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The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) is a Canadian
File:Bank_of_Canada_one_dollar_note,_1935.jpg, Bank of Canada $1 note, 1935
File:Canada 1 cent 1927.jpg, Canada 1 cent MacDonald 1927
File:Canada 10 cents Windsor Castle 1935.jpg, Canada 10 cents Windsor Castle 1935
File:Canada 1 dollar Champlain Monument 1935.jpg, Canada dollar Champlain 1935
File:TimbrePosteCanada14centsCentraleHydroelectrique1946.jpg, Canada Hydroelectrique 1946
File:TimbrePosteCanada1centGeorgeVI1937.jpg, Canada George VI 1937
File:TimbrePosteCanada3centsGeorgeVI1942.jpg, Canada George VI 1942
File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsGeorgeVI1950.jpg, Canada George VI 1950
File:TimbrePosteCanada15centsTimbreCastor1951.jpg, Canada Castor 1951
File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsElizabethIIKarsh1953.jpg, Canada 5 cents Elizabeth II Karsh
File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsElizabethIIWilding1954.jpg, Canada 5 cents Elizabeth II Wilding
File:TimbrePosteCanada5centsChasse1957.jpg, Canada 5 cents Chasse 1957
File:Stamp of Ukraine s26.jpg, Ukrainian 2 karbovanets First year of Independence
The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) is a Canadian security printing
Security printing is the field of the printing industry that deals with the printing of items such as banknotes, cheques, passports, tamper-evident labels, security tapes, product authentication, stock certificates, postage stamps, and identity c ...
company. It is best known for holding the contract with the Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada (BoC; ) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surve ...
to supply it with Canada's banknotes since 1935. The company's other clients include private businesses, national and sub-national governments, central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the monetary policy of a country or monetary union. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the mo ...
s, and postal services from around the world. In addition to banknotes, the company produces passport
A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that certifies a person's identity and nationality for international travel. A passport allows its bearer to enter and temporarily reside in a foreign country, access local aid ...
s, driver's licences, birth certificates, postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the f ...
s, coupons, and many other security-conscious document-related products. It also prints and provides document reading systems for identification cards, lottery tickets, stamps, and banknotes.
From 1897 until 1923, CBN was a unit of the New York–based American Bank Note Company (now known as ABCorp). It was later a privately held company when it was acquired by Ottawa businessman Charles Worthen; beginning in 1976 Douglas Arends slowly acquired control of the company. It has since been based in Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
, Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
.
Since 2014, the Canadian Bank Note Company has been the chief provider for machine-readable passports used within the Caribbean Community
The Caribbean Community (abbreviated as CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organisation that is a Political association, political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) and five associated members thro ...
bloc of countries. The majority of the new CARICOM passports as they are called serve the union as a centerpiece of promoting easy travel within the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).
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Samples of items printed by Canadian Bank Note Company:See also
*Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar (currency symbol, symbol: $; ISO 4217, code: CAD; ) 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 f ...
*Cash
In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.
In book-keeping and financial accounting, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-i ...
*Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada (BoC; ) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surve ...
* Royal Canadian Mint
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