Click on a bank note to learn about its security features.
Explore the security features of this note or learn more about its design elements.
It pays to check: Feel, Look, Tilt and Flip.
Remember, bank notes are only secure if you check them.
Polymer
Feel the smooth, unique texture of the note. It’s made from a single piece of polymer with some transparent areas.
Raised ink
Feel the raised ink on both sides of the note.
Front: on the large number, four portraits and the word “Canada”.
Back: on the four vertical landscape panels and the text “Canada 1867–2017”.
Colour-shifting arch
Look at the checkered pattern in the arch.
Tilt the note to see the pattern move up and down and shift from green to blue.
Large window
Look for transparency through the large window containing metallic symbols and images.
Look at the small text repeated across the top and bottom of the large window.
Flip the note to see the metallic elements in the large window repeated in the same colours and detail on the other side.
Metallic symbols and images
Look at the details in the coat of arms, Canadian flag and the owl.
Tilt the note to see sharp colour changes in these metallic elements.
3D maple leaves
Look at the maple leaves that appear to be raised.
Feel them to confirm that the surface is actually flat.