Canadian five-dollar bill
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| Value | 5 Canadian dollars |
| Width | 152.4 mm |
| Height | 69.85 mm |
| Security features | Holographic stripe, watermark, EURion constellation, tactile marks, registration device, raised printing, UV printing |
| Paper type | Polymer |
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| Design | Portrait: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911 |
| Design date | March 25, 2013 |
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| Design | Canadarm2 and Dextre |
| Design date | March 25, 2013 |
The Canadian five-dollar note is the lowest denomination and one of the most common banknotes issued by the Bank of Canada.
As with all modern Canadian banknotes, all text is in both English and French (see Official bilingualism in Canada).
The current five-Canadian dollar note, part of the Frontier Series, is predominantly blue and was introduced November 7, 2013, using the same technology found in the $20, $50 and $100. The bill features a portrait of Canada's seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and hologram of the Mackenzie Tower from the West Block on Parliament Hill on the front; the back features an astronaut working with Dextre attached to the Canadarm2.
The front of the previous note also features Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the coat of arms, and a picture of the West Block of the Parliament buildings, but in a different layout from the current note. The reverse side depicts children engaged in winter sports, including sledding, ice skating, and hockey; this is accompanied by a quotation from Roch Carrier's short story, "The Hockey Sweater":
Les hivers de mon enfance étaient des saisons longues, longues. Nous vivions en trois lieux: l'école, l'église et la patinoire; mais la vraie vie était sur la patinoire.
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