Robson, 91, was due to make the first purchase with one of the new $10 bills. Often called the Canadian Rosa Parks, Desmond took an anti-segregation stand in a Nova Scotia theater by sitting in ...

“It is my great privilege to announce that Viola Desmond will be featured on Canada’s new 10 dollar bill,” said the country’s finance minister Bill Morneau. “Her story will remind all of ...

Canada's newest version of its $10 bill ... Island's 40 dollar bill. Canada also has confirmed that its next four new notes will adopt the vertical format. Desmond holds a place in Canadian ...

“Move over Sir John A. MacDonald,” I said back in an article in 2017 when I discovered that the new face on the future Canadian ten-dollar bill would be that of civil rights activist Viola Desmon ...

On Monday, $10 banknotes commemorating her officially enter circulation, the first time a Canadian woman has been ... purchase with one of the new $10 bills. From Bank of Canada Governor Stephen ...

Viola Desmond is currently featured on the Canadian ten-dollar bill and her story will remain important to Canadian history, as racial injustices are still an ongoing issue we face today.

Space and rail, two Canadian frontiers, are the themes depicted on the new high-tech $5 and $10 bills introduced by the bank.

A Canadian bill has received ... the previous horizontal format $10 polymer note, this note is just fractionally larger than neighboring United States currency bills,” the release continues.

The note features images of the Canadarm, a generic astronaut and Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency’s robotic handyman, while the $10 — also revealed Tuesday ... with the country’s new line of plastic ...

The designs for the new $5 and $10 polymer bills were unveiled months ago but ... Each bill also represents a different part of Canadian history. The $5 bill symbolizes Canada's contribution ...