The Canadian five-cent coin, commonly called a nickel, is a coin worth five cents or one-twentieth of a Canadian dollar. It was patterned on the corresponding coin in the neighbouring United States. It became the smallest-valued coin in the currency upon the discontinuation of the penny in 2013. Due to inflation, the purchasing power of the nickel continues to drop and currently the coin represents less than 0.5% of the country's lowest minimum hourly wage.
Image: CANADA, QUEEN VICTORIA 1893 SILVER 5 CENTS COIN b Flickr woody 1778a
Image: CANADA, QUEEN VICTORIA 1893 SILVER 5 CENT COIN a Flickr woody 1778a
Image: CANADA, EDWARD VII 1906 5 CENTS a Flickr woody 1778a
Image: CANADA, EDWARD VII 1906 5 CENTS b Flickr woody 1778a
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviations Can$, CA$ and C$ are frequently used for distinction from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents (¢).
A Province of Canada one-dollar note issued by the Colonial Bank of Canada, 1859
The Royal Canadian Mint production facility in Winnipeg
Five-cent coin, issued 1942
Five-cent coin, issued 1964
