Bank of Canada Museum
@bankofcanadamuseum.ca
We are dedicated to helping visitors better understand Canada’s monetary history and the importance of our central bank.
En français: @museedelabanqueducanada.ca
En français: @museedelabanqueducanada.ca
A Unique Coin. 🪙
Our 1937 nickels were round, but this one has 12 sides.
It’s likely a test piece for the brass-alloy coin that would become our wartime “nickel” and the only example we know of. #FridayFunFact
Our 1937 nickels were round, but this one has 12 sides.
It’s likely a test piece for the brass-alloy coin that would become our wartime “nickel” and the only example we know of. #FridayFunFact
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Unique Coin. 🪙
Our 1937 nickels were round, but this one has 12 sides.
It’s likely a test piece for the brass-alloy coin that would become our wartime “nickel” and the only example we know of. #FridayFunFact
Our 1937 nickels were round, but this one has 12 sides.
It’s likely a test piece for the brass-alloy coin that would become our wartime “nickel” and the only example we know of. #FridayFunFact
Soon the kids will be home for the holidays! 🏠
Comfort, joy, togetherness… and then:
“We’re bored!” 😩
No worries — our website has online and at-home activities to keep young minds busy! 🧠
👉 https://bit.ly/45V0Oxe
#BoredomBusters
Comfort, joy, togetherness… and then:
“We’re bored!” 😩
No worries — our website has online and at-home activities to keep young minds busy! 🧠
👉 https://bit.ly/45V0Oxe
#BoredomBusters
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Soon the kids will be home for the holidays! 🏠
Comfort, joy, togetherness… and then:
“We’re bored!” 😩
No worries — our website has online and at-home activities to keep young minds busy! 🧠
👉 https://bit.ly/45V0Oxe
#BoredomBusters
Comfort, joy, togetherness… and then:
“We’re bored!” 😩
No worries — our website has online and at-home activities to keep young minds busy! 🧠
👉 https://bit.ly/45V0Oxe
#BoredomBusters
❄️ Holiday hours heads up! 🕒
📍 We are closed Dec 20-26, but open between December 27 and New Year’s!
Pop in for a free visit!
We will also close for New Year’s Day.
👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16
📍 We are closed Dec 20-26, but open between December 27 and New Year’s!
Pop in for a free visit!
We will also close for New Year’s Day.
👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
❄️ Holiday hours heads up! 🕒
📍 We are closed Dec 20-26, but open between December 27 and New Year’s!
Pop in for a free visit!
We will also close for New Year’s Day.
👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16
📍 We are closed Dec 20-26, but open between December 27 and New Year’s!
Pop in for a free visit!
We will also close for New Year’s Day.
👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16
💰✨ Vaughan, get ready! The Bank of Canada Museum’s #MoneyIn10Questions exhibition opens December 20 at Vaughan Public Libraries!
A play-based exhibition where kids learn the basics of money & personal finance—and have fun doing it.
#KidsLearnMoney
A play-based exhibition where kids learn the basics of money & personal finance—and have fun doing it.
#KidsLearnMoney
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💰✨ Vaughan, get ready! The Bank of Canada Museum’s #MoneyIn10Questions exhibition opens December 20 at Vaughan Public Libraries!
A play-based exhibition where kids learn the basics of money & personal finance—and have fun doing it.
#KidsLearnMoney
A play-based exhibition where kids learn the basics of money & personal finance—and have fun doing it.
#KidsLearnMoney
🎄Skip the mug ☕—nominate your fave teacher for an award instead!🏆
Nominate a teacher for the Bank of Canada Museum Teacher Award:
🏆 $1,000 for them + $1,000 for their school 🏫
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankATeacher #EconEd
Nominate a teacher for the Bank of Canada Museum Teacher Award:
🏆 $1,000 for them + $1,000 for their school 🏫
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankATeacher #EconEd
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄Skip the mug ☕—nominate your fave teacher for an award instead!🏆
Nominate a teacher for the Bank of Canada Museum Teacher Award:
🏆 $1,000 for them + $1,000 for their school 🏫
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankATeacher #EconEd
Nominate a teacher for the Bank of Canada Museum Teacher Award:
🏆 $1,000 for them + $1,000 for their school 🏫
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankATeacher #EconEd
🕎#HappyHanukkah!
It’s traditional to give chocolate money to children during Hanukkah week. 🍫💰
It used to be real money called gelt.
Read about more Holiday money traditions on our blog “What’s in Your Stocking?” 👉 https://bit.ly/49r4hqA
#SundayReading
It’s traditional to give chocolate money to children during Hanukkah week. 🍫💰
It used to be real money called gelt.
Read about more Holiday money traditions on our blog “What’s in Your Stocking?” 👉 https://bit.ly/49r4hqA
#SundayReading
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🕎#HappyHanukkah!
It’s traditional to give chocolate money to children during Hanukkah week. 🍫💰
It used to be real money called gelt.
Read about more Holiday money traditions on our blog “What’s in Your Stocking?” 👉 https://bit.ly/49r4hqA
#SundayReading
It’s traditional to give chocolate money to children during Hanukkah week. 🍫💰
It used to be real money called gelt.
Read about more Holiday money traditions on our blog “What’s in Your Stocking?” 👉 https://bit.ly/49r4hqA
#SundayReading
🔎It’s #LostAndFoundDay!
This unique lead test coin of a 1911 Canadian🍁 silver dollar was missing for decades. It finally turned up in a drawer at the Ministry of Finance in 1977.😲
See the blog 👉 https://bit.ly/3x9AHFb
This unique lead test coin of a 1911 Canadian🍁 silver dollar was missing for decades. It finally turned up in a drawer at the Ministry of Finance in 1977.😲
See the blog 👉 https://bit.ly/3x9AHFb
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔎It’s #LostAndFoundDay!
This unique lead test coin of a 1911 Canadian🍁 silver dollar was missing for decades. It finally turned up in a drawer at the Ministry of Finance in 1977.😲
See the blog 👉 https://bit.ly/3x9AHFb
This unique lead test coin of a 1911 Canadian🍁 silver dollar was missing for decades. It finally turned up in a drawer at the Ministry of Finance in 1977.😲
See the blog 👉 https://bit.ly/3x9AHFb
For all you error coin collectors, here is one of only two known Canada/Newfoundland🍁 10-cent “mules” for 1871—both in our Collection. A “mule” has sides from 2 different coin dies.
Despite the error, this coin circulated for years.
Despite the error, this coin circulated for years.
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For all you error coin collectors, here is one of only two known Canada/Newfoundland🍁 10-cent “mules” for 1871—both in our Collection. A “mule” has sides from 2 different coin dies.
Despite the error, this coin circulated for years.
Despite the error, this coin circulated for years.
📅 #OTD in 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 🕊️🌍
Teachers, have a look at our lesson plan based on our own human rights icon #ViolaDesmond.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Lwg0aI
Teachers, have a look at our lesson plan based on our own human rights icon #ViolaDesmond.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Lwg0aI
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📅 #OTD in 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 🕊️🌍
Teachers, have a look at our lesson plan based on our own human rights icon #ViolaDesmond.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Lwg0aI
Teachers, have a look at our lesson plan based on our own human rights icon #ViolaDesmond.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Lwg0aI
👑The abdication of the UK’s King Edward VIII created a lot of complications—not the least of which was for the mints that had to scramble to issue new coins for 1936.
It’s an interesting story. See the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4eidsJl
#SundayReading
It’s an interesting story. See the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4eidsJl
#SundayReading
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
👑The abdication of the UK’s King Edward VIII created a lot of complications—not the least of which was for the mints that had to scramble to issue new coins for 1936.
It’s an interesting story. See the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4eidsJl
#SundayReading
It’s an interesting story. See the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4eidsJl
#SundayReading
📚💴This is “bookmark money,” or hansatsu in Japanese.
Gods of wealth, bags of rice, denominated in coal or even umbrellas: read about this interesting Japanese currency—on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/41QPLkU
#SundayReading
Gods of wealth, bags of rice, denominated in coal or even umbrellas: read about this interesting Japanese currency—on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/41QPLkU
#SundayReading
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📚💴This is “bookmark money,” or hansatsu in Japanese.
Gods of wealth, bags of rice, denominated in coal or even umbrellas: read about this interesting Japanese currency—on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/41QPLkU
#SundayReading
Gods of wealth, bags of rice, denominated in coal or even umbrellas: read about this interesting Japanese currency—on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/41QPLkU
#SundayReading
🪙👑Deities inspire confidence.
If you’re a ruler trying to create confidence in your currency, you put your head on it, right? Not necessarily.
You might go straight to the top and put a goddess on it—such as Athena on this Ancient Greek coin.
#FridayFunFact
If you’re a ruler trying to create confidence in your currency, you put your head on it, right? Not necessarily.
You might go straight to the top and put a goddess on it—such as Athena on this Ancient Greek coin.
#FridayFunFact
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🪙👑Deities inspire confidence.
If you’re a ruler trying to create confidence in your currency, you put your head on it, right? Not necessarily.
You might go straight to the top and put a goddess on it—such as Athena on this Ancient Greek coin.
#FridayFunFact
If you’re a ruler trying to create confidence in your currency, you put your head on it, right? Not necessarily.
You might go straight to the top and put a goddess on it—such as Athena on this Ancient Greek coin.
#FridayFunFact
📅 This #weekend: Sensory Sunday. We’re turning down the lights🔅 and the volume🔉.
😌A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors.
👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP
#AutismAwareness
😌A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors.
👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP
#AutismAwareness
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📅 This #weekend: Sensory Sunday. We’re turning down the lights🔅 and the volume🔉.
😌A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors.
👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP
#AutismAwareness
😌A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors.
👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP
#AutismAwareness
💬💰Start a conversation about money with your family.
Download printable Money Conversation Cards, and spark discussion with questions that are sometimes serious, often fun but always thoughtful.
See our website 👉 https://bit.ly/48YbL46
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Download printable Money Conversation Cards, and spark discussion with questions that are sometimes serious, often fun but always thoughtful.
See our website 👉 https://bit.ly/48YbL46
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
💬💰Start a conversation about money with your family.
Download printable Money Conversation Cards, and spark discussion with questions that are sometimes serious, often fun but always thoughtful.
See our website 👉 https://bit.ly/48YbL46
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Download printable Money Conversation Cards, and spark discussion with questions that are sometimes serious, often fun but always thoughtful.
See our website 👉 https://bit.ly/48YbL46
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Know a great #teacher🍎 of economics?
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics.
Win classroom resources, prizes and $1000 each for the lucky winner and their school.
Visit our website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankYouTeachers
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics.
Win classroom resources, prizes and $1000 each for the lucky winner and their school.
Visit our website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankYouTeachers
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Know a great #teacher🍎 of economics?
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics.
Win classroom resources, prizes and $1000 each for the lucky winner and their school.
Visit our website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankYouTeachers
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics.
Win classroom resources, prizes and $1000 each for the lucky winner and their school.
Visit our website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#ThankYouTeachers
🎭 Your kids will enjoy our paper puppet activity, but it comes with a catch.
The kids need to create a budget to “buy” their puppet parts.
At the Museum, every weekend in November.
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
The kids need to create a budget to “buy” their puppet parts.
At the Museum, every weekend in November.
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎭 Your kids will enjoy our paper puppet activity, but it comes with a catch.
The kids need to create a budget to “buy” their puppet parts.
At the Museum, every weekend in November.
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
The kids need to create a budget to “buy” their puppet parts.
At the Museum, every weekend in November.
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
📚🍎Teachers, it’s the LAST week of #FinancialLiteracyMonth.
We have lots of activities and lessons for you and your class to enjoy (and learn from!), enhancing this significant part of your curriculum.
See our website:
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
We have lots of activities and lessons for you and your class to enjoy (and learn from!), enhancing this significant part of your curriculum.
See our website:
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📚🍎Teachers, it’s the LAST week of #FinancialLiteracyMonth.
We have lots of activities and lessons for you and your class to enjoy (and learn from!), enhancing this significant part of your curriculum.
See our website:
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
We have lots of activities and lessons for you and your class to enjoy (and learn from!), enhancing this significant part of your curriculum.
See our website:
👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
#DYKT Winnipeg was the location of a mock invasion in 1942?
What? Winnipeg? 😲
Actually, it was a war bond promotion, but a very realistic one.
Read all about this extraordinary event, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3HdzBtp
#SundayReading
What? Winnipeg? 😲
Actually, it was a war bond promotion, but a very realistic one.
Read all about this extraordinary event, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3HdzBtp
#SundayReading
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#DYKT Winnipeg was the location of a mock invasion in 1942?
What? Winnipeg? 😲
Actually, it was a war bond promotion, but a very realistic one.
Read all about this extraordinary event, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3HdzBtp
#SundayReading
What? Winnipeg? 😲
Actually, it was a war bond promotion, but a very realistic one.
Read all about this extraordinary event, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3HdzBtp
#SundayReading
📣The Museum will be closed this Saturday and Sunday.
But we are open Monday at 10:00 am. 😊
Please see our website to plan your visit and learn all our opening hours.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
But we are open Monday at 10:00 am. 😊
Please see our website to plan your visit and learn all our opening hours.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📣The Museum will be closed this Saturday and Sunday.
But we are open Monday at 10:00 am. 😊
Please see our website to plan your visit and learn all our opening hours.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
But we are open Monday at 10:00 am. 😊
Please see our website to plan your visit and learn all our opening hours.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
🔓💸Check out our lesson plan, “Escaping Debt.”
Designed as an escape room, this plan will introduce grade 6–8 students to credit scores, borrowing strategies and calculating interest. Can you escape debt?
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Designed as an escape room, this plan will introduce grade 6–8 students to credit scores, borrowing strategies and calculating interest. Can you escape debt?
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🔓💸Check out our lesson plan, “Escaping Debt.”
Designed as an escape room, this plan will introduce grade 6–8 students to credit scores, borrowing strategies and calculating interest. Can you escape debt?
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Designed as an escape room, this plan will introduce grade 6–8 students to credit scores, borrowing strategies and calculating interest. Can you escape debt?
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
It’s #Movember!
Time to grow your mo to support men’s health. 💙🧔
Of course, the moustache is no stranger to bank notes, so read about the best mos on money on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/48YMcNR
#SundayReading
Time to grow your mo to support men’s health. 💙🧔
Of course, the moustache is no stranger to bank notes, so read about the best mos on money on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/48YMcNR
#SundayReading
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s #Movember!
Time to grow your mo to support men’s health. 💙🧔
Of course, the moustache is no stranger to bank notes, so read about the best mos on money on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/48YMcNR
#SundayReading
Time to grow your mo to support men’s health. 💙🧔
Of course, the moustache is no stranger to bank notes, so read about the best mos on money on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/48YMcNR
#SundayReading
✨At the Museum, every day in November.
Before #kids can really understand how to handle money, they should understand the difference between a need and a want.
We can help with that!
👉 https://bit.ly/3uQW5Ox
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Before #kids can really understand how to handle money, they should understand the difference between a need and a want.
We can help with that!
👉 https://bit.ly/3uQW5Ox
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✨At the Museum, every day in November.
Before #kids can really understand how to handle money, they should understand the difference between a need and a want.
We can help with that!
👉 https://bit.ly/3uQW5Ox
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
Before #kids can really understand how to handle money, they should understand the difference between a need and a want.
We can help with that!
👉 https://bit.ly/3uQW5Ox
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
💸All About Money—a live, online program. 💻
📚🍎 Teachers, bring us into your grade 1–6 classroom for a presentation exploring all aspects of what money is.
In English: Nov. 18 at 1:00 PM
In French: Nov. 19 at 1:00 PM
Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
📚🍎 Teachers, bring us into your grade 1–6 classroom for a presentation exploring all aspects of what money is.
In English: Nov. 18 at 1:00 PM
In French: Nov. 19 at 1:00 PM
Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
💸All About Money—a live, online program. 💻
📚🍎 Teachers, bring us into your grade 1–6 classroom for a presentation exploring all aspects of what money is.
In English: Nov. 18 at 1:00 PM
In French: Nov. 19 at 1:00 PM
Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
📚🍎 Teachers, bring us into your grade 1–6 classroom for a presentation exploring all aspects of what money is.
In English: Nov. 18 at 1:00 PM
In French: Nov. 19 at 1:00 PM
Register now 👉 https://bit.ly/4nZoKHv
#FLM2025 #TalkMoney
📍In North Battleford?
Visit the Western Development Museum and bring the kids to see our exhibition #MoneyInTenQuestions.
🎉It’s so much fun, they won’t even notice they’re learning.💡
👉 https://bit.ly/3J0VHUz
Visit the Western Development Museum and bring the kids to see our exhibition #MoneyInTenQuestions.
🎉It’s so much fun, they won’t even notice they’re learning.💡
👉 https://bit.ly/3J0VHUz
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📍In North Battleford?
Visit the Western Development Museum and bring the kids to see our exhibition #MoneyInTenQuestions.
🎉It’s so much fun, they won’t even notice they’re learning.💡
👉 https://bit.ly/3J0VHUz
Visit the Western Development Museum and bring the kids to see our exhibition #MoneyInTenQuestions.
🎉It’s so much fun, they won’t even notice they’re learning.💡
👉 https://bit.ly/3J0VHUz
In summer 1914 Canada went to war! ⚔️
But how to pay for it? 💸
Taxes and duties were just not up to it, so Canada introduced a bond program of its own. Read about the first War Loan of 1915 on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/42yG7pU
#SundayReading
But how to pay for it? 💸
Taxes and duties were just not up to it, so Canada introduced a bond program of its own. Read about the first War Loan of 1915 on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/42yG7pU
#SundayReading
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In summer 1914 Canada went to war! ⚔️
But how to pay for it? 💸
Taxes and duties were just not up to it, so Canada introduced a bond program of its own. Read about the first War Loan of 1915 on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/42yG7pU
#SundayReading
But how to pay for it? 💸
Taxes and duties were just not up to it, so Canada introduced a bond program of its own. Read about the first War Loan of 1915 on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/42yG7pU
#SundayReading