The pound was the currency of the Canadas until 1858. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (s), each of 12 pence (d). In Lower Canada, the sou was used, equivalent to a halfpenny. Although the £sd accounting system had its origins in sterling, the Canadian pound was never at par with sterling's pound.
1 penny (2 sous) bank token (1837)
An 1851 Canadian 3d denomination postage stamp in £sd units of the Halifax rating
1d (2 sous) bank token issued by City Bank in Lower Canada in 1837
The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.
A 1933 UK shilling
1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses
English shilling minted under Edward VI, c. 1551
Schilling coin of the imperial city of Zürich, minted in billon, 1640