beaver on one side
  • dime – worth 10¢; silver colour with the Bluenose schooner on one side
  • quarter – worth 25¢; silver colour with a caribou on one side
  • loonie – worth $1; gold colour with a loon on one side
  • toonie – worth $2; silver and gold with a polar bear on one side
  • $5 bill – blue with a picture of the Canadarm on one side
  • $10 bill – purple with a picture of The Canadian, a train with service from Vancouver to Toronto, on one side. A more recent version of the $10 bill is a vertical note with Viola Desmond on one side and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on the other.
  • $20 bill – green with a picture of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial on one side
  • $50 bill – red with a picture of the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Amundsen on one side
• less-common Canadian coins:
  • 50¢ piece
  • silver dollar (limited use)
  • penny (no longer minted, though in “play money” it might be used to represent the concept and unit of 1¢)

Note

• The size, shape, and texture of the coins differ (e.g., dime has ridges, and nickel has smooth sides).
• The special edition coins may have different designs (e.g., Mythical Realms of the Haida Series, Chinese Zodiac).

• Canadian coins and bills differ from one another in value and appearance (e.g., size, shape, colour, image, and/or texture).
• Identifying the correspondence between the abstract concept of value and the concrete representation of coins and bills.

Note

• The value of money can be an abstract concept because it is often represented by currency that is not concrete or accessible.  
• Being able to identify Canadian currency by size, shape, colour, image, and/or texture allows for quick recognition of different denominations.
• An understanding of unitizing is applied to identify the relationships between coins and their corresponding values.